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Taylor Swift
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Taylor Swift

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Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. An influential figure in popular culture, she is known for her autobiographical songwriting and artistic reinventions. Swift is the highest-grossing live music artist, the wealthiest female musician, and one of the best-selling music artists of all time.

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Travis Michael Kelce is an American professional football tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football …

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On This Day

10 events
2009
State_Peace_and_Development_Council
The Myanmar military junta and ethnic armies began three days of violent clashes in the region of Kokang.
2006
Comair_Flight_5191
Comair Flight 5191 crashed while inadvertently attempting to take off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49 of the 50 people on board, and causing the Federal Aviation Administration to modify air traffic control rules.
1990
Stevie_Ray_Vaughan
American musician Stevie Ray Vaughan, one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s, was killed in a helicopter crash.
1979
The_Troubles
The Troubles: the IRA ambushed and killed 18 British soldiers near Warrenpoint, and assassinated Lord Mountbatten on his boat at Mullaghmore.
1964
South_Vietnam
South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh entered into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, both of whom had been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
1955
Guinness_World_Records
The first edition of the Guinness Book of Records was published.
1896
Anglo-Zanzibar_War
In the shortest recorded war in history, the Sultanate of Zanzibar surrendered to the United Kingdom after less than an hour of conflict.
1832
Black_Hawk_(Sauk_leader)
Black Hawk (pictured), the leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrendered to U.S. authorities to end the Black Hawk War.
1810
Napoleonic_Wars
Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeated the Royal Navy, preventing them from capturing the harbour of Grand Port on Mauritius.
1776
William_Howe,_5th_Viscount_Howe
British forces led by William Howe defeated the Continental Army under George Washington at the Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War.

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