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Vontae Davis
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Vontae Ottis Davis was an American professional football cornerback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for…

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April Fools' Day or April Fool's Day is an annual custom on the 1st of April consisting of practical jokes, hoaxes, and …

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On This Day

10 events
2001
Same-sex marriage in the Netherlands was legalized, making it the first country to do so.
2001
An American Lockheed EP-3 and a Chinese Shenyang J-8 collided in mid-air off Hainan, resulting in an international dispute between the two countries.
1990
The longest prison riot in British penal history began at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, lasting 25 days.
1970
U.S. president Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring that a prominent warning by the surgeon general be placed on cigarette packages.
1970
The American Motors Corporation introduced its Gremlin, promoted as America's first subcompact car.
1969
The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with V/STOL capabilities, entered service with the Royal Air Force.
1963
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the tenth novel of Ian Fleming's James Bond series, was released in the United Kingdom.
1955
The British Army's Mobile Defence Corps, intended to assist with civil defence after a nuclear attack, was established by royal warrant.
1952
Israel enacted a citizenship law, prior to which the country technically had no citizens.
1941
Soviet border guards opened fire on civilians attempting to cross the border from the Soviet Union to Romania near Fântâna Albă, killing between 44 and 3,000 people.

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