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Jeffrey Dahmer
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Jeffrey Dahmer

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Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, was an American serial killer and sex offender who killed and dismembered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991.

Christopher Scarver
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Christopher Scarver
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Christopher J. Scarver Sr. is an American convicted murderer who is known for the 1994 murders of his fellow inmates Jef…

Ponniyin Selvan: I
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Ponniyin Selvan: I
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Ponniyin Selvan: I is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language epic historical fiction action drama film directed by Mani Ratnam, wh…

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On This Day

10 events
2008
MESSENGER
The MESSENGER probe discovered Mercury's Rembrandt (pictured) – the second largest impact crater on the planet.
2002
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda bombed the oil tanker Limburg, causing oil to leak into the Gulf of Aden.
2000
Fernando_de_la_Rúa
Denouncing corruption in Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa's administration and the Senate, Vice President Carlos Álvarez resigned.
1998
Matthew_Shepard
Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was attacked and fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming, U.S., dying six days later.
1995
Michel_Mayor
Astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz reported the discovery of a planet orbiting 51 Pegasi (depicted) as the first known exoplanet around a main-sequence star.
1989
Castro_Sweep
About 200 members of the San Francisco Police Department instigated a police riot in the Castro following a peaceful protest held by the political group ACT UP.
1985
Murder_of_Keith_Blakelock
Police constable Keith Blakelock was killed during rioting in the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, London.
1981
Anwar_Sadat
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat (pictured) was assassinated while attending a parade in Cairo to mark the eighth anniversary of the Crossing of the Bar Lev Line at the start of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
1976
Coordination_of_United_Revolutionary_Organizations
Two bombs placed by the CIA-linked Cuban dissident group Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations exploded on Cubana Flight 455, killing all 73 people aboard.
1973
Egyptian_Armed_Forces
The Egyptian Armed Forces crossed the Suez Canal (pictured) to attack occupying Israeli forces at the Bar Lev Line in the Sinai Peninsula, beginning the Yom Kippur War.

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