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1 Jan, 1995

Fred West suicide age 53

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West is found hanged in his jail cell, having made a ligature from his clothing despite being under close supervision by prison staff.  He had been designated a “vulnerable” prisoner after psychiatric assessment. Joan Owen, 52, of Port Tennant, Swansea, the mother of Alison Chambers, 17, one of the victims, says:

This is the best news I’ve heard for a long time. After all the evil things he did, this must be the only good thing he ever did.

8 Feb, 2004

Wins Grammy

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indexOutKast wins the Grammy for Album of the Year and Best Rap Album for Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for Hey Ya!

 

13 Nov, 2005

Eddie Guerrero dies at age 38

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Guerrero dies from acute heart failure in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is found unconscious in his hotel room by nephew, Chavo. He is pronounced dead when paramedics arrive. Chavo recalls the event in sit down interview with Chris Jericho.

11 Feb, 2007

Wins Grammy

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OK Go wins the Grammy for Best Short Forum Music Video for Here It Goes Again.

10 Mar, 2011

Justin.tv hires staff to add e-sports

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The site adds live streams of competitive gaming, and starts recruiting developers to take advantage of the growing buzz around games like Starcraft in the U.S. and South Korea.

14 Jul, 2011

Emmy nomination

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Carell is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards for portraying Michael Scott on The Office.

63rd Primetime Emmy Nominations - 2011 Emmy Awards Nominees Announced

13 Aug, 2011

Set to close round above $5 billion

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The company is reported to have chosen the investors and is close to closing the round. Valuation is less than $6 billion, and it hasn’t selected the highest bidders.

26 Sep, 2012

Tempestt Bledsoe interview

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Bledsoe talks about the premiere of her show Guys with Kids, and what goes into casting the children.

We have like 800 babies on the show.

Tempestt Bledsoe Talks 'Guys With Kids' - HipHollywood.com

24 Feb, 2013

Wins Oscar

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Producers Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney win the Academy Award for Best Picture of 2012 for Argo. Jack Nicholson, and Michelle Obama, via satellite link from Washington, D.C., present the award. Affleck:

You can’t hold grudges. It’s hard but you can’t hold grudges. And it doesn’t matter how you get knocked down in life, because that’s gonna happen. All that matters is that you gotta get up. Violet, Sam and Sera, I love you; this is for you.

"Argo" winning Best Picture

29 Apr, 2013

SpaceShipTwo first powered flight

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SpaceShipTwo virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-first-flightmakes its first flight using rocket power. It takes off from the Movaje Space Port with the carrier vehicle, WhiteKnightTwo, and releases above 46,000 feet. Pilot Mark Stucky and co-pilot Mike Alsbury perform a 16-second test burn of the rocket engine to reach a maximum altitude of 56,000 feet and top speed of Mach 1.2 (the sound barrier is 761 mph at sea level). Virgin Galactic president:

The successful outcome of this test marks a pivotal point for our program. We will now embark on a handful of similar powered flight tests, and then make our first test flight to space.

29 Jan, 2014

Talk is Jericho interview

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Shadows is a guest on Talk is Jericho to discuss Avenged Sevenfold’s new album and the death of Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan.

We’re kind of in that realm where we have a lot of complainers about stuff we put out. I don’t really know any other way to do it, though. We like to put out different records. The next one will be as different to Hail to the King as Hail to the King is so different from everything else we’ve ever put out.

28 Aug, 2014

Guetta Composes 60-minute Megamix

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Throwing a party this weekend but have no idea what music to play? Stop stressing, David Guetta‘s got you! The French producer has kindly composed a 60-minute megamix featuring the biggest dance hits of 2014 (with a couple of golden oldies thrown into for good measure) especially for Labor Day parties. And it’s pretty hard to fault his selections.

24 Dec, 2014

Protestors confront police

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Several dozen protesters assemble near the Mobil gas station where Martin was shot, and shout at police officers guarding the station. They move onto Highway 170 nearby, at times closing the road. The crowd includes Martin’s mother and stepfather. The protest comes a night after Martin was fatally shot in an incident in which a man is suspected to have pulled a gun on an officer.

5 Mar, 2015

Test Post 6

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11 Aug, 2015

Elliot Erwitt born in Paris

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Erwitt is born as Elio Romano in Paris, France, from Russian parents of Jewish origin. His mother loves to draw and paint while his father is an architect by education. He enjoys a happy childhood in Milan, Italy, where he attends elementary school.

2016

Patty Duke dies age 69

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Patty Duke dies at age 69. Her agent confirms her death to the Associated Press, saying she died early in the morning of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. Son Sean:

She had “really, really suffered” with her illness, was a really, really, really hard process. It was hard for her, it was hard for the people who love her to help her….