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Madison Keys
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Madison Keys

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Madison Keys is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in women's singles by the WTA. Keys has won ten career singles titles, including a major at the 2025 Australian Open. She was also a finalist at the 2017 US Open.

Pete Hegseth
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Pete Hegseth
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Peter Brian Hegseth is an American government official and former television personality who has served as the 29th Unit…

Brian Schottenheimer
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Brian Schottenheimer
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Brian Schottenheimer is an American professional football coach who is the head coach for the Dallas Cowboys of the Nati…

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On This Day

10 events
2011
Arab_Spring
Arab Spring: The Egyptian revolution began with protests on the "Day of Anger", eventually leading to the removal of President Hosni Mubarak after nearly 30 years of rule.
2010
Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_409
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, en route to Addis Ababa, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut, Lebanon, killing all 90 people on board.
2010
Avatar_(2009_film)
Avatar, a science-fiction film directed by James Cameron, became the highest-grossing film of all time.
2006
OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb
Three independent observing campaigns announced the discovery of OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb, a super-Earth 21,500 ± 3,300 light-years away from Earth near the center of the Milky Way.
2004
Mars_Exploration_Rover
Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed on Mars and rolled into Eagle crater, a small crater on the Meridiani Planum.
1998
Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam detonated a truck bomb at the sacred Buddhist Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, killing 17 people.
1995
Black_Brant_(rocket)
A team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black Brant XII sounding rocket, which was mistaken by Russian forces for a Trident missile.
1993
Mir_Aimal_Kansi
Pakistani national Mir Aimal Kansi shot five people outside the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, killing two.
1990
Avianca_Flight_052
Avianca Flight 52 ran out of fuel on approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport and crashed into the village of Cove Neck, New York, resulting in the deaths of 73 people.
1971
Idi_Amin
Idi Amin seized power from Ugandan president Milton Obote in a coup d'état, beginning eight years of military rule.

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