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Graham Greene (actor)
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Graham Greene (actor)

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Graham Greene was a Canadian First Nations (Oneida) actor and recording artist, active in film, television and theatre in a career spanning over 50 years. He achieved international fame for his role as Kicking Bird in Kevin Costner's Dances With Wolves (1990), which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Suppo…

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Angela Rayner is a British politician and trade unionist who has been Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament (MP) …

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ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI. It was released in November 2022. It uses g…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
2017_North_Korean_nuclear_test
North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test at Punggye-ri, causing a magnitude-6.3 earthquake.
2001
The_Troubles
The Troubles: Ulster loyalists resumed a picket outside a Catholic girls' primary school in the Protestant portion of Ardoyne, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1991
Hamlet_chicken_processing_plant_fire
A fire killed 25 people locked inside a burning chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina, U.S.
1987
Jean-Baptiste_Bagaza
While he was abroad, Burundian president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was deposed in a military coup d'état by Pierre Buyoya.
1942
The_Holocaust
The Holocaust: In possibly the first Jewish ghetto uprising, residents of the Łachwa Ghetto in occupied Poland, informed of the upcoming "liquidation" of the ghetto, unsuccessfully fought against their Nazi captors.
1936
The_Guild_of_Carillonneurs_in_North_America
The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America was founded in Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada.
1935
Bonneville_Salt_Flats
On the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, British racing motorist Malcolm Campbell became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph (480 km/h).
1901
Royal_Exhibition_Building
At the Royal Exhibition Building (pictured) in Melbourne, the flag of Australia flew for the first time.
1878
Sinking_of_SS_Princess_Alice
The passenger steamship SS Princess Alice sank in the River Thames after colliding (pictured) with the collier Bywell Castle, killing more than 600 people.
1777
American_Revolutionary_War
American Revolutionary War: The British Army and their Hessian allies defeated an American militia at the Battle of Cooch's Bridge.

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