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Today's most-read Wikipedia article is Backrooms (film), with 301,040 views. The day's trending topics span entertainment, people, geography.

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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 directorial debut, and written by Will Soodik. It is based on Parsons' web series and inspired by the "Backrooms" creepypasta. The film stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennet…

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Obsession (2025 film)
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2026 FIFA World Cup
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contest…

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2025
Prime_Minister_of_Mongolia
Prime minister of Mongolia Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigned after weeks of protests.
1982
Shlomo_Argov
A failed assassination attempt was made on Shlomo Argov, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, triggering an Israeli decision to invade Lebanon three days later.
1979
Idi_Amin
Having invaded Uganda and deposed President Idi Amin, Tanzanian forces secured Uganda's western border, ending a seven-month war.
1973
Paris_Air_Show
At the Paris Air Show, a Tupolev Tu-144 broke up in mid-air, killing all six members of its crew and eight bystanders on the ground.
1969
Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization
During a SEATO exercise in the South China Sea, a collision between HMAS Melbourne and USS Frank E. Evans resulted in the latter vessel being cut in two and the deaths of 74 personnel.
1968
Radical_feminism
American radical feminist Valerie Solanas shot and wounded visual artist Andy Warhol and two others at Warhol's New York City studio, the Factory.
1963
Buddhist_crisis
Buddhist crisis: South Vietnamese soldiers attacked Buddhist protesters in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised.
1950
Maurice_Herzog
Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, members of the French Annapurna expedition, became the first climbers to reach the summit of a peak higher than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.
1941
World_War_II
World War II: In reprisal for the participation of the local population in the Battle of Crete, the German Wehrmacht destroyed the village of Kandanos, Greece, and killed about 180 of its inhabitants.
1940
Franz_Rademacher
Franz Rademacher, a Nazi official, proposed that the island of Madagascar be made available as a destination for the resettlement of the Jewish population of Europe.

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