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Brigitte Bardot
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Brigitte Bardot

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Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, often referred to by her initials B.B., was a French actress, singer, model, and animal rights activist. She became one of the best-known symbols of the sexual revolution and gained international fame for portraying characters associated with hedonistic lifestyles. Although she withdrew from…

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Dhurandhar
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Dhurandhar is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language spy action thriller film written and directed by Aditya Dhar. It is produced …

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Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Avatar: Fire and Ash is a 2025 American epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron from a screenplay he co-wrot…

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On This Day

10 events
2018
Netflix
Netflix released Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, its first interactive content for adults.
2014
MS_Norman_Atlantic
The passenger ferry Norman Atlantic caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, killing an estimated 28 people.
2014
Indonesia_AirAsia_Flight_8501
Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashed into the Java Sea after the pilots mishandled a non-critical error in the cockpit, which resulted in all 162 people on board being killed in the crash.
2011
Kurdistan_Workers'_Party_insurgency
Kurdish–Turkish conflict: Acting on information that Kurdish militants were crossing the border from Iraqi territory, two Turkish F-16 jets fired at a group of villagers, killing 34 people.
2009
2009_Karachi_bombing
A suicide bomber attacked a Shia procession commemorating the day of Ashura in Karachi, Pakistan, causing 43 deaths.
2009
Dhondup_Wangchen
Tibetan dissident filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen was imprisoned for subversion by Chinese authorities after a secret trial.
2006
War_in_Somalia_(2006–2009)
Somali Civil War: Troops of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and their Ethiopian allies captured Mogadishu unopposed.
1991
Murder_of_Vivianne_Ruiz
An unidentified body, later identified as Vivianne Ruiz, was found in garbage bags.
1967
Muriel_Siebert
American businesswoman Muriel Siebert became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
1964
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: Viet Cong regiments penetrated the eastern perimeters of the village of Bình Giã, beginning the Battle of Binh Gia.

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