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.xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on the Internet. The sponsoring organization is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). The registry is operated by ICM Registry LLC. The ICANN Board voted to approve the sTLD on 18 March 2011. It w…

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Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was launched in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, built …

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Peter Brian Hegseth is an American government official and former television personality who has served as the 29th Unit…

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On This Day

10 events
2019
Martín_Vizcarra
President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru, resulting in a constitutional crisis.
2009
Moment_magnitude_scale
A 7.6 MW earthquake struck off the southern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 1,115 and impacting an estimated 1.2 million people.
2005
Jyllands-Posten
The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published controversial editorial cartoons depicting Muhammad, sparking protests across the Islamic world by many who viewed them as Islamophobic and blasphemous.
2000
Killing_of_Muhammad_al-Durrah
Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah was shot dead in the Gaza Strip; the Israel Defense Forces initially accepted responsibility but retracted it five years later.
1998
ICANN
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that manages the assignment of domain names and IP addresses in the Internet, was incorporated.
1982
Cheers
Cheers, an American television sitcom, debuted with its pilot episode on NBC.
1975
Boeing_AH-64_Apache
The Boeing AH-64 Apache (example pictured), the primary attack helicopter for a number of countries, made its first flight.
1955
James_Dean
American film actor James Dean suffered fatal injuries in a head-on car accident near Cholame, California.
1939
NBC
NBC broadcast the first televised American football game, between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets.
1939
World_War_II
Second World War: General Władysław Sikorski (pictured) became the first prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

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