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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was a Soviet and Russian politician who was the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Communist Party from 1985, and additionally as head of state from 1988. Ideologically, he initially adhered to Marxism–Le…

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Ganesh Chaturthi
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Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, Vinayaka Chavithi, or Vinayagar Chaturthi, is a Hindu festival celeb…

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Charlbi Dean
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Charlbi Dean Kriek was a South African model and actress. She was best known for her roles in the Spud films (2010–2013)…

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On This Day

10 events
2019
2019_Alta_helicopter_crash
A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.
2010
The_Bill
The last episode of The Bill, the longest-running police drama in British television history, was broadcast.
2002
Typhoon_Rusa
Typhoon Rusa made landfall in Goheung as the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, killing at least 236 people.
1997
Diana,_Princess_of_Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales (pictured), her partner Dodi Fayed, and their driver were killed in a car crash in Paris.
1969
Isle_of_Wight_Festival_1969
On the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, attended by approximately 150,000 people over three days, Bob Dylan appeared in his first gig in three years.
1959
Letter_bomb
A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu (pictured), younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, failed to kill Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia.
1942
1942_Matagorda_hurricane
The Matagorda hurricane, the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing $26.5 million in damages and eight deaths.
1941
World_War_II
World War II: A detachment of Chetniks captured the town of Loznica in German-occupied Serbia.
1940
World_War_II
Second World War: Two Royal navy destroyers were lost to mines and two other vessels damaged off Texel, Netherlands, killing around 300 men.
1939
Gleiwitz_incident
Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day.

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