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2025-05-30

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Loretta Swit

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Loretta Swit was an American stage and television actress. She was widely known for her character roles, especially her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards in each season of the long-running show, and won two, in 1980 and 1982.

Lists of deaths by year

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This is a list of lists of deaths for significant people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their re…

Lilo & Stitch (2025 film)

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Lilo & Stitch is a 2025 American science fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Rideback. Directed by …

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

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Sirens (2025 TV series)

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On This Day

10 events

2008

Convention_on_Cluster_Munitions

The Convention on Cluster Munitions, prohibiting the use, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster bombs, was adopted.

2005

Disappearance_of_Natalee_Holloway

American student Natalee Holloway disappeared while on a high-school graduation trip to Aruba.

1998

May_1998_Afghanistan_earthquake

A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan, killing at least 4,000 people, destroying more than 30 villages, and leaving 45,000 people homeless.

1972

Japanese_Red_Army

Members of the Japanese Red Army carried out the Lod Airport massacre in Tel Aviv, Israel, on behalf of PFLP External Operations, killing over 20 people and injuring almost 80 others.

1969

Curaçao

A demonstration by workers and activists on the Caribbean island of Curaçao escalated into a violent uprising which destroyed much of Willemstad.

1963

Buddhist_crisis

Buddhist crisis: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination was held outside the National Assembly of South Vietnam in Saigon, the first open demonstration against President Ngô Đình Diệm.

1959

Auckland_Harbour_Bridge

The Auckland Harbour Bridge, spanning Waitematā Harbour between the Saint Marys Bay and Northcote suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand, officially opened.

1948

Levee

A dike holding the Columbia River broke, causing a flood that destroyed Vanport, Oregon, U.S., only five years after the city was built.

1940

World_War_II

Second World War: HMS Cambrian was sunk by a mine in The Solent, with the loss of 23 lives.

1922

Lincoln_Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., featuring a sculpture of the sixteenth U.S. president Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French, opened.