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YouTube headquarters shooting

YouTube headquarters shooting: A 38-year-old gunwoman opens fire at YouTube Headquarters in San Bruno, California, injuring three people before...

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Chanel Harris-Tavita

Chanel Harris-Tavita, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player

Fact 1996

On April 3, 1996, the United States launched the first-ever successful space mission to Mars, the Mars Global Surveyor, which...

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"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Changed the world 2017

2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing

A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."

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April 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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Richard of Chichester

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Piotr Edward Dankowski

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Luigi Scrosoppi

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Joseph the Hymnographer

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Agape, Chionia, and Irene

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Fred Curry

Fred Curry, Lebanese-American professional wrestler (born 1941)

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Mick O'Dwyer

Mick O'Dwyer, Irish Gaelic footballer and manager (born 1936)

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Theodore McCarrick

Theodore McCarrick, American former cardinal (born 1930)

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Gaetano Pesce

Gaetano Pesce, Italian architect and designer (born 1939)

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Bob Lanigan

Bob Lanigan, Australian rugby league player (born 1942)

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2022 4 yrs ago

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June Brown

June Brown, English actress (born 1927)

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2021 5 yrs ago

Died 2021

Stan Stephens

Stan Stephens, Canadian-American politician, 20th Governor of Montana (born 1929)

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