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OSIRIS-REx
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OSIRIS-REx

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OSIRIS-REx was a NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission that visited and collected samples from 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid. The material, returned in September 2023, is expected to enable scientists to learn more about the formation and evolution of the Solar System, its initial stages of p…

Michael Gambon
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Michael Gambon
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Sir Michael John Gambon was an Irish-English actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the…

XXX: Return of Xander Cage
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XXX: Return of Xander Cage
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XXX: Return of Xander Cage is a 2017 American action spy film directed by D.J. Caruso and written by F. Scott Frazier. T…

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On This Day

10 events
2012
Somali_Civil_War_(2009–present)
War in Somalia: Somali National Army forces and their AMISOM and Raskamboni allies launched an offensive against Al-Shabaab in the latter's last major stronghold of Kismayo.
2009
2009_Guinean_protests
A protest held by 50,000 people in Conakry, Guinea, was forcefully disrupted by the military junta, resulting in at least 157 deaths and over 1,200 injuries.
2006
Typhoon_Xangsane
Typhoon Xangsane passed Manila on its way to causing more than 300 deaths, mostly in the Phillippines and Vietnam.
1978
Pope_John_Paul_I
Pope John Paul I died only 33 days after his papal election due to an apparent myocardial infarction, resulting in the first year of three popes since 1605.
1975
Knightsbridge
An attempted robbery of Spaghetti House, a restaurant in Knightsbridge, London, turned into a six-day hostage situation.
1972
Cold_War
Against the backdrop of the Cold War, the Canadian ice hockey team defeated the Soviet team in the Summit Series.
1963
Whaam!
Whaam!, now considered one of Roy Lichtenstein's most important works, debuted at an exhibition held at the Leo Castelli Gallery, New York City.
1958
New_Orleans
Fernando Rios, a Mexican tour guide in New Orleans, was killed in an instance of gay bashing.
1928
Alexander_Fleming
Scottish biologist and pharmacologist Alexander Fleming (pictured) discovered penicillin when he noticed a bacteria-killing mould growing in his laboratory.
1924
United_States_Army_Air_Service
A team of U.S. Army Air Service aviators landed in Seattle, Washington, to complete the first aerial circumnavigation of the world.

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