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2023-01-07

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Kevin McCarthy
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Kevin McCarthy

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Kevin Owen McCarthy is an American politician who served as the 55th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from January to October 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California's 22nd congressional district from 2007 to 2013, followed by California's 23rd congressional district from …

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Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short sto…

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10 events
2020
2019–2020_Spanish_government_formation
After 253 days without an operational government, a second round of investiture votes produced Spain's first coalition government since the Second Republic.
2012
Hot_air_balloon
A hot air balloon flight from Carterton, New Zealand, collided with a power line while landing, causing it to crash and killing all eleven people on board.
2010
Nag_Hammadi
In Nag Hammadi, Egypt, Muslim gunmen opened fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians leaving church after attending Christmas Liturgy, killing eight of them, as well as one Muslim bystander.
1993
History_of_Ghana
The Fourth Republic of Ghana was inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings, the country's former military ruler, as president.
1989
Ruhollah_Khomeini
Representatives of Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini delivered a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, inviting him to consider Islam as an alternative to communism, and predicting the dissolution of the Soviet Bloc.
1989
FA_Cup
In one of the most famous upsets in FA Cup history, Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City.
1979
People's_Army_of_Vietnam
The People's Army of Vietnam captured Phnom Penh, marking the end of large-scale fighting in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.
1978
Iran_and_Red_and_Black_Colonization
An article entitled "Iran and Red and Black Colonization" was published in the newspaper Ettela'at attacking Ruhollah Khomeini, then in exile in Iraq.
1955
Marian_Anderson
Marian Anderson became the first African-American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
1948
Kentucky_Air_National_Guard
Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell, flying in pursuit of an alleged UFO, was killed when his P-51 Mustang crashed near Fort Knox, Kentucky.

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