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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — 13x23: TBA (HBO)

New Music

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In theaters
Pathetic Fallacy (98 minutes)
A young widower arrives in a new-age mountain town in search of cosmic answers and a chance to heal. Instead, he finds an outlandish murderer and a forest of demonic spirits who offer a horrific bargain: the power to cheat death at a nightmarish cost.
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Nothing launching today. Every rocket is staying grounded and behaving.

Useless Fact

In the marriage ceremony of the ancient Inca Indians of Peru, the couple was considered officially wed when they took off their sandals and handed them to each other.

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Today In History
2017 — Hurricane Maria devastates Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, causing more than $90 billion in damages and, according to government officials, nearly 3,000 deaths
2011 — End of Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy
Don't Ask, Don't Tell—a U.S. military policy that theoretically lifted a ban on homosexuals in the armed forces, provided that individuals kept their sexuality private—officially ended in 2011
1998 — Cal Ripken Jr. Ends Record Consecutive Games Streak
American professional baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr., ended his streak of 2,632 consecutive games played. How much do you know about baseball?
1973 — Billie Jean King Defeats Bobby Riggs in Battle of the Sexes Tennis Match
In a much-publicized "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs
1946 — Cannes Film Festival Launched in 1946
Delayed because of World War II, the first Cannes film festival began, and it became one of cinema's major annual events
1886 — Founding of Johannesburg, South Africa
The South African city of Johannesburg was founded
1870 — Rome incorporated into Italy
On this day in 1870, Italian troops occupied Rome, leading to the eventual incorporation of Rome into the Kingdom of Italy and the limiting of papal governing authority to the Vatican itself and a small district around it
1854 — British and French Victory at Battle of Alma
British and French forces defeated the Russians at the Battle of the Alma in 1854. This victory left the Russian naval base of Sevastopol vulnerable and endangered the entire Russian position in the Crimean War.
1792 — Formation of the First French Republic
The French Legislative Assembly was replaced by the National Convention, marking the formal beginning of the First Republic
1761 — Execution of Portuguese Jesuit Gabriel Malagrida
The Portuguese Jesuit Gabriel Malagrida was burned to death in 1761 for his alleged involvement in the Conspiracy of the Távoras, a plot against the Portuguese royal family.
1519 — Magellan's Circumnavigation of the Globe
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellandeparted from Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, on a quest to circumnavigate the globe; although he died during the voyage, the expedition achieved its goal. exploration and discovery quiz

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