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2022-12-23

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Avatar: The Way of Water
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Avatar: The Way of Water

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Avatar: The Way of Water is a 2022 American epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. It is the second in the Avatar film series. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña and Stephen Lang reprise their roles from the first film, with Sigourney Weaver returning in an a…

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a 2022 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson, and produced by …

XXX: Return of Xander Cage
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XXX: Return of Xander Cage
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XXX: Return of Xander Cage is a 2017 American action spy film directed by D.J. Caruso and written by F. Scott Frazier. T…

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On This Day

10 events
2008
Republic_of_Guinea_Armed_Forces
The Guinean military engineered a coup d'état, announcing that it planned to rule the country for two years prior to a new presidential election.
1997
Pioneer_Helmet
The Pioneer Helmet, one of only six Anglo-Saxon helmets to be discovered, was first placed on public display.
1990
1990_Slovenian_independence_referendum
About 88 percent of eligible voters in Slovenia voted to secede from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1984
Aeroflot_Flight_3519
An engine fire caused Aeroflot Flight 3519 to crash shortly after takeoff from Krasnoyarsk, USSR, killing all but one of the 111 people on board.
1958
Tokyo_Tower
Tokyo Tower, then the world's tallest freestanding tower, opened.
1957
Australia_national_cricket_team
Leading the Australia national cricket team, Ian Craig became the youngest-ever Test cricket captain at the time.
1919
Sex_Disqualification_(Removal)_Act_1919
The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was enacted, lifting most of the existing common-law restrictions on women in the United Kingdom.
1916
World_War_I
First World War: Allied forces gained a strategic victory at the Battle of Magdhaba on the Sinai Peninsula.
1888
Mental_disorder
During a bout of mental illness, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (pictured) severed part of his left ear and gave it to a woman in a brothel in Arles, France.
1815
Jane_Austen
Jane Austen's novel Emma was first published, the last novel released during her lifetime.

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