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Occasionally, the juxtaposition of the first item with the picture of In the news or On this day... creates a humorous effect. I will be collecting such occurences here.

Eurovision winner cures ebola

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Lena Meyer-Landrut

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23:49, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Shakespeare's orbital theatre burns down

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June 29: Seventeenth of Tammuz (Judaism, 2010); Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Roman Catholicism)

Mir

22:40, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Wallis Simpson presents Isaac Newton's paper to the Royal Society

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Selected anniversaries on this day

December 10: Human Rights Day; Constitution Day in Thailand (1932)

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22:11, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Apple Macintosh kills Emperor Caligula

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Selected anniversaries on this day

January 24

The first Apple Macintosh

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23:36, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

Allies attack Libya with polar bears

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In the news
Knut, the German polar bear

05:23, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Hosni Mubarak strikes back at U.S. with tornadoes

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In the news

Hosni Mubarak

04:24, 17 April 2011 (UTC)


European Union crusaders destroyed in Antioch

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On this day...

June 29: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Roman Catholicism); Independence Day in Seychelles (1976)

Flag of Europe

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05:07, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Corporate IP lawsuits get really ugly

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On this day...

Riot police in London

00:22, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

French counterrevolutionary army defeated by coelacanth

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On this day...

December 23: The Emperor's Birthday in Japan; Festivus

Coelacanth (preserved specimen)

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06:13, 23 December 2011 (UTC)

Salman Rushdie imposes oil embargo on Iran

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In the news

Salman Rushdie

01:08, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Josef Stalin crowned King of England

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On this day

April 3

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19:46, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

George Washington selects Jupiter as site for new capital

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On this day

July 16

Impact site of Shoemaker-Levy 9's fragment G on Jupiter's cloud-tops

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01:01, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

GNU Project establishes Prussian–Lithuanian border

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On this day

September 27: World Tourism Day

GNU logo

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05:32, 27 September 2012 (UTC)

Russian cosmonaut elected Pope

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On this day

August 11: Independence Day in Chad (1960)

Andriyan Nikolayev

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01:19, 11 August 2013 (UTC)

Maria Sharapova conquers Mosul and Tikrit

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On this day
Maria Sharapova in 2008

Ongoing: FIFA World Cup Ukrainian conflict
Recent deaths: Johnny Leach Rik Mayall

Hedy Lamarr slays king of the giants

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On this day

August 11: Tu B'Av (Judaism, 2014); Independence Day in Chad (1960)

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18:44, 13 June 2014 (UTC)