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Morgan Spurlock
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Morgan Spurlock

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Morgan Valentine Spurlock was an American documentary filmmaker, writer and television producer. He directed 23 films and was the producer of nearly 70 films throughout his career. Spurlock received acclaim for directing the documentary Super Size Me (2004), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentar…

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Carlo Acutis was an English-born Italian Catholic teenager known for his devotion to the Eucharist and his use of digita…

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Blue field entoptic phenomenon
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The blue field entoptic phenomenon is an entoptic phenomenon characterized by the appearance of tiny bright dots moving …

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On This Day

10 events
2014
Islamic_extremism
A gunman involved in Islamic extremism opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people.
2006
An_Inconvenient_Truth
An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film that has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and re-energizing the environmental movement, was released.
1991
Israel_Defense_Forces
The Israel Defense Forces began Operation Solomon, a covert operation to bring thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Israel (evacuees pictured).
1988
Section_28
Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act of 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, was enacted.
1986
Stationary_front
A stationary front began over the central Caribbean Sea, leading to severe floods that over two weeks killed dozens of people in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica.
1976
Wine_competition
In a wine competition in Paris, French judges shocked the wine industry by rating California wines higher than French ones.
1970
Kola_Peninsula
On the Kola Peninsula in Russia, drilling began on the Kola Superdeep Borehole, which eventually reached a depth of 12,262 metres (40,230 ft), making it the deepest borehole ever drilled and the lowest artificial point on Earth.
1963
Robert_F._Kennedy
United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy met with African American author James Baldwin in an unsuccessful attempt to improve race relations.
1962
Project_Mercury
Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
1956
Eurovision_Song_Contest_1956
The first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest was held in Lugano, Switzerland.

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