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Humza Yousaf
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Humza Yousaf

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Humza Haroon Yousaf is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from March 2023 to May 2024. He served under his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon as justice secretary from 2018 to 2021 and then as health secretary from 2021 to 2023. He has been Member of …

XXX (film series)
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XXX (film series)
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XXX is an American action spy film series created by Rich Wilkes. It consists of three full-length feature films: XXX (2…

John Wick: Chapter 4
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John Wick: Chapter 4
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John Wick: Chapter 4 is a 2023 American epic neo-noir action thriller film, directed and co-produced by Chad Stahelski a…

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On This Day

10 events
2023
Ciudad_Juárez_migrant_center_fire
Forty people are killed in a fire at a migrant detention facility in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
2020
North_Macedonia–NATO_relations
North Macedonia became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
2015
Himeji_Castle
Himeji Castle (pictured), the largest and most visited Japanese castle, re-opened after five years of restoration work.
2009
Situ_Gintung
A failure of the dam holding Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Tangerang, Indonesia, caused floods that killed at least 100 people.
2002
Second_Intifada
Second Intifada: A suicide bomber killed around 30 Israeli civilians and injured about 140 others in Netanya, triggering Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale counter-terrorist military incursion into the West Bank.
1999
NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia: A U.S. Air Force F-117 stealth aircraft was shot down by a Yugoslav Army unit.
1998
Food_and_Drug_Administration
The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug sildenafil (chemical structure pictured), better known by the trade name Viagra, as the first treatment approved in the United States for erectile dysfunction.
1981
Solidarity_(Polish_trade_union)
The Solidarity movement in Poland staged a warning strike, the largest in the history of the Eastern Bloc, in which at least 12 million Poles walked off their jobs for four hours.
1980
Nelson_Bunker_Hunt
Brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt failed in their attempt to corner the world silver market, causing panic in commodity and futures exchanges.
1976
Washington_Metro
The Washington Metro, the second-busiest rapid transit system in the U.S., opened to commuters.

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