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2023-10-16

2023-10-16

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Suzanne Somers
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Suzanne Somers

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Suzanne Marie Somers was an American actress, author, and businesswoman. She played the television roles of Chrissy Snow on Three's Company (1977–1981) and Carol Foster Lambert on Step by Step (1991–1998).

2023 Cricket World Cup
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2023 Cricket World Cup
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The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup was the 13th edition of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day Inte…

2023 Polish parliamentary election
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2023 Polish parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 15 October 2023 to elect members of the Sejm and Senate. A referendum con…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
Daphne_Caruana_Galizia
The Maltese journalist and anti-corruption activist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed in a car bomb attack in Bidnija.
2013
Lao_Airlines_Flight_301
In Laos's deadliest air accident, Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashed into the Mekong River, resulting in the deaths of all 49 people aboard.
1991
Luby's
A man drove his vehicle through the window of a Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, and opened fire, killing 23 people before fatally shooting himself.
1973
Norwegian_Nobel_Committee
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize would be jointly awarded to Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ, sparking international controversy.
1964
Project_596
With the success of Project 596, China became the world's fifth nuclear power.
1950
The_Chronicles_of_Narnia
The first novel of the The Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, was published in the United Kingdom.
1944
Formosa_Air_Battle
A four-day air battle over Taiwan ended with a decisive American victory, destroying hundreds of Japanese aircraft and military facilities.
1943
The_Holocaust
The Holocaust: The Gestapo conducted a raid on the Roman Ghetto, capturing 1,259 members of the Jewish community, most of whom were sent to Auschwitz.
1923
Roy_O._Disney
Roy and Walt Disney (pictured) founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in Hollywood, which eventually grew to become one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world.
1916
Margaret_Sanger
Margaret Sanger (pictured) established the United States' first family planning clinic in Brooklyn, New York.

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