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CrowdStrike

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CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. is an American cybersecurity technology company based in Austin, Texas. It provides endpoint security, threat intelligence, and cyberattack response services.

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JD Vance
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James David Vance is an American politician and author serving as the 50th vice president of the United States. A member…

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Bob Newhart
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George Robert Newhart was an American comedian and actor. Newhart was known for his deadpan and stammering delivery styl…

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On This Day

10 events
2024
Neary's
Neary's, a New York City Irish pub popular with political elites, closed.
2014
2014_Farafra_ambush
Gunmen ambushed an Egyptian military checkpoint in the Libyan Desert near Farafra, killing 22 soldiers.
2013
NASA
The NASA spacecraft Cassini took a photograph of Saturn with Earth in the distance (detail pictured), for which people were invited to "wave at Saturn".
1997
The_Troubles
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army announced that it would resume its ceasefire, ending its 28-year campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland.
1992
Via_D'Amelio_bombing
A car bomb killed the anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino and five policemen in Palermo, Italy, less than two months after the murder of Borsellino's friend and colleague Giovanni Falcone.
1976
Bunbury_woodchip_bombing
Environmental activists bombed the port facilities in Bunbury, Western Australia, in an attempt to disrupt the woodchipping industry.
1957
The_Ordeal_of_Gilbert_Pinfold
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, a largely autobiographical novel by Evelyn Waugh, was published.
1919
Luton_Peace_Day_Riots
Following Peace Day celebrations marking the end of the First World War, English ex-servicemen unhappy with unemployment and other grievances rioted and burned down Luton Town Hall.
1916
World_War_I
First World War: The "worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history" occurred when Australian forces unsuccessfully attacked German defences at Fromelles, France.
1903
Maurice_Garin
French cyclist Maurice Garin won the first edition of the Tour de France.

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