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Lionel Messi
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Lionel Messi

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Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, Messi has set numerous records for individual accolades won throughout his profe…

Kylian Mbappé
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Kylian Mbappé
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Kylian Mbappé Lottin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and captain…

FIFA World Cup
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FIFA World Cup
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The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior me…

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On This Day

10 events
2016
Andrei_Karlov
Andrei Karlov (pictured), Russia's ambassador to Turkey, was assassinated at an art gallery in Ankara.
2013
European_Space_Agency
The European Space Agency's spacecraft Gaia was launched with the goal of constructing the largest and most precise star catalogue ever made.
1997
SilkAir_Flight_185
SilkAir Flight 185 crashed into the Musi River in Indonesia, killing 104 people.
1997
Titanic_(1997_film)
Titanic, the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time with a worldwide total of more than US$2.2 billion, was released in the United States.
1985
Aeroflot_Flight_101/435
Aeroflot Flight 101/435 was hijacked by its co-pilot; it landed in a cow pasture in China, where he was apprehended.
1984
Sino-British_Joint_Declaration
China and the United Kingdom signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, agreeing to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to China on 1 July 1997.
1983
FIFA_World_Cup_Trophy
The Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to the winner of the FIFA World Cup, was stolen from the offices of the Brazilian Football Confederation.
1964
South_Vietnam
The ruling junta of South Vietnam, led by Nguyễn Khánh, initiated a coup, dissolving the High National Council, a civilian advisory body.
1956
John_Bodkin_Adams
British physician and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams was arrested in connection with the death of Edith Alice Morrell.
1843
A_Christmas_Carol
A Christmas Carol (illustration pictured), a novella by Charles Dickens about the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation after being visited by ghosts, was published.

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