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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV series)

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is an American fantasy drama television series created by Ira Parker and George R. R. Martin. A prequel to Game of Thrones (2011–2019), it is the third television series in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire franchise and is an adaptation of the Tales of Dunk and Egg series of novellas, begi…

The Rip (film)
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The Rip (film)
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The Rip is a 2026 American action thriller film written and directed by Joe Carnahan, who developed the story with Micha…

Caleb Williams
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Caleb Williams
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Caleb Williams is an American professional football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (N…

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On This Day

10 events
2012
File_sharing
The Hong Kong–based file-sharing website Megaupload was shut down by the FBI.
2007
Hrant_Dink
Turkish-Armenian journalist and human-rights activist Hrant Dink was assassinated by a Turkish nationalist in Istanbul.
2007
Snowkiting
A four-man team, using only skis and kites, completed a 1,093-mile (1,759 km) trek to reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility, the first people to get there since 1967, and the first to do so on foot.
2006
Antonov_An-24
In the deadliest aviation accident in Slovak history, an Antonov An-24 operated by the Slovak Air Force crashed in northern Hungary, killing 42 of the 43 people on board.
1996
Barge
A tank barge and a tug grounded on a beach in Rhode Island, causing a spill of an estimated 828,000 U.S. gallons (3.13 million litres) of home heating oil.
1977
Iva_Toguri_D'Aquino
Iva Toguri (pictured), convicted of treason for broadcasting Japanese propaganda, was granted a full pardon by U.S. president Gerald Ford.
1975
1975_Kinnaur_earthquake
An earthquake registering 6.8 Ms struck northern Himachal Pradesh in India, causing extensive damage to the region.
1972
L'Aurore_(newspaper_founded_1944)
The French newspaper L'Aurore revealed that the former Nazi SS officer Klaus Barbie, the "Butcher of Lyon", had been found to be living in Peru.
1920
American_Civil_Liberties_Union
The American Civil Liberties Union was founded by the directors of the National Civil Liberties Bureau.
1915
World_War_I
World War I: The first major attack of the German bombing campaign against Britain took place when Zeppelins bombed several towns in Norfolk.

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