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Killing of Brian Thompson
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Brian Thompson, the CEO of the American health insurance company UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed in Midtown Manhat…

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UnitedHealth Group Incorporated is an American multinational for-profit company specializing in health insurance and hea…

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On This Day

10 events
2007
A gunman killed nine people at a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska.
1972
Gough Whitlam took office as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia and formed a duumvirate with his deputy Lance Barnard, ending 23 years of Liberal–Country Party government.
1965
The "glasnost meeting" took place in Moscow, becoming the first demonstration in the Soviet Union after World War II and marking the beginning of the civil rights movement in the country.
1958
Britain's first motorway, the Preston Bypass, opened to the public.
1952
The "Great Smog of London" (pictured) began and lasted for five days, causing 12,000 deaths and leading to the Clean Air Act 1956.
1936
The 1936 Soviet constitution, also known as the "Stalin constitution", was adopted.
1918
National Guards and Sokol volunteers protested in Zagreb, leading to an armed clash with regiments of the Home Guard and former Common Army.
1914
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition began in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica.
1807
Napoleonic Wars: British ships began a raid on Griessie after the Dutch captain refused a British demand for surrender.
1775
American Revolutionary War: Continental Army colonel Henry Knox arrived at Fort Ticonderoga in New York to arrange the transport of 60 tons of artillery (depicted) to support the siege of Boston.

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