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Gene Kelly diesOn 2 February 1996, the dancer, actor and choreographer Gene Kelly dies aged 83, at his home in Beverly Hills, California.Born in Pittsburgh
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Newsreader ‘buries Putin’A newsreader who slipped up and said bloggers were debating whether Prime Minister Vladimir Putin should be buried has become an Internet sensation ...
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This Day in History: Puccini’s La bohème premieres

On 1 February 1896, Giacomo Puccini’s Italian opera La Bohème, debuts at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy.One of three career-defining operas of Puccini, by ...
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Chilean police recover glacier theft Police yesterday were investigating a criminal gang that allegedly stole blocks of ice from the Jorge Montt Glacier in southern Chile.Agents ...
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This Day in History: Norman Mailer is born

On 31 January 1923 novelist and journalist Norman Mailer is born in Long Branch, New Jersey. Mailer grew up in Brooklyn and attended Harvard. During ...
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Pope’s doves slow to taste freedom A pair of doves seemed to prefer the company of Pope Benedict XVI to the great outdoors on Sunday ...
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1 - FRANCE: Paris – Models sit prior to the start of Alexis Mabille Spring/Summer 2012 Haute Couture collection show, on Monday in Paris PHOTO: ...
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This Day in History: Bechet cuts first jazz record

On this day in 1923, American jazz pioneer Sidney Bechet cuts his first record, featuring “Wild Cat Blues” and “Kansas City Blues.”Born in New Orleans ...
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Bank error, court says pay it back An unemployed Greenlander who suddenly found himself a krone millionaire thanks to a bank error and began giving away ...
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This Day in History: Edgar Allan Poe is born

On 19 January 1809, Edgar Allan Poe, American poet, author and literary critic is born in Boston, Massachusetts.Orphaned at three years old, Poe was brought ...
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