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- Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson was the son of Michael Johnson, a bookseller,...
- National Hockey League
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- Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong, American cyclist, who was the only rider to...
- Ben Carson
Ben Carson (born September 18, 1951, Detroit, Michigan,...
- Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington (born April 5, 1856, Franklin county,...
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- Samuel Johnson
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- Susan Blow
- Paul Gauguin
- Jessica Tandy
- Dean Martin
- Muammar Gaddafi
- Mike Pence 65th Birthday
- Prince Rogers Nelson
- Charles Strouse 96th Birthday
- Tom Jones 84th Birthday
- Liam Neeson 72nd Birthday
- Anna Kournikova 43rd Birthday
- Michael Cera 36th Birthday
- Robert the Bruce
- Jean Harlow
- Alan Turing
- Judy Holliday
- Dorothy Parker
- Christopher Lee
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Oct 5, 2021 · Facebook has apologised after it stopped working for users around the world for several hours on Monday. WhatsApp and Instagram - which are owned by the company - were also down.
Dec 30, 2021 · The latest: Quebec imposes curfew, closes restaurant dining rooms and further delays return to school. Ontario pushes back school reopening to Jan. 5, restricts PCR testing to high-risk...
Jun 24, 2023 · On Thursday, authorities said the five passengers on the sub that was diving 13,000 feet to view the wreckage of the Titanic on the ocean floor died in a “catastrophic implosion,” bookending ...
