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2025-04-27

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Sinners (2025 film)
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Sinners (2025 film)

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Sinners is a 2025 American horror film produced, written, and directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, the film stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers who return to their hometown in the Jim Crow South, where they are confronted by a supernatural evil. It co-stars Hailee …

Pope Francis
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Pope Francis
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Pope Francis was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 13 March 2013 until his death in 2025. H…

Shedeur Sanders
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Shedeur Sanders
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Shedeur Deion Sanders is an American professional football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football…

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On This Day

10 events
2012
2012_Dnipropetrovsk_explosions
Unknown perpetrators carried out a series of four bombings in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
2005
Airbus_A380
The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger airliner, made its maiden flight from Toulouse, France.
1985
1985_World_Snooker_Championship_final
The black-ball final, one of the most famous snooker matches in history, began between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor (pictured).
1967
Expo_67
The Expo 67 world's fair opened in Montreal, with 62 nations participating and more than 50 million visitors ultimately attending.
1965
Indonesia–Malaysia_confrontation
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation: British forces repelled a surprise Indonesian attack on a base at Plaman Mapu in Sarawak.
1961
Milton_Margai
Prime Minister Milton Margai led the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate to independence from the United Kingdom.
1949
Lorenzo_Gamboa
In response to the treatment of Lorenzo Gamboa under the White Australia policy, the Philippine House of Representatives passed a bill banning Australians from the country.
1945
World_War_II
World War II: The photograph Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn (pictured) was taken after German troops withdrew to Norway at the end of the Lapland War.
1904
Chris_Watson
Chris Watson became the first prime minister of Australia from the Australian Labor Party.
1848
National_Assembly_(France)
The French National Assembly under Victor Schœlcher proclaims the abolition of slavery within France and it's colonies following the February Revolution.

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