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Krishna (Telugu actor)
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Krishna (Telugu actor)

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Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna Murthy, known mononymously as Krishna, was an Indian actor, director, and producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. In a career spanning more than five decades, he starred in over 350 films in a variety of roles. He is referred to as "Superstar" and "Nata Sekhara" in the media. In 200…

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a 2022 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Shuri / …

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Christina Applegate
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Christina Applegate is an American actress. She gained recognition in the late 1980s for playing Kelly Bundy in the Fox …

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On This Day

10 events
2012
Xi_Jinping
Xi Jinping replaced Hu Jintao as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, succeeding as the paramount leader of China.
2000
Edoardo_Agnelli
Edoardo Agnelli, son of the industrialist patriarch Gianni Agnelli, was found dead under a bridge on the outskirts of Turin, Italy.
1988
Buran_(spacecraft)
The Soviet spacecraft Buran, a reusable vehicle built in response to NASA's Space Shuttle program, was launched, uncrewed, on its only flight.
1959
Clutter_family_murders
Two men murdered a family in Holcomb, Kansas; the events became the subject of Truman Capote's non-fiction novel In Cold Blood, a pioneering work of the true crime genre.
1943
The_Holocaust
The Holocaust: In the Romani Holocaust, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler ordered that the Romani were to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
1922
1922_Guayaquil_general_strike
During a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador, police and military fired into a crowd, killing at least 300 people.
1922
Fountain_of_Time
Fountain of Time, in Chicago's Washington Park, was dedicated as a tribute to 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
1908
Atrocities_in_the_Congo_Free_State
As a result of numerous atrocities in the territory, the Congo Free State was annexed to Belgium to form the Belgian Congo.
1889
Pedro_II_of_Brazil
Brazilian emperor Pedro II was overthrown in a coup led by Deodoro da Fonseca (pictured), while the country was proclaimed a republic.
1864
American_Civil_War
American Civil War: Union army general William Tecumseh Sherman (pictured) began his March to the Sea, inflicting significant damage to property and infrastructure using scorched-earth tactics on his way from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.

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