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Adolescence (TV series)
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Adolescence (TV series)

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Adolescence is a British psychological crime drama television series created by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, and directed by Philip Barantini. It centres on a 13-year-old schoolboy, Jamie Miller, who is arrested after the murder of a girl in his school. Each of its episodes was shot in one continuous take.

Eddie Jordan
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Eddie Jordan
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Edmund Patrick Jordan was an Irish motorsport executive, broadcaster, racing driver and businessman. From 1991 to 2005, …

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Sunita Williams
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Sunita Lyn Williams is a retired United States Navy captain and former NASA astronaut. Williams served aboard the Intern…

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On This Day

10 events
2014
Taliban
Taliban militants killed nine civilians in a mass shooting at the Kabul Serena Hotel in Afghanistan.
1993
The_Troubles
The Troubles: Two children were killed by the second of two bomb attacks by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Warrington, England.
1987
Antiviral_drug
The antiretroviral drug zidovudine (chemical structure pictured) became the first treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for HIV/AIDS.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: U.S. Marines made a landing on Emirau Island in the Bismarck Archipelago to develop an airbase as part of Operation Cartwheel.
1942
World_War_II
World War II: After being forced to flee the Philippines for Australia, US Army general Douglas MacArthur (pictured) announced: "I came through and I shall return."
1939
1939_German_ultimatum_to_Lithuania
Germany issued an ultimatum to Lithuania, demanding the return of the Klaipėda Region under threat of invasion.
1923
Arts_Club_of_Chicago
The Arts Club of Chicago hosted the opening of Pablo Picasso's first solo United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso.
1922
United_States_Navy
The United States Navy commissioned its first aircraft carrier, USS Langley.
1861
1861_Mendoza_earthquake
An earthquake occurred in the Argentine province of Mendoza, causing at least 6,000 deaths and destroying most of the buildings in the province's capital city.
1852
Harriet_Beecher_Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, which had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the United States, was published.

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