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Len Goodman
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Len Goodman

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Leonard Gordon Goodman was an English professional ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance competition adjudicator. He appeared as head judge on the British television programme Strictly Come Dancing – in which various celebrities compete for the glitterball trophy – from its beginning in 2004 until 2016, and on the …

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Tucker Carlson
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Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson is an American right-wing political activist and commentator who hosts Tucker on X and The…

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ChatGPT
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ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI. It was released in November 2022. It uses g…

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On This Day

10 events
2013
Savar_Upazila
A building in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing 1,134 people, making it the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern history.
2011
Guantanamo_Bay_files_leak
Secret documents relating to detainees at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp were released on WikiLeaks and several independent news organizations.
2003
Backhoe
A backhoe breached a pipeline in Toronto, Canada, which caused a gas explosion that killed seven people.
1993
Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in London's financial district in Bishopsgate, killing one person, injuring forty-four others, and causing damage that cost £350 million to repair.
1990
Hubble_Space_Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (pictured) was launched aboard STS-31 by Space Shuttle Discovery.
1980
United_States_Armed_Forces
Eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue the captives in the Iran hostage crisis.
1980
United_States_Armed_Forces
Eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue the captives in the Iran hostage crisis.
1965
Cold_War
Cold War: The Dominican Civil War broke out due to tensions following a military coup against the democratically elected government of President Juan Bosch two years earlier.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: The British Special Boat Service executed a successful raid to destroy an Axis radio station on the Greek island of Santorini.
1933
Nazi_Germany
Nazi Germany began its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.

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