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Dennis Nilsen
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Dennis Nilsen

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Dennis Andrew Nilsen was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Convicted at the Old Bailey of six counts of murder and two of attempted murder, Nilsen was sentenced to life imprisonment on 4 November 1983, with a recommendation that he serve a min…

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Felicitas Gómez Martínez de Méndez was a Puerto Rican activist in the American civil rights movement. In 1946, Méndez an…

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Cuties is a 2020 French coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Maïmouna Doucouré in her feature directorial de…

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On This Day

10 events
2017
Parsons_Green_train_bombing
A homemade bomb partially exploded on an eastbound District line train at Parsons Green tube station in West London, injuring 30 passengers.
2013
Ivan_Kulesh
The Belarusian serial killer Ivan Kulesh murdered two saleswomen in Lida.
2008
2008_financial_crisis
Financial crisis of 2007–2008: The global financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy while holding over $600 billion in assets, the largest such filing in U.S. history.
1972
Croatian_National_Resistance
Three armed members of the Croatian National Resistance hijacked Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 in an attempt to force the release of those arrested for the assassination of the Yugoslav ambassador the previous year.
1963
Ku_Klux_Klan
The Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church, an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls and injuring at least 14 other people (memorial march pictured).
1954
The_Seven_Year_Itch
The scene in The Seven Year Itch of Marilyn Monroe standing in a white dress over a subway grate was filmed by Billy Wilder.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: The Greek People's Liberation Army won the Battle of Meligalas and began the execution of many prisoners of war and civilians.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: American and Australian forces landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Morotai.
1935
Nazi_Germany
Nazi Germany enacted the Nuremberg Laws (pictured), which deprived Jews of their citizenship.
1916
Tank
Tanks (example pictured), the "secret weapons" of the British Army during the First World War, were first used in combat at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in France.

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