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Sana Javed

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Sana Javed is a Pakistani actress who appears on Urdu television. She made her debut in 2012 with Shehr-e-Zaat and later on appeared in several serials. She received recognition after portraying the titular role in the romantic drama Khaani for which she received a nomination at the Lux Style Awards. Javed gained prais…

Shoaib Malik
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Shoaib Malik
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Shoaib Malik is a former Pakistani cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team and previously played for…

Sania Mirza
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Sania Mirza
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Sania Mirza is an Indian former professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she won six major titles – thr…

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On This Day

10 events
2018
Taliban
A group of Taliban gunmen attacked and took hostages at the Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul, Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle that left at least 21 people dead.
2009
2008–2011_Icelandic_financial_crisis
During a national financial crisis, thousands of people protested (pictured) at the Icelandic parliament in Reykjavík.
2009
First_inauguration_of_Barack_Obama
In Washington, D.C., Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first African-American president of the United States.
1990
Red_Army
The Soviet Red Army violently cracked down on Azeri pro-independence demonstrations in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR.
1969
Amanullah_Asaduzzaman
Bengali student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman was shot and killed by East Pakistani police, an event that led to the Bangladesh Liberation War.
1968
Houston_Cougars_men's_basketball
The Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins in what became known as the "Game of the Century" (pictured), ending the Bruins' 47-game winning streak and establishing college basketball as a sports commodity on American television.
1945
World_War_II
World War II: In an operation that took nearly two months to complete, Germany began the evacuation of at least 1.8 million people from East Prussia in anticipation of the advancing Soviet Red Army.
1942
The_Holocaust
The Holocaust: Reinhard Heydrich and other senior Nazi officials met at the Wannsee Conference near Berlin to discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question".
1843
Honório_Hermeto_Carneiro_Leão,_Marquis_of_Paraná
Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, became the de facto first prime minister of the Empire of Brazil.
1726
Johann_Sebastian_Bach
J. S. Bach led the first performance of his cantata Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen on the second Sunday after the Epiphany.

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