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2024-02-16

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Alexei Navalny
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Alexei Navalny

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Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny was a Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist and political prisoner. He founded the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) in 2011. He was recognised by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience and was awarded the Sakharov Prize for his work on human rights.

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Madame Web (film)
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Madame Web is a 2024 American superhero film featuring the character from Marvel Comics. It is the fourth film in Sony's…

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

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On This Day

10 events
2013
February_2013_Quetta_bombing
At least 91 people were killed and 190 others injured after a bomb hidden in a water tank exploded at a market in Hazara Town, Pakistan.
1998
Taoyuan_International_Airport
While on approach to Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, China Airlines Flight 676 crashed due to an over-reliance of the autopilot, which resulted in the deaths of 202 people.
1996
1996_Maryland_train_collision
Eleven people died in a train collision in Silver Spring, Maryland, leading to the creation of comprehensive U.S. federal rules for the design of passenger cars.
1985
Shia_Islam
The Lebanese Shia political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah released a manifesto describing its ideology and goals.
1983
Ash_Wednesday_bushfires
The Ash Wednesday bushfires burned over half a million acres (over 2,000 km2) each in both South Australia and Victoria, killing 75 people and injuring 2,676 others.
1961
DuSable_Black_History_Museum
The DuSable Museum, the first museum dedicated to the study and conservation of African American history, culture, and art, was chartered.
1959
Fidel_Castro
Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba, beginning his decades-long rule over the country.
1936
Popular_Front_(Spain)
The Popular Front, a coalition of left-wing parties, came to power in the Spanish general election, a factor in the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War five months later.
1922
Byblos
A landslide in Byblos revealed a sarcophagus in an underground tomb that was later discovered to be part of a large Bronze Age necropolis.
1918
Council_of_Lithuania
The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence (pictured), proclaiming the restoration of an independent Lithuania.

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