What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 18, 2024 14:43:03 GMT

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Post by shaliby on Jun 18, 2024 14:43:03 GMT

ToDay :June 18th

=EVENTS =
1815 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo

1940 – Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_of_18_June

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle

1948 – Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Records

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_record

= BIRTHS =
1757 – Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French pianist and composer (d. 1831)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Pleyel

1903 – Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (d. 1965)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanette_MacDonald

1903 – Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (d.1923)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Radiguet

1942 – Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney

1952 – Isabella Rossellini, Italian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Rossellini

1986 – Richard Gasquet, French tennis player
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gasquet

=DEATHS =
1464 – Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1400)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogier_van_der_Weyden

1726 – Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Richard_Delalande

1902 – Samuel Butler, English novelist, satirist, and critic (b. 1835)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Butler_(novelist)

1928 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (b. 1872)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen

1936 – Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1868)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_Gorky

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 19, 2024 13:47:05 GMT

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Post by LLCC on Jun 19, 2024 13:47:05 GMT

Thinking about Paul McCartney, I was with friends yesterday and one said that all men can be likened to one of the Beatles. Sounds like a load of gosh to me but maybe you agreee.
In Liverpool there is obviously a lot of references to Paul and his band mates. The Beatles museum at the Albert Dock is worth a visit.

shaliby Winter Posts: 1,235	What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 19, 2024 17:05:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by shaliby on Jun 19, 2024 17:05:35 GMT Well, remember ... summer 1962 What was the "Top 10" TV program ? "Ready, Steady, Go" Loved the Beatles at once, the Rolling Stones, not at all !

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 19, 2024 17:14:01 GMT

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Post by shaliby on Jun 19, 2024 17:14:01 GMT

ToDay : June 19th

= EVENTS =
1862 – Congress prohibits slavery in all current and future United States territories, and President Lincoln quickly signs the legislation.

1910 – The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%27s_Day

1978 – Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield

=BIRTHS =
1623 – Blaise Pascal, French mathematician , physicist and philosopher(d. 1662)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaise_Pascal

1920 – Yves Robert, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2002)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Robert

1937 – André Glucksmann, French philosopher and author (d. 2015)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Glucksmann

1945 – Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, Nobel Prize laureate

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi

1947 – Salman Rushdie, Indian-English novelist and essayist

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie

1964 – Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and former Mayor of London

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson

1972 – Jean Dujardin, French actor

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Dujardin

= DEATHS =
1993 – William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Golding

1995 – Peter Townsend, Burmese-English captain and pilot (b. 1914)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Townsend_(RAF_officer)

moi
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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 19, 2024 18:38:57 GMT

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Post by moi on Jun 19, 2024 18:38:57 GMT

Garfield starts? Am all for orange cats

Aung San Suu Kyi. Myanmar /Burma isn't worth the trouble, best to emigrate .

Salman Rushdie. He is a brave man who I hope survives .They did a parody of him on the HBO series CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM and Rushdie himself was on the show .

Boris .Nooooo !

Peter Townsend. New to me . Lucky to have survived the war & from what I have seen of the UK royal family he was lucky not to have married Princess Margaret s0210

William Golding .LORD OF THE FLIES is read in US high schools even the lower end one I went too. Several movie versions too.

Father's Day . Good holiday but think the fathers have to deserve special attention. None of mine did .

Slavery ends in the USA .Good idea but in today's work world it' s coming back with employers expecting you to happily work for more then the legal 40 hour work week .

Last Edit: Jun 19, 2024 18:49:43 GMT by moi

shaliby Winter Posts: 1,235	What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 20, 2024 15:13:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by shaliby on Jun 20, 2024 15:13:25 GMT Moi : Garfield

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 20, 2024 15:48:33 GMT

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Post by shaliby on Jun 20, 2024 15:48:33 GMT

ToDay: June 20th

= EVENTS =
1789 – Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estates-General_of_1789

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_Court_Oath

1837 – King William IV dies, and is succeeded by his niece, Victoria.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_IV

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria

1877 – Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell

1900 – Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxer_Rebellion

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_the_International_Legations

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_Legation_Quarter

1945 – The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip

1948 – The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Mark

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Military_Administration_in_Germany

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade

1963 – Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington, D.C., and Moscow.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%E2%80%93Washington_hotline

1975 – The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film)

1991 – The German Bundestag votes to move seat of government from the former West German capital of Bonn to the present capital of Berlin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundestag

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonn

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin

= BIRTHS =
1819 – Jacques Offenbach, German-French cellist and composer (d. 1880)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach

1899 – Jean Moulin, French Civil Servant and Resistant (d. 1943)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Moulin

1909 – Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor (d. 1959)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Flynn

1915 – Terence Young, Chinese-English director and screenwriter (d. 1994)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Young_(director)

1949 – Lionel Richie, American singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Richie

1967 – Nicole Kidman, American-Australian actress

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Kidman

= DEATHS =
1995 – Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and educator (b. 1911)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Cioran

2005 – Larry Collins, American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1929)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Collins_(writer)

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 20, 2024 20:01:46 GMT

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Post by moi on Jun 20, 2024 20:01:46 GMT

Alexander Graham Bell. He wud be amazed today seeing about every other person on a mobile phone ! Am sure more people are carrying around phones then either the Good Book or Koran or Sayings of Chairman Mao

Werner Von Braun. At another British site I was at there was a strange woman who claimed to be a Labour voter but loved him and said Werner was the real father of the US space program .There was a nasty thread fight with one member asking if she had a picture of Von Braun on her wall and if he was wearing a swastika ?

JAWS . Ocean side vacations dropped the summer the movie came out .

Jean Moulin .Errol Flynn too. Moulin was new to me was the man Flynn played in the movies t2041

Nicole Kidman .Good actor and very smart for getting rid of that headcase Tom Cruise .Has she made a deal with Satan to look so good ?

Lionel Ritchie .

Emil Cioran . New to me as well, interesting man t2041

Last Edit: Jun 20, 2024 20:10:04 GMT by moi

shaliby Winter Posts: 1,235	What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 21, 2024 14:58:29 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by shaliby on Jun 21, 2024 14:58:29 GMT Thanks, Moi !

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 21, 2024 15:14:14 GMT

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Post by shaliby on Jun 21, 2024 15:14:14 GMT

=ToDay : June 21st =

=EVENTS =

1791 – King Louis XVI of France and his immediate family begin the Flight to Varennes during the French Revolution.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_to_Varennes

1963 – Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI

=BIRTHS =
1905 – Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author (d. 1980)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre

1921 – Jane Russell, American actress and singer (d. 2011)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Russell

1935 – Françoise Sagan, French author and playwright (Bonjour Tristesse )(d. 2004)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Sagan

1953 – Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2007)[38]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto

1955 – Michel Platini, French footballer and manager

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Platini

1982 – William, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William,_Prince_of_Wales

= DEATHS =
1527 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and author (b. 1469)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Machiavelli

1874 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (b. 1814)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Jonas_%C3%85ngstr%C3%B6m

1908 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1844)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Rimsky-Korsakov

1940 – Édouard Vuillard, French painter (b. 1868)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Vuillard

2003 – Leon Uris, American soldier and author (Exodus) (b. 1924)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Uris

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 22, 2024 16:07:17 GMT

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Post by shaliby on Jun 22, 2024 16:07:17 GMT

= ToDay : June 22nd=

=EVENTS =
1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair

1812 – France declares war on Russia, starting Napoleon's invasion.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_French_declaration_of_war_on_Russia

1911 – George V is crowned King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_V

1940 – World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_with_France_(Second_Compi%C3%A8gne)

1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa

1990 – Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkpoint_Charlie

= BIRTHS =
1805 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and activist for the unification of Italy (d. 1872).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Mazzini

1898 – Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss soldier author (d. 1970)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Maria_Remarque

1906– Billy Wilder, Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Wilder

1909 – Mike Todd, American producer and manager (d. 1958)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Todd

1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meryl_Streep

1953 – Cyndi Lauper, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyndi_Lauper

= DEATHS =
1965 – David O. Selznick, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1902)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_O._Selznick

1974 – Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (b. 1892)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darius_Milhaud

1984 – Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1909)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Losey

1987 – Fred Astaire, American actor and dancer (b. 1899)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Astaire

Last Edit: Jun 22, 2024 16:10:09 GMT by shaliby

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 23, 2024 15:57:21 GMT

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Post by shaliby on Jun 23, 2024 15:57:21 GMT

ToDay :June 23rd

=EVENTS =
1894 – The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Coubertin

1960 – The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestranol/norethynodrel

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill

2216 – The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum

= BIRTHS =
1763 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, French wife of Napoleon I (d. 1814)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9phine_de_Beauharnais

1899 – Amédée Gordini, Italian-born French race car driver and sports car manufacturer (d. 1979)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9d%C3%A9e_Gordini

1910 – Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (d. 1987)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Anouilh

1927 – Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 1987)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Fosse

1936 – Richard Bach, American novelist and essayist (Jonathan Livingstone Seagull)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bach

1955 – Jean Tigana, French footballer and manager

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Tigana

1972 – Zinedine Zidane, French footballer and manager

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinedine_Zidane

1976 – Patrick Vieira, French footballer and manager

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Vieira

= DEATHS =
1707 – John Mill, English theologian and author (b. 1645)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mill_(theologian)

1959 – Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (L'Ecume des Jours ) (b. 1920)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Vian

2011 – Peter Falk, American actor(Columbo) (b. 1927)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Falk

2021 – John McAfee, British-American computer programmer and businessman, founded McAfee (b. 1945)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McAfee

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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 24, 2024 16:40:02 GMT

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Post by shaliby on Jun 24, 2024 16:40:02 GMT

ToDay :June 24th

= EVENTS =
1509 – Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon

1793 – The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Constitution_of_1793

1859 – Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Solferino

1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Pickford

= BIRTHS =
1850 – Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Sudan (d. 1916)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_governors_of_pre-independence_Sudan

1895 – Jack Dempsey, American boxer and soldier (d. 1983)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dempsey

1930 – Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Chabrol

1987 – Lionel Messi, Argentinian footballer

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi

= DEATHS =
2014 – Eli Wallach, American actor (b. 1915)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Wallach

2021 – Benigno Aquino III, 15th President of the Philippines (b. 1960)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benigno_Aquino_III

moi
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What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 25, 2024 13:08:32 GMT

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Post by moi on Jun 25, 2024 13:08:32 GMT

Catherine of Aragon certainly had an interesting life. Can you imagine Henry the V111 bio on one of today's dating apps like eharmony & Tinder?

Claude Charbol .An obvious movie lover , some of his movies looked very interesting. LES BICHES & A GIRL CUT IN HALF look cheery .

Eli Wallach .Played lots of divergent roles , placed the name & role as the seemingly kindly but evil old gangster in GODFATHER 3.Maybe the first bad guy ever in the movies to be killed by poisoned pastry .

Benigno Aquino Jr .Saw him when he was president at the hotel where our offices are . Honest & well meaning like his politician parents. All wasted in this totally corrupt country

Mary Pickford t2041

A movie star but more importantly a pioner who was the first women to become a producer in Hollywood. She died at nearly 90 and worth $ 40 million .

Last Edit: Jun 25, 2024 13:21:48 GMT by moi

shaliby Winter Posts: 1,235	What happened on this day in history ? Events, Births, Death Jun 25, 2024 15:41:18 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by shaliby on Jun 25, 2024 15:41:18 GMT Thanks, moi !

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Cj: Hello, hello gang m0109

hope we are all enjoying a brill weekend, will catch up later xx Aug 24, 2024 8:04:21 GMT *

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who is going through the mill at the mo, wishing you a very speedy recovery Trisha big luv t2008

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storm brewing, must get me cauldron out

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Rose Tinted Glasses: Halloween treat for a few days

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