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Memorial Day
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Memorial Day

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Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. It is observed on the last Monday of May.

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Obsession (2025 film)
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Obsession is a 2025 American supernatural psychological horror film written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker in his…

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Euphoria (American TV series)
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Euphoria is an American psychological teen drama television series created and written by Sam Levinson for HBO. Inspired…

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On This Day

10 events
2020
George_Floyd
George Floyd, a black American man, was murdered (memorial pictured) during an arrest by a white police officer in Minneapolis, sparking protests in the U.S. and other countries.
2013
Naxalite–Maoist_insurgency
Naxalite insurgents of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) attacked a convoy of Indian National Congress leaders in the state of Chhattisgarh, causing at least 27 deaths.
2012
SpaceX_COTS_Demo_Flight_2
In a test flight, SpaceX's Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
2011
The_Oprah_Winfrey_Show
The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, the highest-rated daytime talk show in U.S. television history, hosted by Oprah Winfrey (pictured), was broadcast.
2009
2009_North_Korean_nuclear_test
North Korea conducted a nuclear test and several other missile tests that were widely condemned internationally and led to sanctions from the United Nations Security Council.
1979
Disappearance_of_Etan_Patz
Six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared on his way to school in New York City, and later became one of the first missing children to have his picture featured on milk cartons.
1979
O'Hare_International_Airport
During takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, an engine detached from American Airlines Flight 191, causing a crash that killed 273 people in the deadliest aviation accident in United States history.
1971
Killing_of_Joetha_Collier
Joetha Collier, a recent high school graduate, was killed in Drew, Mississippi, in a case that attracted widespread attention from civil rights activists.
1967
Kapsan_faction_incident
Having purged a group of rivals, Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Il Sung delivered the "May 25 teaching", entrenching his son Kim Jong Il as his designated successor.
1962
Baltimore_Steam_Packet_Company
The Baltimore Steam Packet Company, the last overnight steamboat service in the United States, went out of business.

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