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2025-08-05

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Government of Thailand
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Government of Thailand

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Government of Thailand, officially the Royal Thai Government, is the central executive authority of the Kingdom of Thailand. The government is led by the prime minister who selects all the other ministers. The country has had a minority coalition government since 2025 led by Bhumjaithai. The country emerged as a modern…

Sydney Sweeney
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Sydney Sweeney
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Sydney Bernice Sweeney is an American actress. She gained early recognition for her roles in Everything Sucks!, The Hand…

Weapons (2025 film)
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Weapons (2025 film)
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Weapons is a 2025 American mystery horror film directed, written, produced, and co-scored by Zach Cregger. It stars an e…

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On This Day

10 events
2015
United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency
United States Environmental Protection Agency personnel accidentally caused a spillage (aftermath pictured) of 3 million gallons (11 million litres) of mine waste water and tailings trapped inside the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado.
2012
Implosion_of_Radio_Network_House
Radio Network House (pictured), damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, becomes the first building to be demolished by implosion in New Zealand.
2012
White_supremacy
An American white supremacist carried out a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people and wounding four others.
2011
Juno_(spacecraft)
NASA launched the Juno probe to Jupiter as part of the New Frontiers program.
1993
Wizards_of_the_Coast
Wizards of the Coast released Magic: The Gathering, the first trading card game.
1984
Biman_Bangladesh_Airlines
A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft crashed while attempting to land in Dhaka, killing 49 people in the deadliest aviation accident in Bangladeshi history.
1981
Ronald_Reagan
U.S. president Ronald Reagan fired the 11,345 striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization en masse.
1973
University_of_Southwestern_Louisiana_basketball_scandal
Due to an athletics scandal, the National Collegiate Athletic Association applied the death penalty to the basketball program at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
1969
Lonesome_Cowboys_police_raid
Police raided a screening of the film Lonesome Cowboys in Atlanta, Georgia, leading to the creation of a Gay Liberation Front in that city.
1962
Marilyn_Monroe
American actress and model Marilyn Monroe was found dead of a barbiturate overdose in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

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