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2023-01-28

2023-01-28

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Pathaan (film)
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Pathaan (film)

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Pathaan is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Siddharth Anand and produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan in the titular role, alongside Deepika Padukone, John Abraham, Dimple Kapadia, and Ashutosh Rana. It is the fourth instalment in the YRF Spy Universe…

Killing of Tyre Nichols
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Killing of Tyre Nichols
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On January 7, 2023, Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black American man, was fatally injured by five Black police officers in…

Index (statistics)
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Index (statistics)
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In statistics and research design, an index is a composite statistic – a measure of changes in a representative group of…

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On This Day

10 events
1986
Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster
The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its tenth mission (video featured), killing all seven crew members.
1984
Tropical_Storm_Domoina
Tropical Storm Domoina made landfall in southern Mozambique, causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region.
1981
Ronald_Reagan
U.S. president Ronald Reagan lifted price controls from petroleum products, contributing to the 1980s oil glut.
1964
North_American_Sabreliner
Three U.S. Air Force pilots aboard an unarmed T-39 Sabreliner were killed when the aircraft was shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
1961
Muhanga
In Gitarama, Rwanda, local and other government officials initiated a coup to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic.
1958
The_Lego_Group
The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, filed a patent in Denmark for the design of Lego bricks.
1941
World_War_II
World War II: About three hours after Thai bombers raided Sisophon, a ceasefire paused hostilities in the Franco-Thai War.
1933
Choudhry_Rahmat_Ali
Choudhry Rahmat Ali published a pamphlet in which he called for the creation of a Muslim state in north-western India that he termed "Pakstan".
1922
Knickerbocker_storm
The largest recorded snowstorm in the history of Washington, D.C., collapsed the Knickerbocker Theatre (damage pictured), killing 98 people.
1916
Manitoba
The province of Manitoba passed a law that first granted some Canadian women the right to vote.

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