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Victor Wembanyama
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Victor Wembanyama

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Victor Nonga Wembanyama-de Fautereau-Vassel, nicknamed "Wemby" and "the Alien", is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected first overall by the Spurs in the 2023 NBA draft and is considered one of the best basketball prospects ever …

Backrooms (film)
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Backrooms (film)
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Backrooms is a 2026 American science fiction horror film co-scored and directed by Kane Parsons, in his feature-length d…

Clash in Italy
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Clash in Italy
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Clash in Italy is an upcoming 2026 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by the Ame…

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On This Day

10 events
2019
2019_Virginia_Beach_shooting
A shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, United States, left 13 people dead, including the gunman, and injured four others.
2017
May_2017_Kabul_bombing
A car bomb exploded near the German embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing more than 90 people and injuring 463 others.
2013
2013_El_Reno_tornado
An extremely large, powerful, and erratic tornado struck Central Oklahoma, killing eight people and injuring more than 150 others.
2009
George_Tiller
American physician George Tiller, one of the few doctors in the country who performed late-term abortions, was shot and killed by Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist.
1981
Sinhalese_people
An organized mob of police and government-sponsored Sinhalese paramilitary forces began three days of attacks that led to the burning of the Jaffna Public Library (renovated building pictured) in Sri Lanka, destroying more than 97,000 items in one of the most violent 20th-century examples of ethnic biblioclasm.
1941
World_War_II
World War II: German forces dropped four bombs on neutral Ireland, killing 28 people and damaging Áras an Uachtaráin, the residence of the President of Ireland.
1935
1935_Quetta_earthquake
A magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck Balochistan in British India, now part of Pakistan, killing between 30,000 and 60,000 people
1902
Second_Boer_War
The Second Boer War came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in Pretoria, South Africa.
1862
American_Civil_War
American Civil War: Confederate troops under Joseph E. Johnston and G. W. Smith engaged Union forces under George B. McClellan at the Battle of Seven Pines outside Richmond, Virginia.
1775
American_Revolution
American Revolution: The Committee of Safety of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, adopted the Mecklenburg Resolves, which annulled and vacated all laws originating from the authority of the king or the Parliament of Great Britain.

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