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2025-08-11

2025-08-11

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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 ensemble cast including Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Toby Huss, Benedict Wong, and Amy Madigan. Its plot follows the case of seventeen children from the…

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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…

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Wednesday (TV series)
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Wednesday is an American supernatural mystery comedy television series based on the character Wednesday Addams by Charle…

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10 events
2012
2012_East_Azerbaijan_earthquakes
At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
1999
Ken_Levine_(game_developer)
Ken Levine's System Shock 2 was released to mediocre sales, but later received critical acclaim and influenced subsequent first-person shooter game design.
1999
1999_Salt_Lake_City_tornado
A tornado struck downtown Salt Lake City, damaging 120 homes and injuring over 100 people.
1979
Aeroflot
Two Aeroflot passenger jets collided in mid-air near Dniprodzerzhynsk in the Ukrainian SSR, killing all 178 people on both aircraft.
1977
National_Highway_Traffic_Safety_Administration
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiated an investigation into the alleged vulnerability of the Ford Pinto (example pictured) to fuel leakage and fire in a rear-end collision.
1975
Timorese_Democratic_Union
The Timorese Democratic Union launched a coup in Portuguese Timor, starting the East Timorese civil war.
1973
DJ_Kool_Herc
At a party in New York City, Jamaican musician DJ Kool Herc (pictured) began rapping during an extended break, laying the foundation for hip hop music.
1952
Talal_of_Jordan
King Talal of Jordan was forced to abdicate due to mental illness and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein.
1945
Kraków
Amid rumors of kidnappings of children by Jews in Kraków, a crowd of Poles took part in a pogrom, resulting in at least one death.
1929
Bud_Billiken_Parade_and_Picnic
The first Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic, the oldest and largest African-American parade in the United States, was held in Chicago.

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