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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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Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated…

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Ali Khamenei
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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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On This Day

10 events
2012
Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.
1994
The_Troubles
The Troubles: Ulster Volunteer Force members attacked a crowded bar in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, with assault rifles, killing six people.
1983
Mona_Mahmudnizhad
Iranian teenager Mona Mahmudnizhad and nine other women were hanged in Shiraz because of their membership in the Baháʼí Faith.
1983
Space_Shuttle_Challenger
Aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman and third one overall in space.
1981
Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft to be designed around stealth technology, made its maiden flight.
1972
British_European_Airways_Flight_548
British European Airways Flight 548 crashed near Staines-upon-Thames less than three minutes after departing from Heathrow Airport in London, killing all 118 people aboard in the worst air accident in the UK.
1967
Jimi_Hendrix
American musician Jimi Hendrix burned his guitar on stage at the end of a performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in California.
1958
Benjamin_Britten
English composer Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde was premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival.
1954
Carlos_Castillo_Armas
Carlos Castillo Armas led a CIA-sponsored invasion force across the Guatemalan border, beginning the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
1953
Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II
A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed just after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board.

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