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Gene Hackman
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Gene Hackman

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Eugene Allen Hackman was an American actor. Considered one of the greatest actors of his generation and a paragon of the New Hollywood movement, Hackman's mainstream acting career spanned over four decades. He received several accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, one Silver Bear and…

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Michelle Trachtenberg
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Michelle Trachtenberg
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Michelle Christine Trachtenberg was an American actress. After beginning her career in commercials at age three, she mad…

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On This Day

10 events
2021
Greater_Manchester
Bus drivers in Greater Manchester began an eleven-week strike, one of the longest in British transportation history.
2013
Pope_Benedict_XVI
Benedict XVI became the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy.
2002
2002_Gujarat_violence
During a period of religious violence in Gujarat, India, mobs of Hindus attacked Muslims in Naroda Patiya and in Chamanpura, resulting in 166 deaths.
2001
Selby_rail_crash
A high-speed train crash occurred near Selby in North Yorkshire, England, killing 10 and injuring 82.
1997
GRB_970228
GRBΒ 970228, a highly luminous 80-second flash of gamma rays, was detected on Earth, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
1997
North_Hollywood_shootout
Two heavily armed bank robbers exchanged gunfire with officers of the Los Angeles Police Department in North Hollywood, in one of the most intense gun battles in American police history.
1985
The_Troubles
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launched a mortar attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Newry, Northern Ireland, killing nine people.
1975
London_Underground
A London Underground train failed to stop at the terminal Moorgate station, crashing and causing the deaths of 43 people.
1974
February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election
The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes.
1972
Law_enforcement_in_Japan
Japanese police stormed a mountain lodge near Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to end a ten-day siege by members of the paramilitary group United Red Army.

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