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Tony Romo

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Antonio Ramiro Romo is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for the Eastern Illinois Panthers, where he made an Ohio Valley Conference championship appearance in 2001 and won the Walter Pa…

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The Paris Agreement is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016. The treaty covers climate chan…

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On This Day

10 events
2018
Congress_of_Deputies
For the first time since its transition to democracy, the Congress of Deputies in Spain passed a motion of no confidence against the government.
2015
Sinking_of_Dongfang_zhi_Xing
The river cruise ship Dongfang zhi Xing capsized in the Yangtze, resulting in 442 deaths in China's worst peacetime maritime disaster.
2008
2008_Universal_Studios_fire
A fire on the back lot of Universal Studios Hollywood destroyed the King Kong Encounter and a large archive of music and film master recordings.
2007
Cyclone_Gonu
Cyclone Gonu develops from an area of convection in the Arabian Sea, later becoming the worst recorded natural disaster in Oman.
2001
Hamas
A Hamas-affiliated Islamist militant blew himself up outside a nightclub in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 21 people, most of whom were teenage girls.
1999
Clinton_National_Airport
On landing at Little Rock National Airport in the U.S. state of Arkansas, American Airlines Flight 1420 overran the runway and crashed (wreckage pictured), resulting in 11 deaths.
1988
Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was ratified, banning all American and Soviet land-based missiles with a range of 500 to 5,500 km (310 to 3,420 mi).
1988
Group_representation_constituency
Group representation constituencies were introduced to the parliament of Singapore.
1974
Henry_Heimlich
In an informal article in a medical journal, Henry Heimlich introduced the concept of abdominal thrusts, commonly known as the Heimlich maneuver, to treat victims of choking.
1943
Junkers_Ju_88
Eight German Junkers Ju 88s shot down British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Spain and France, killing actor Leslie Howard and several other notable passengers.

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