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Robert Duvall
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Robert Duvall

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Robert Selden Duvall was an American actor, filmmaker, and producer. Duvall started acting professionally on the stage in 1952, performing in summer plays at the Gateway Playhouse in Bellport on Long Island. He continued there until 1959, with a one-year break serving in the U. S. Army. He made contacts there that then…

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Luciana Pedraza
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Luciana Pedraza is an Argentine actress and director. She was married to American actor Robert Duvall until his death. S…

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On This Day

10 events
2013
February_2013_Quetta_bombing
At least 91 people were killed and 190 others injured after a bomb hidden in a water tank exploded at a market in Hazara Town, Pakistan.
1998
Taoyuan_International_Airport
While on approach to Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, China Airlines Flight 676 crashed due to an over-reliance of the autopilot, which resulted in the deaths of 202 people.
1996
1996_Maryland_train_collision
Eleven people died in a train collision in Silver Spring, Maryland, leading to the creation of comprehensive U.S. federal rules for the design of passenger cars.
1985
Shia_Islam
The Lebanese Shia political and paramilitary organization Hezbollah released a manifesto describing its ideology and goals.
1983
Ash_Wednesday_bushfires
The Ash Wednesday bushfires burned over half a million acres (over 2,000 km2) each in both South Australia and Victoria, killing 75 people and injuring 2,676 others.
1961
DuSable_Black_History_Museum
The DuSable Museum, the first museum dedicated to the study and conservation of African American history, culture, and art, was chartered.
1959
Fidel_Castro
Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba, beginning his decades-long rule over the country.
1936
Popular_Front_(Spain)
The Popular Front, a coalition of left-wing parties, came to power in the Spanish general election, a factor in the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War five months later.
1922
Byblos
A landslide in Byblos revealed a sarcophagus in an underground tomb that was later discovered to be part of a large Bronze Age necropolis.
1918
Council_of_Lithuania
The Council of Lithuania signed the Act of Independence (pictured), proclaiming the restoration of an independent Lithuania.

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