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Anne Burrell
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Anne Burrell

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Anne W. Burrell was an American chef, television personality, and instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education. She hosted the Food Network show Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and was co-host of Worst Cooks in America. She was also one of Mario Batali's sous chefs in the Iron Chef America series and appeared on othe…

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Ali Hosseini Khamenei is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989…

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Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to t…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
June_2017_Portugal_wildfires
Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.
2015
White_supremacy
A white supremacist committed a mass shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people during a prayer service.
2009
Czech_Pirate_Party
Following a petition, the liberal progressive Czech Pirate Party was officially registered as a political party.
1963
Ho_Chi_Minh_City
Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.
1952
Guatemalan_Revolution
Guatemalan Revolution: The Guatemalan Congress passed Decree 900, redistributing unused land greater than 224 acres (0.91 km2) in area to local peasants.
1940
World_War_II
Second World War: RMS Lancastria was sunk by German aircraft near Saint-Nazaire, France, causing thousands of fatalities in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
1919
Epsom_riot
Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, leading to the death of a British police officer.
1913
Detroit
In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action.
1900
Boxer_Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts from Qing China after a brief but bloody battle.
1861
American_Civil_War
American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the world's first military movements of troops by train.

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