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Squid Game season 2
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Squid Game season 2

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The second season of South Korean dystopian survival thriller television series Squid Game, marketed as Squid Game 2 and created by writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk, was released on Netflix on December 26, 2024.

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Olivia Hussey
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Olivia Hussey was an Argentine and British actress. The daughter of Argentine singer Osvaldo Ribó, Hussey was born in Bu…

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Greg Gumbel
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Gregory Girard Gumbel was an American television sportscaster. He was best known for his various assignments for CBS Spo…

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On This Day

10 events
2018
Netflix
Netflix released Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, its first interactive content for adults.
2014
MS_Norman_Atlantic
The passenger ferry Norman Atlantic caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, killing an estimated 28 people.
2014
Indonesia_AirAsia_Flight_8501
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed into the Java Sea after the pilots mishandled a non-critical error in the cockpit, which resulted in all 162 people on board being killed in the crash.
2011
Kurdistan_Workers'_Party_insurgency
Kurdish–Turkish conflict: Acting on information that Kurdish militants were crossing the border from Iraqi territory, two Turkish F-16 jets fired at a group of villagers, killing 34 people.
2009
2009_Karachi_bombing
A suicide bomber attacked a Shia procession commemorating the day of Ashura in Karachi, Pakistan, causing 43 deaths.
2009
Dhondup_Wangchen
Tibetan dissident filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen was imprisoned for subversion by Chinese authorities after a secret trial.
2006
War_in_Somalia_(2006–2009)
Somali Civil War: Troops of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and their Ethiopian allies captured Mogadishu unopposed.
1967
Muriel_Siebert
American businesswoman Muriel Siebert became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
1964
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: Viet Cong regiments penetrated the eastern perimeters of the village of Bình Giã, beginning the Battle of Binh Gia.
1943
World_War_II
World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division captured the Italian town of Ortona (pictured).

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