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2025-08-13

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Alien: Earth

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Alien: Earth is an American science fiction horror television series created by Noah Hawley. It is the first television series in the Alien franchise and is set two years before the events of the 1979 film Alien. The series stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Adarsh Gourav, a…

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…

Danielle Spencer (American actress)
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Danielle Spencer (American actress)
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Danielle Louise Spencer was an American actress best known for her role as Dee Thomas on the ABC sitcom What's Happening…

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On This Day

10 events
2010
MV_Sun_Sea_incident
After being boarded by Canadian authorities, MV Sun Sea docked in British Columbia and the 492 Sri Lankan Tamil refugee claimants on board were placed into detention.
2004
Tropical_Storm_Bonnie_(2004)
Merely 22 hours after Tropical Storm Bonnie struck the U.S. state of Florida, Hurricane Charley inflicted further damage to the region (example pictured).
1999
Act_on_National_Flag_and_Anthem
The Act on National Flag and Anthem was adopted, formally establishing the Hinomaru and "Kimigayo" as the Japanese national flag and anthem, respectively.
1940
World_War_II
World War II: The German Luftwaffe launched an air operation, codenamed Adlertag, to destroy the British Royal Air Force; its failure indefinitely postponed the German invasion of the United Kingdom.
1918
Opha_May_Johnson
Opha May Johnson (pictured) became the first woman to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.
1906
25th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)
Members of the U.S. Army's all-black 25th Infantry Regiment were accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence.
1876
Bayreuth_Festival
The first Bayreuth Festival, created by Richard Wagner and his wife Cosima to showcase his stage works, was opened with Das Rheingold.
1868
1868_Arica_earthquake
A major earthquake near Arica, Peru (now in Chile), caused an estimated 25,000 casualties; the subsequent tsunami caused considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.
1762
Anglo-Spanish_War_(1762–1763)
Anglo-Spanish War: The United Kingdom captured Havana after a five-week siege, holding it until the Treaty of Paris the following year.
1724
Johann_Sebastian_Bach
Bach led the Thomanerchor in Leipzig in the first performance of the chorale cantata, Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101.

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