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On this day 2004

CBS News

CBS News releases evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi...

Person born this day 2001

Anthony Volpe

Anthony Volpe, American baseball player

Fact 2001

On April 28, 2001, the first episode of the animated television series 'The Fairly OddParents' premiered on Nickelodeon, quickly...

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"The time is always right to do what is right."

Martin Luther King Jr.

Changed the world 1996

Port Arthur massacre

Port Arthur massacre, Tasmania: A gunman, Martin Bryant, opens fire at the Broad Arrow Cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding...

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Martin Luther King Jr.

"The time is always right to do what is right."

2024 2 yrs ago

Died 2024

Brian McCardie

Brian McCardie, Scottish actor and writer (born 1965)

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2021 5 yrs ago

Died 2021

El Risitas

El Risitas, Spanish comedian (born 1956)

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Died 2021

Michael Collins (astronaut)

Michael Collins, American astronaut (born 1930)

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2019 7 yrs ago

Died 2019

John Singleton

John Singleton, American film director (born 1968)

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Died 2019

Richard Lugar

Richard Lugar, American politician (born 1932)

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2018 8 yrs ago

Died 2018

James Hylton

James Hylton, American race car driver (born 1934)

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2017 9 yrs ago

Died 2017

Mariano Gagnon

Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (born 1929)

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2016 10 yrs ago

Died 2016

Jenny Diski

Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (born 1947)

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2015 11 yrs ago

Died 2015

Michael J. Ingelido

Michael J. Ingelido, American general (born 1916)

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Died 2015

Marcia Brown

Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator (born 1918)

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Died 2015

Antônio Abujamra

Antônio Abujamra, Brazilian actor and director (born 1932)

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2014 12 yrs ago

Died 2014

Ryan Tandy

Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby player (born 1981)

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Died 2014

Frederic Schwartz

Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky (born 1951)

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Died 2014

Idris Sardi

Idris Sardi, Indonesian violinist and composer (born 1938)

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