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Tadeusz Mazowiecki was a Polish author, journalist, philanthropist and politician, formerly one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, and the first non-communist Polish prime …
Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1927)
Lewis Allan Reed was an American musician, songwriter, and poet. He was the guitarist, lead singer, and principal songwriter for the rock band the Velvet Underground and had a solo…
Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1942)
Aleksandar Tijanić was a Serbian journalist and director-general of the country's public broadcaster Radio-Television of Serbia from 2004 to 2013. During his career he was a star c…
Aleksandar Tijanić, Serbian journalist (born 1949)
Rajendra Yadav was a Hindi fiction writer, and a pioneer of the 'Nayi Kahani' movement of Hindi literature. He edited the literary magazine HANS, which was founded by Munshi Premc…
Rajendra Yadav, Indian author (born 1929)
Jean-Rénald Clérismé was a Haitian politician, diplomat and former Catholic priest. He served as the Foreign Minister of Haiti from 9 June 2006 to 2008.
Jean Rénald Clérismé, Haitian priest and politician, Foreign Minister of Haiti (born 1937)
Sherman Brooks Halsey was an American music video and television director, producer, and artist manager. Sherman Halsey produced and directed hundreds of television shows and music…
Sherman Halsey, American director and producer (born 1957)
John Pitts Spence was an American diver for the United States Navy and World War II veteran who is widely credited as the country's first combat frogman. Spence was the first enlis…
John Spence, American soldier and engineer (born 1918)
Graham William Stark was an English comedian, actor, writer and director, known for his close friendship with actor Peter Sellers and appearances in several films by director Blake…
Graham Stark, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
William Cleveland Currie was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher whose ten-year minor league career was punctuated by a three-game stint in Majo…
Bill Currie, American baseball player (born 1928)
Peter John Haycock was an English musician and film score composer. He began his career as lead guitarist, vocalist, and founding member of the Climax Blues Band.
Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
Michael Stephen Palmer, M.D., was an American physician and author. His novels are often referred to as medical thrillers. Some of his novels have made The New York Times Best Sell…
Michael Palmer, American physician and author (born 1942)
Petr Nečas is a Czech former politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic and leader of the Civic Democratic Party from 2010 to 2013, and as Member of the Cham…
Some of the closest advisors and collaborators of Czech prime minister Petr Nečas were arrested for corruption
Frank Wellington Wess was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist. He was renowned for his extensive solo work; however, he was also remembered for his time playing with Count Ba…
Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flute player (born 1922)
On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, United States, while emergency services p…
An ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at a fertilizer company facility in West, Texas, U
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is the national police service of Canada. The RCMP is an agency of the Government of Canada; it also provides police services under contract to 11…
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested two men who were plotting to commit terrorist attacks against Via Rail operat
Savar is an upazila of Dhaka District in the division of Dhaka, Bangladesh and is located at a distance of about 24 kilometers (15 mi) to the northwest of Dhaka city. Savar is most…
A building in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing 1,134 people, making it the deadliest accidenta
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the lake from Ontario, Ca…
Amanda Berry escaped from the Cleveland, Ohio, home of her captor, Ariel Castro, having been held there with two other w
The 2013 Reyhanlı car bombings took place on 11 May 2013, when two car bombs exploded in the Turkish town of Reyhanlı, a town of 64,000 people, 5 km from the Syrian border and the …
Two car bombs by unknown perpetrators exploded in Reyhanlı, Turkey, resulting in 52 killed and 140 injured
Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the 6th president of Egypt since 2014.
General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led a coalition to depose President Mohamed Morsi in a coup d'état in Cairo, suspending…
On 6 July 2013, Boko Haram insurgents attacked the Government Secondary School in the village of Mamudo in Yobe State, Nigeria and killed at least 42 people. Most of the victims we…
Gunmen attacked a secondary school in Mamudo, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 42 people, mostly students.
The 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots were religious clashes between the Hindus and Muslims in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India. A total of 62 died in the clashes, 42 of w…
Religious violence between Hindus and Muslims erupted in Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India, leaving 62…
One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by D…
One World Trade Center (pictured) in New York City, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, was topped out at a
On May 18, 2013, Mark Carson was fatally shot in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City by Elliot Morales. Morales was arrested shortly after the shooting and charged …
Mark Carson, an openly gay man, was murdered in a hate crime incident in New York City, prompting a 1,500-person march a
The 2013 Moore tornado was a large and extremely violent EF5 tornado that ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, and adjacent areas on the afternoon of May 20, 2013, with peak winds estimated at…
A tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, United States, killing 24 people and causing an estimated $2 billion of damage