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2024-06-12

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Jerry West

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Jerry Alan West was an American basketball player and executive. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His nicknames included "the Logo", in reference to his silhouette being the basis for the …

Pawan Kalyan

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Konidela Pawan Kalyan is an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and martial artist serving as the 11th Deputy Chie…

Hunter Biden

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Robert Hunter Biden is an American attorney and businessman. He is the second son of former president Joe Biden and his …

Françoise Hardy

200,905 views

ChatGPT

179,452 views

2024 Men's T20 World Cup

150,877 views

Cleopatra

146,708 views

Foxy Brown (film)

145,363 views

Lists of deaths by year

142,259 views

Family of Joe Biden

123,111 views

Star Wars: The Acolyte

121,765 views

Chirag Paswan

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Air_India_Flight_171

Air India Flight 171 crashes shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing 260 people.

2016

Pulse_nightclub_shooting

An Islamic terrorist killed 49 people in a mass shooting at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida.

2010

Abby_Sunderland

Sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland was rescued after her boat was dismasted in the Indian Ocean while trying to become the youngest sailor around the world.

1999

NATO_bombing_of_Yugoslavia

In the aftermath of the bombing of Yugoslavia and the Kosovo War, the NATO-led Kosovo Force entered Kosovo with a mandate of establishing a secure environment in the territory.

1994

Boeing_777

The Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, made its maiden flight.

1991

Sri_Lankan_Tamils

More than 150 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were massacred by members of the military in the village of Kokkadichcholai.

1987

Cold_War

Cold War: During a speech at the Brandenburg Gate by the Berlin Wall, US president Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!" (speech featured).

1981

Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first film to star Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, was released.

1978

David_Berkowitz

American serial killer David Berkowitz, popularly known as the "Son of Sam", was sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison for each of six killings.

1967

Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws restricting interracial marriage in the landmark civil rights case Loving v. Virginia.