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- ... that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (pictured) was the first Indian actress to be a juror at the Cannes Film Festival?
- ... that Bruce Conner conceived of his short film Cosmic Ray as "presenting the eyes" for blind musician Ray Charles?
- ... that Giovanni Manu was the first player from his university ever to be selected in the NFL draft?
- ... that Barack Obama made an election promise to make non-emergency bills freely available online for a five-day public consultation period under "sunlight before signing"?
- ... that Bob Noel was the one responsible for dealing "with all the dirty laundry" of the Green Bay Packers?
- ... that New England Revolution manager Bruce Arena led the club to a record-breaking 73 points in the 2021 season?
- ... that North West was originally going to be called Kaidence?
- ... that Lock's Quest was said to feature "some of the best original music in a DS game"?
- ... that 69 is "nice"?
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- Former U.S. president Donald Trump (pictured) is found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records.
- In cricket, the Kolkata Knight Riders defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad to win the Indian Premier League.
- Gitanas Nausėda is re-elected as president of Lithuania.
- A landslide in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province leaves thousands of people missing and presumed dead.
- The European Union passes the Artificial Intelligence Act, aiming to establish a regulatory and legal framework for AI.
On this day...
- 455 – Petronius Maximus, ruler of the Western Roman Empire, was stoned to death by a mob as he fled Rome ahead of the arrival of a Vandal force that sacked the city.
- 1223 – Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus': Mongol forces defeated a Kievan Rus' army at the Kalka River in present-day Ukraine.
- 1468 – Cardinal Bessarion (pictured) announced his donation of 746 Greek and Latin codices to the Republic of Venice, forming the Biblioteca Marciana.
- 1935 – An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw struck Balochistan in British India, now part of Pakistan, killing between 30,000 and 60,000 people.
- 2013 – A tornado struck Central Oklahoma, killing 8 people and injuring more than 150.
- Albertino Mussato (d. 1329)
- Joseph Grimaldi (d. 1837)
- Dina Boluarte (b. 1962)
- Mbaye Diagne (d. 1994)
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