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Joanne Whalley is an English film and television actress. She was credited as Joanne Whalley-Kilmer from 1988 to 1996 du…

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10 events
2015
Gunmen attacked Garissa University College in Kenya, killing 148 people and wounding 79 others.
2015
Six elderly men burgled a safe-deposit facility (pictured) in Hatton Garden, London, and stole items worth up to an estimated £14 million.
2012
A gunman shot at people inside Oikos University, a Korean Christian college in Oakland, California, leaving seven people dead and three injured.
2002
Second Intifada: Palestinian militants sought refuge from advancing Israeli forces in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, beginning a month-long siege.
1992
John Gotti (pictured), the head of the Gambino crime family of New York City, was convicted of racketeering, murder, conspiracy to commit murder, loansharking, obstruction of justice, illegal gambling, and tax evasion.
1992
Bosnian War: At least 48 civilians were massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1982
Argentine special forces invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War against the United Kingdom.
1979
Spores of anthrax were accidentally released from a military research facility near the city of Sverdlovsk, causing at least 68 deaths.
1968
2001: A Space Odyssey, the epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, premiered at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.
1911
The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducted the first national census of the country.

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