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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is an American fantasy television series developed by J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay for the streaming service Amazon Prime Video. It is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's history of Middle-earth, primarily material from the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings (1954–55). The …

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Nanjing Massacre
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The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing was the mass rape and murder of Chinese civilians, noncombatants, and prison…

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On This Day

10 events
2011
Chilean_Air_Force
Bad weather caused a Chilean Air Force aircraft to crash into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 21 people on board.
2002
Educational_entertainment
American animated edutainment show Liberty's Kids aired its first episode.
1992
1992_Nicaragua_earthquake
An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw off the coast of Nicaragua became the first tsunami earthquake to be captured on modern broadband seismic networks.
1985
Hurricane_Elena
Hurricane Elena, an unpredictable and damaging tropical cyclone that affected eastern and central portions of the United States Gulf Coast, made landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, as a Category 3 major hurricane.
1967
Roy_Bates
Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, as an independent sovereign state: the Principality of Sealand (pictured).
1957
South_Vietnam
South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to the country.
1946
Interim_Government_of_India
The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, was formed to assist the transition of India from British rule to independence.
1945
United_States_Navy
On the deck of the U.S. Navy battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, representatives from the Empire of Japan and the Allied powers signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender , formally ending World War II.
1912
Arthur_Rose_Eldred
Arthur Rose Eldred became the first person to attain the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
1901
Theodore_Roosevelt
U.S. vice president Theodore Roosevelt first publicly used the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick" (cartoon pictured) at the Minnesota State Fair, describing his philosophy of negotiating peacefully while simultaneously threatening to use military force.

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