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Dhurandhar

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Dhurandhar is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language spy thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Aditya Dhar. It is produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Aditya Dhar, and Lokesh Dhar under Jio Studios and B62 Studios. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Rampal, R.…

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Philip Rivers
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Philip Michael Rivers is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
Same-sex_marriage_in_Australia
Same-sex marriage in Australia became legal as the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 came into effect.
2016
Park_Geun-hye
Park Geun-hye, the president of South Korea, was impeached, marking the culmination of the country's political scandal.
2008
Rod_Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich, the governor of Illinois, was arrested on corruption charges, including for attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by president-elect Barack Obama.
1990
1990_Serbian_general_election
In Serbia's first multi-party election, Slobodan Milošević won the presidential election and the Socialist Party of Serbia won the majority of seats in the National Assembly.
1981
Mumia_Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner; his subsequent conviction and death sentence generated controversy in the United States.
1979
World_Health_Organization
A World Health Organization commission of scientists certified the global eradication of smallpox (virus pictured), making it the only human infectious disease to date to have been completely eradicated.
1969
William_P._Rogers
U.S. secretary of state William P. Rogers proposed a plan, later called the Rogers Plan, for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt's and Jordan's acceptance of the plan over Palestine Liberation Organization objections led to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
1968
Douglas_Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart gave what became known as "The Mother of All Demos", publicly debuting the computer mouse (pictured), hypertext, and the bit-mapped graphical user interface using the computer system NLS.
1965
Kecksburg_UFO_incident
A large, brilliant fireball was seen by thousands in midwestern North America before landing in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania.
1961
Tanganyika_Territory
Tanganyika Territory gained independence from Britain before becoming part of Tanzania three years later.

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