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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…

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Barbara Walters
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Barbara Jill Walters was an American broadcast journalist and television personality. Known for her interviewing ability…

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Andrew Tate
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Emory Andrew Tate III is an American and British social media personality, businessman, and former professional kickboxe…

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On This Day

10 events
2019
NASA
The NASA space probe New Horizons flew by the trans-Neptunian object Arrokoth, making it the farthest object visited by a spacecraft.
2011
2011_Alexandria_bombing
A suicide bombing took place outside a Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, Egypt, following a New Year service, killing 23 people.
2010
2010_Lakki_Marwat_suicide_bombing
A suicide bomber killed 105 spectators at a volleyball game in the Lakki Marwat District of Pakistan.
2007
Adam_Air_Flight_574
Adam Air Flight 574 crashed into the sea off Polewali, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board, when the pilots inadvertently disconnected the autopilot.
1998
Juan_Maldacena
Argentinian physicist Juan Maldacena published a landmark paper initiating the study of AdS/CFT correspondence, which links string theory and quantum gravity.
1995
World_Trade_Organization
The World Trade Organization, the international organization designed to supervise and liberalize international trade, came into being, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
1994
Far-left_politics
The revolutionary leftist Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiated twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas.
1978
Air_India_Flight_855
Air India Flight 855 (aircraft pictured) crashed into the Arabian Sea seconds after take-off, killing all 213 people.
1965
People's_Democratic_Party_of_Afghanistan
The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, which later helped the country become a republic, was founded.
1960
East_House_mass_shooting
Three men were killed and two wounded in a mass shooting at a public house in Sheffield, England.

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