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The Idol is an American drama television series created by Sam Levinson, Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, and Reza Fahim for H…

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On This Day

10 events
2015
An Indonesian Air Force military transport aircraft (pictured) crashed near a residential neighborhood in Medan, killing 139 people.
2009
Yemenia Flight 626 crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros, killing 152 people, with French schoolgirl Bahia Bakari the sole survivor.
1989
A building fire in Atlanta killed five people.
1985
Ryan White, an HIV/AIDS patient in the U.S., was denied re-admission to his school after he had contracted the disease from hemophilia treatments.
1974
Municipal workers in Baltimore, Maryland, went on strike seeking higher wages and better conditions.
1966
The National Organization for Women, a leading United States feminist organization, was founded in Washington, D.C.
1963
The coronation of Pope Paul VI took place, the last such ceremony before its abandonment by later popes.
1960
The Belgian Congo gained independence from colonial rule, beginning a period of instability that would lead to the dictatorship of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu.
1934
German chancellor Adolf Hitler began a purge of the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party and other political rivals, executing at least 85 people.
1905
Nadir of American race relations: A mob of white Americans killed eight people in Oconee County, Georgia, as part of a mass lynching.

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