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2024-01-13

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Kalen DeBoer
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Kalen DeBoer

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Kalen Douglas DeBoer is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Alabama, a position he has held since 2024. DeBoer also served as the head football coach at the University of Sioux Falls from 2005 to 2009, California State University, Fresno from 2020 to 2021, and the Univ…

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YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad …

Saltburn (film)
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Saltburn (film)
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Saltburn is a 2023 black comedy thriller film written, directed, and produced by Emerald Fennell, starring Barry Keoghan…

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On This Day

10 events
2012
Costa_Concordia
The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia (pictured) ran aground on a reef and capsized off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany.
2003
208996_Achlys
The trans-Neptunian object 208996 Achlys was discovered by Chad Trujillo and Michael E. Brown at Palomar Observatory, California.
2001
January_2001_El_Salvador_earthquake
The first of two large earthquakes in the span of a month struck El Salvador, killing at least 944 people and destroying over 100,000 homes.
2000
Steve_Ballmer
Steve Ballmer replaced Bill Gates as the chief executive officer of Microsoft.
1972
Ignatius_Kutu_Acheampong
Ghanaian military officer Ignatius Kutu Acheampong led a coup to overthrow Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo.
1972
Bernice_Gera
Bernice Gera won a sex-discrimination lawsuit against the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, allowing her to become the first female professional baseball umpire.
1969
Rock_music
British rock band Led Zeppelin released their first album, Led Zeppelin, in the United States.
1968
Johnny_Cash
American singer Johnny Cash recorded his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison in California.
1963
Sylvanus_Olympio
Togo's first president, Sylvanus Olympio (pictured), was assassinated by military officers in a coup d'état led by Emmanuel Bodjollé, Étienne Eyadéma, and Kléber Dadjo.
1953
Doctors'_plot
Nine Moscow doctors were accused of a plot to poison members of the Soviet political and military leadership.

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