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The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams, 25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professio…
National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players' union and cessation of operations…
Diabé Ousmane Cothy Bolumbu Sombo is a French professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 3 club Caen.
Diabé Bolumbu, French footballer
Nihal Sarin is an Indian chess grandmaster and chess prodigy. In 2018, he passed the Elo rating of 2600 at 14 years old, which at the time made him the third youngest player in his…
Nihal Sarin, Indian Chess Grandmaster
Noah Clowney is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Alabama Crimson …
Noah Clowney, American basketball player
Amiah Miller is an American actress and model. She starred in the 2017 film War for the Planet of the Apes. She also appears in the TV series Henry Danger, Best Friends Whenever, M…
Amiah Miller, American actress and model
Pablo Martín Páez Gavira, known as Gavi, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team.
Gavi, Spanish footballer
Hurricane Ivan was a large, long-lived, and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage in the Caribbean and United States. The ninth named storm, the sixth hurrican…
Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
Jenna Davis is an American actress, Internet personality, and singer-songwriter. She is best known for voicing the titular character of the horror film M3GAN (2022) and its sequel,…
Jenna Davis, American actress and YouTuber
Takhmina Ikromova is an Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 Asian Games all-around and team gold medalist, a four-time Asian all-around champion and the 2025 World Univer…
Takhmina Ikromova, Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast
Caila Marsai Martin is an American actress and producer, best known for her role as Diane Johnson on the ABC sitcom Black-ish (2014–2022). In 2019, Martin had a starring role in th…
Marsai Martin, American actress and producer
Chae Hyun-woo is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a winger for K League 1 club FC Anyang. During his first season with the team, he made 26 appearances and score…
Chae Hyun-woo, South Korean football player
Evann Jean Abba Girault is a French-Nigerien sabre fencer. He qualified to represent Niger at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Evann Girault, French-Nigerien sabre fencer
Kano Fujihira is a Japanese singer, dancer, model, and actress. She is best known as a member of the girl group @onefive. She is a former member of the idol group Sakura Gakuin an…
Kano Fujihira, Japanese entertainer
Nguyễn Đình Bắc is a Vietnamese professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for V.League 1 club Công An Hà Nội and the Vietnam national team.
Nguyễn Đình Bắc, Vietnamese football player
Jang Won-young is a South Korean singer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Ive under Starship Entertainment and former member of project girl group Iz*One, having fini…
Jang Won-young, South Korean singer and model
Tsugumi Aritomo is a Japanese singer, dancer, model, and actress. She is best known as a member of the girl group @onefive, and is a former member of the idol group Sakura Gakuin.…
Tsugumi Aritomo, Japanese entertainer
Lewis Kieran Hall is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team.
Lewis Hall, English footballer
Gabriel Bateman is an American actor. He is best known for starring in numerous horror films, including as Robert in Annabelle (2014), Martin Wells in Lights Out (2016), Andy Barcl…
Gabriel Bateman, American actor[citation needed]
Santiago Tomás Castro is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Serie A club Roma.
Santiago Castro, Argentine footballer
Edmond Pidoux was a Swiss author who wrote numerous poems, novels, and essays. He was particularly renowned for Biblical pieces such as L'histoire de Jonas. In 1982, he won the Pri…
Edmond Pidoux, Swiss author and poet (born 1908)
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, was a Fijian politician who served as Chief Minister from 1967 to 1970, when Fiji gained its independence from the United Kingdom, and, apart from one brief…
Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 2nd President of Fiji (born 1920)
Norris Dewar McWhirter was a British writer, right-wing political activist, co-founder of The Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother Ross were kno…
Norris McWhirter, English author and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (born 1925)
John Maynard Smith was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a seco…
John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (born 1920)
Jenny Pike was a Canadian photographer and servicewoman. She worked in London during WWII, and was the only female photographer to help develop the first photos of the D-Day landin…
Jenny Pike, Canadian WWII servicewoman and photographer (born 1922)