The English rock group Led Zeppelin released their fourth album, which became one of the best-selling albums worldwide.

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The band comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bass-guitarist and keyboardist John Paul Jones and drummer John Bonham.
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Israeli president to task Gadi Eisenkot with forming governing coalitionMost listed this week · Wikipedia
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History (11)

Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijani forces defeated the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh at the Battle of Shusha, reclaiming the town of Shusha after 28 years.On this day, 2020 · Wikipedia, On this day
The Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated by the French president Emmanuel Macron and then-crown prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.On this day, 2017 · Wikipedia, On this day
Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Visayas region of the Philippines, killing at least 6,300 people, making it the deadliest Philippine typhoon recorded in modern history.On this day, 2013 · Wikipedia, On this day
German newspaper Der Spiegel publishes a report by the Federal Intelligence Service accusing figures in Liechtenstein of cooperating with organized crime.On this day, 1999 · Wikipedia, On this day
A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb exploded during a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, killing 12 people and injuring 63 others.On this day, 1987 · Wikipedia, On this day
British peer Lord Lucan disappeared without a trace, a day after allegedly murdering Sandra Rivett, his children's nanny.On this day, 1974 · Wikipedia, On this day
The English rock group Led Zeppelin released their fourth album, which became one of the best-selling albums worldwide.On this day, 1971 · Wikipedia, On this day
Former Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke (pictured) became the first African American to be elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.On this day, 1966 · Wikipedia, On this day
The Washington times, Washington [D.C.]100 years ago today · Library of Congress, Chronicling America
Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor, producer, screenwriter (died 2024)Born on this day, 1935 · Wikipedia, On this day
John Milton, English poet and philosopher (born 1608)Died on this day, 1674 · Wikipedia, On this day

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... that Frank Lloyd Wright decided to continue building a house on a fault line despite warnings from a geologist neighbor?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that Archbishop Peter went missing in battle near Gaza?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that The Invasion was the first Doctor Who serial with missing episodes to receive an official animated reconstruction?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that Swiss painter Rolf Knie learned perspective drawing from comedian Emil Steinberger while working as a circus clown?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that a former hub of the U.S. conservative movement caught fire on the night that Donald Trump was first elected president?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
... that Thomaïs of Lesbos was one of the few Byzantine female saints who achieved sainthood as a married laywoman?Did you know · Wikipedia, Did you know
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