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2025-08-18

2025-08-18

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Terence Stamp
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Terence Stamp

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Terence Henry Stamp was an English actor. His filmography included a mix of cult and mainstream performances, particularly sophisticated villain roles. He received various accolades including a Golden Globe Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards. He was name…

Coolie (2025 film)
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Coolie (2025 film)
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Coolie is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj and produced by Kal…

War 2 (film)
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War 2 (film)
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War 2 is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language action-thriller film directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced by Aditya Chopra under …

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On This Day

10 events
2017
Asylum_seeker
Two people were fatally stabbed and eight others wounded by a rejected asylum seeker in an Islamist terrorist attack in Turku, Finland.
2008
Pervez_Musharraf
Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.
1983
Hurricane_Alicia
Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.
1966
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan (helicopter pictured), but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.
1964
Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany
East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.
1948
Fifth_Test,_1948_Ashes_series
Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".
1945
World_War_II
World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.
1940
World_War_II
Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.
1937
Blackwater_Fire_of_1937
A lightning strike started the Blackwater Fire (pictured) in Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, consuming 1,700 acres (7 km2) of old-growth forest and killing 15 firefighters.
1920
Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

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