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admin wrote a new post, Ray Bradbury, Bestselling Science Fiction Author, Dies At 91 8 years, 7 months ago
On this day in 2012, one of the preeminent science fiction authors of the 20th century, Ray Bradbury, whose books include “The Martian Chronicles,” “Fahrenheit 451” and “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” d […]
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admin wrote a new post, Longtime Egyptian Leader Hosni Mubarak Sentenced To Life In Prison 8 years, 8 months ago
On this day in 2012, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is found guilty of failing to stop the killings of hundreds of anti-government demonstrators during the 2011 popular uprising that forced an end to his […]
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admin wrote a new post, Facebook Raises $16 Billion In Largest Tech IPO In U.S. History 8 years, 8 months ago
On this day in history, Facebook, the world’s largest social network, holds its initial public offering (IPO) and raises $16 billion. It was the largest technology IPO in American history to that date, and the t […]
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admin wrote a new post, Donna Summer, Queen Of Disco, Dies 8 years, 8 months ago
On this day in 2012, singer and songwriter Donna Summer, who rose to fame during the 1970s with such disco anthems as “Love to Love You Baby” and “Hot Stuff,” dies at age 63 in Naples, Florida, after battlin […]
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admin wrote a new post, Dick Clark, Host Of “American Bandstand” And “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” Dies 8 years, 9 months ago
On this day in 2012, Dick Clark, the TV personality and producer best known for hosting “American Bandstand,” an influential music-and-dance show that aired nationally from 1957 to 1989 and helped bring rock `n’ […]
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admin wrote a new post, Longtime “60 Minutes” Journalist Mike Wallace Dies 8 years, 9 months ago
On this day in 2012, broadcast journalist Mike Wallace, a full-time correspondent for the pioneering TV newsmagazine “60 Minutes” from its debut in 1968 until 2006, dies at age 93 in New Canaan, Connecticut. Dur […]
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admin wrote a new post, Husband Of Missing Utah Woman Kills Self And Two Young Sons 8 years, 11 months ago
On this day in 2012, 36-year-old Josh Powell, who had been in the public eye since police labeled him a person of interest in the 2009 disappearance of his 28-year-old wife, Susan, locks out a social worker then […]
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admin wrote a new post, Van Der Sloot Admits To Peru Murder 9 years ago
On this day in 2012, Joran van der Sloot, a longtime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba, pleads guilty to the murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores, in Lima, […]
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admin wrote a new post, NASA’s Final Space Shuttle Mission Comes To An End 9 years, 6 months ago
On this day in 2011, NASA’s space shuttle program completes its final, and 135th, mission, when the shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the program’s 30-year history, its five orb […]
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admin wrote a new post, Casey Anthony Released From Prison 9 years, 6 months ago
On this day in 2011, Casey Anthony is released from jail in Orlando, Florida, 12 days after being acquitted on charges that she killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. The Casey Anthony trial riveted Americans, […]
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admin wrote a new post, Notorious Boston Mobster Whitey Bulger Is Arrested 9 years, 7 months ago
On this day in 2011, after 16 years on the run from law enforcement, James “Whitey” Bulger, a violent Boston mob boss wanted for 19 murders, is arrested in Santa Monica, California. The 81-year-old Bulger, one of […]
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admin wrote a new post, Osama Bin Laden Killed By U.S. Forces 9 years, 9 months ago
On this day in 2011, Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, is killed by U.S. forces during a raid on his compound hideout in Pakistan. The […]
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admin wrote a new post, Britain’s Prince William Weds Kate Middleton 9 years, 9 months ago
On this day in 2011, Great Britain’s Prince William marries his longtime girlfriend Catherine Elizabeth “Kate” Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London. Some 1,900 guests attended the ceremony, while another 1 mil […]
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admin wrote a new post, Jaycee Dugard’s Kidnappers Plead Guilty 9 years, 9 months ago
On this day in 2011, Phillip Garrido, 60, and his wife Nancy, 55, plead guilty to the 1991 kidnapping of 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard. The Garridos held Dugard captive at their Northern California property for 18 […]
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admin wrote a new post, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Injured In Shooting Rampage 10 years ago
On this day in 2011, Gabrielle Giffords, a U.S. congresswoman from Arizona, is critically injured when a man goes on a shooting spree during a constituents meeting held by the congresswoman outside a Tucson-area […]
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admin wrote a new post, Legendary New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner Dies 10 years, 6 months ago
On this day in 2010, George Steinbrenner, the larger-than-life, longtime owner of the New York Yankees, who re-established the team as one of baseball’s most successful franchises, dies of a heart attack at age 8 […]
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admin wrote a new post, Barefoot Bandit Is Captured In The Bahamas 10 years, 6 months ago
On this day in 2010, after a two-year manhunt, 19-year-old Colton Harris-Moore of Washington state is arrested following a high-speed boat chase in the Bahamas. Harris-Moore was suspected of stealing an airplane […]
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admin wrote a new post, Van Der Sloot Arrested For Murder In South America 10 years, 8 months ago
On this day in 2010, Joran van der Sloot, a longtime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba, is arrested in Chile in connection with the slaying of 21-year-old […]
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admin wrote a new post, Betty White Becomes Oldest Saturday Night LiveHhost 10 years, 8 months ago
On this day in 2010, 88-year-old actress Betty White, known for her former roles on “The Golden Girls” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” becomes the oldest person to host the long-running, late-night TV sketch […]
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admin wrote a new post, Massive Oil Spill Begins In Gulf Of Mexico 10 years, 9 months ago
On this day in 2012, an explosion and fire aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 50 miles off the Louisiana coast, kills 11 people and triggers the largest offshore oil […]
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