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2025-05-15

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Cassie Ventura

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Casandra Elizabeth Ventura is an American singer, dancer, actress, and model. Born in New London, Connecticut, she began her musical career in 2004 after meeting producer Ryan Leslie, who signed her to his record label, NextSelection Lifestyle Group. She was then discovered by Sean Combs, who signed her to a joint vent…

1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

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Protests led by students, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, f…

Eurovision Song Contest 2025

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The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on…

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Final Destination Bloodlines

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Lists of deaths by year

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Thunderbolts*

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Rose West

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On This Day

10 events

2024

Prime_Minister_of_Slovakia

Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico (pictured) is hospitalised after an assassination attempt.

2010

Jessica_Watson

Three days before her seventeenth birthday, Jessica Watson arrived in Sydney after sailing non-stop and unassisted around the world.

2004

Arsenal_F.C.

Arsenal became the first football team in England's top flight to finish a season undefeated since Preston North End did so in 1888–1889.

1990

Vincent_van_Gogh

Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet was sold at auction at Christie's in New York for US$82.5 million, making it the world's most expensive painting at the time.

1972

Ryukyu_Islands

The Ryukyu Islands were returned to Japan by the United States, and the U.S. occupation government was abolished.

1970

Jackson_State_killings

Police opened fire during a confrontation with a group of Jackson State College students, killing two students and injuring twelve others.

1966

Tôn_Thất_Đính

Disapproving of General Tôn Thất Đính's handling of the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese prime minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ordered an attack on his forces and ousted Đính from his post.

1957

Thermonuclear_weapon

The United Kingdom tested its first hydrogen bomb over Malden Island in Operation Grapple.

1953

Pinewood_derby

Don Murphy organized the first pinewood derby, an event for Cub Scouts of the Boy Scouts of America where wooden cars built by the scouts are raced.

1945

British_Army

The British Army directed fleeing Croatian soldiers to surrender to the Yugoslav Partisans, beginning the Bleiburg repatriations.