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2024-05-11

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Eurovision Song Contest 2024

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The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 7 and 9 May and a final on 11 May 2024, held at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and presented by Petra Mede and Malin Åkerman. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host bro…

Aurora

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An aurora is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly observed in high-latitude regions around the Arctic a…

Malin Akerman

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Malin Maria Åkerman, often anglicised to Malin Akerman, is a Swedish and American actress. She first appeared in smaller…

Bambie Thug

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

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Eurovision Song Contest

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On This Day

10 events

2022

Shireen_Abu_Akleh

Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is shot and killed while reporting on an Israel Defense Forces raid on the Jenin Refugee Camp.

2022

Myanmar_civil_war_(2021–present)

Myanmar civil war: Government troops killed 37 unarmed civilians in Mondaingbin.

2013

2013_Reyhanlı_car_bombings

Two car bombs by unknown perpetrators exploded in Reyhanlı, Turkey, resulting in 52 killed and 140 injured.

2011

2011_Lorca_earthquake

An earthquake registering Mw 5.1, the worst to hit the region for more than 50 years, struck near Lorca, Spain.

2010

David_Cameron

David Cameron took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.

2010

Gordon_Brown

Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party after failing to strike a coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats.

1998

Pokhran-II

India began the Pokhran-II nuclear-weapons test, its first since the Smiling Buddha test 24 years earlier.

1997

Deep_Blue_(chess_computer)

Deep Blue (pictured) defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.

1981

Andrew_Lloyd_Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, the first megamusical, opened at the New London Theatre.

1970

Lubbock,_Texas

Lubbock, Texas, was struck by a tornado that left 26 people dead.