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Silvio Berlusconi
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Silvio Berlusconi

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Silvio Berlusconi was an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in three governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 2013; a member of the Senate of the Republic from 2022 until his death in 2023, and previo…

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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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Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. A mathematic…

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On This Day

10 events
2025
Air_India_Flight_171
Air India Flight 171 crashes shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing 260 people.
2016
Pulse_nightclub_shooting
An Islamic terrorist killed 49 people in a mass shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida.
2010
Abby_Sunderland
Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued after her boat was dismasted in the Indian Ocean while trying to become the youngest sailor around the world.
1999
NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia
In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered Kosovo with a mandate of establishing a secure environment in the territory.
1994
Boeing_777
The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, made its maiden flight.
1991
Sri_Lankan_Tamils
More than 150 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the military in the village of Kokkadichcholai.
1987
Cold_War
Cold War: During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate by the Berlin Wall, US president Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!" (speech featured).
1981
Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first film to star Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, was released.
1978
David_Berkowitz
American serial killer David Berkowitz, popularly known as the "Son of Sam", was sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison for each of six killings.
1967
Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws restricting interracial marriage in the landmark civil rights case Loving v. Virginia.

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