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2023-03-01

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Paul Vallas
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Paul Vallas

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Paul Gust Vallas Sr. is a former education superintendent. He served as the superintendent of the Bridgeport Public Schools in Connecticut and the Recovery School District of Louisiana, the CEO of both the School District of Philadelphia and the Chicago Public Schools, and a budget director for the city of Chicago.

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Tom Sizemore
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Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. was an American actor. Born in Detroit, he started his career with supporting appearances in …

Cleopatra
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Cleopatra
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Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom from 51 to 30 BC and the last active pharaoh of ancient…

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On This Day

10 events
1992
Serbs_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina
A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo, resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War.
1973
Pink_Floyd
Pink Floyd's critically acclaimed album The Dark Side of the Moon was released.
1950
Klaus_Fuchs
In a trial lasting less than 90 minutes, German–British physicist Klaus Fuchs was convicted of violating the Official Secrets Act by supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: American and Australian troops won the Battle of Sio against Japanese forces as part of the New Guinea campaign.
1936
Hoover_Dam
Hoover Dam, straddling the Arizona–Nevada border on the Colorado River, was completed.
1921
Kronstadt_rebellion
The Kronstadt rebellion began following mass protests in Petrograd demanding greater freedom in Russia with sailors and citizens taking up arms against the Bolsheviks.
1921
Australia_national_cricket_team
The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years.
1896
Battle_of_Adwa
Ethiopia defeated Italy at the Battle of Adwa, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
1896
Henri_Becquerel
French physicist Henri Becquerel discovered the principle of radioactive decay when he exposed photographic plates to uranium salts.
1872
Yellowstone_National_Park
Yellowstone National Park (bison pictured), located mostly in the present-day U.S. state of Wyoming, was established by President Ulysses S. Grant.

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