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December 2

December 2 is under the sign of Sagittarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Britney Spears (1981), Nelly Furtado (1978) and Lucy Liu (1968). Several movies were released around December 2 over the years, such as The Godfather: Part II in 1974 directed by Francis Ford Coppola and The Green Mile in 1999 directed by Frank Darabont.
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Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released around December 2 over the years?

The Godfather: Part II

Release year: 1974

Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola

Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton

Country: United States of America

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The Green Mile

Release year: 1999

Directed by: Frank Darabont

Starring: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt

Country: United States of America

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Million Dollar Baby

Release year: 2004

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Starring: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel

Country: United States of America

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Magnolia

Release year: 1999

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Starring: Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Country: United States of America

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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Release year: 1969

Directed by: Sydney Pollack

Starring: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young

Country: United States of America

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 2?

Holidays

Laos - National Day
United Arab Emirates - National Day (independence from Britain, 1971)
R.C. Saints - St Bibiana

Events

2018 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): A senior Taliban commander, Mullah Abdul Manan Akhund, is killed in a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan. (BBC)
2017 Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War: Israel launches surface-to-surface missiles at a military installation outside the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, Syrian state TV reports. (BBC)
2016 Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present): A military operation leaves three Turkish soldiers dead and another three wounded in Hakkâri Province, Turkey. (Anadolu Agency) (Daily Sabah) (Reuters)
2015 Yemeni Civil War (2015–present), Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen: Al-Qaeda militants seize control of Zinjibar, capital of Yemen's southern Abyan Governorate, as well as the town of Jaʿār, following fierce clashes with pro-Hadi government forces. (CNN)
2014 War in Somalia: The Red Cross says that at least 36 people may be dead following an attack in Mandera County in northeastern Kenya. Al-Shabaab militants are believed to be responsible. (Bloomberg via Business Week), (Reuters via New York Times)
2013 The Right Livelihood Award, sometimes understood as a critique of the Nobel Prize, is presented at a ceremony in the Swedish Parliament building to Dr. Paul Walker, Raji Sourani, Denis Mukwege, and Hans Herren. (Right Livelihood Award)
2012 The Taliban launches an attack on the NATO airstrip in the eastern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad resulting in seven Taliban deaths and at least five Afghans are killed. (Sky News Australia) (BBC) (AP)
2011 Muslim rioters attack liquor stores and massage parlours in Zakho in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq after Friday prayers. The attacks later extended to include Christian owned shops and businesses in other cities including Dohuk and Simele. (''USA Today'')
2010 About 8,000 African Union troops from Burundi and Uganda are deployed to the Somali capital Mogadishu, the scene of heavy fighting this week. (Reuters)
2009 FIFA, the world governing body for association football, announce after an emergency session of their Executive Committee, that following the controversy over the Thierry Henry handball incident, it will set up an inquiry into the use of extra officials or technology, but any changes will not be implemented for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Wikinews
2008 US President-elect Barack Obama names New York Senator Hillary Clinton as his nominee for secretary of state, and asks U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to remain in office.
2007 Activision and Vivendi Games announce a merger, to be called Activision Blizzard. The US$18.9 billion deal is the biggest ever in the videogame industry.
2006 Protestors begin their second day of demonstrations in their bid to convince the current Lebanese administration to step down. (BBC)
2005 In Wentworth, North Carolina, Kenneth Boyd becomes the 1,000th person to be executed in the United States since the re-introduction of capital punishment in 1976.
2004 David Bieber, a 38-year-old former American marine, is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a Leeds policeman and the attempted murder of two others following an incident on December 26, 2003. The trial judge recommends that he should never be released from prison.
2003 Venezuelan opposition leaders claim to have gathered enough petition signatures to force a referendum to recall President Hugo Chávez; in response, the government alleges the four-day signature drive was tainted by "massive fraud".
2001 Enron Corporation, based in Houston, Texas, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a New York court, five days after Dynegy cancels a US$8.4 billion buyout bid. At the time this is the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.
2000 The 2000 MAC Championship Game (American football) is played at Marshall Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, USA.ampref name=ampquotannouncementampquotamp and is won by the Marshall Thundering Herd.
1999 AlliedSignal Incorporated changes its company name to Honeywell International.
1997 MCI Center opens in Washington DC, as Washington Wizards play the Seattle SuperSonics.
1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.
1995 17th ACE Cable Awards
1994 Cobb premieres
1993 A Websters musical Sunset Promenade premieres in LA
1992 WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in New York City
1991 Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with the New York Mets.
1990 1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany
1989 KHJ-TV in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KCAL-TV
1988 STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission)
1987 Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor
1986 Dow-Jones index hits record 1955.57
1985 Mystery of Edwin Drood opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 608 performances
1984 4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
1983 Michael Jackson's music video for "Thriller" is broadcast for the first time.
1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
1981 Spanish government requests membership in NATO.
1980 Four American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador.
1979 Crowds attack US embassy at Tripoli, Libya.
1976 Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado.
1975 Laos King Sisavang Vatthana resigns, Republic forms
1974 Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
1973 Capital Centre (USAir Arena) in Washington DC opens
1972 Via Galactica closes at Uris Theater NYC after 7 performances
1971 United Arab Emirates, (Trucial States) declares independence from the UK
1970 Tippetts Opera Knot Garden, premieres in London
1969 Buck White opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 7 performances
1968 US President Richard Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor.
1967 55th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 24-1
1966 Love, Moby Grape and Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East
1962 50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT]
1961 Wind Bell, journal of SF Zen Center, begins publishing
1959 Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus.
1958 KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 1st US large scale nuclear power plant opens (Shippingport Penn)
1956 The Granma yacht reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente province and Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
1954 Hit the Trail opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
1953 The United Kingdom and Iran reform diplomatic relations.
1952 First human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colorado, USA).
1951 Borscht Capades closes at Royale Theater NYC after 90 performances
1948 Stan Musial is picked National League Most Valuable Player.
1947 13th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame (quarterback).
1946 The British Government invites four Indian leaders, Nehru, Baldev Singh, Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan to obtain the participation of all parties in the Constituent Assembly.
1944 General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow
1943 A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including an American Liberty ship, the John Harvey, with a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
1942 1st controlled nuclear chain reaction (Enrico Fermi - University of Chicago)
1941 Largest roller-skating rink (outside of New York City) opens in Peekskill, New York.
1939 New York's La Guardia Airport begins operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, one minute after midnight.
1934 5.08-m (200) Mt Palomar Observatory mirror is cast
1932 Adventures of Charlie Chan first heard on NBC-Blue radio network.
1930 Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before the United States Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
1928 Cardinals 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP
1927 1st Model A Fords sold, for $385
1926 British prime minister Stanley Baldwin ends the martial law that had been declared due to general strike.
1924 British-German trade agreement signed.
1920 Following more than a month of Turkish-Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
1917 Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea.
1916 Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract.
1914 Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia.
1913 Archdiocese of Managua created.
1908 Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two
1907 Tommy Burns knocks out Gunner Moir in 10 to retain the heavyweight boxing title.
1906 , the first all-big-gun warship, is commissioned.
1904 The St. Petersburg Soviet urges a run on the banks: the attempt fails and the executive committee is arrested.
1902 Soccer team Go Ahead forms in Deventer.
1901 Gillette patents 1st disposable razor
1900 South African President Paul Kruger arrives in Germany.
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Famous Birthday

Britney Spears: American dance-pop singer, a fabulous...
Nelly Furtado: Portuguese-Canadian singer and...
Lucy Liu: American actress.
Michaël Youn: French actor, singer, comedian, and TV...
Gianni Versace: Italian fashion designer, a couturiere...
Jeff Green (astrologer)
David Pujadas: French television presenter and...
Caroline Myss: American medical intuitive and author of...
Monica Seles: Yugoslavian (now Serbian) tennis star...
Charlie Puth: Pop Singer.
Candice Pascal: French professional dancer.
Aaron Rodgers: American football quarterback for the...
Karen Hamaker-Zondag: Dutch professional astrologer, one of...
Jérôme Thion
Charles Watson (murderer)
Steven Bauer: Havana, Cuba -- Actor (Scarface, Thief...
Adel Kachermi
Teairra Mari
Philippe Etchebest: French chef and television host.
Daniela Ruah: Portuguese actress.
Jan Ullrich: German cyclist, he won the Tour de...
Chris Wolstenholme: British bassist (Muse).
Patrizia Gucci
Léon Schwartzenberg
Amaury Leveaux: French swimming champion, has held...
Brendan Coyle: English actor.
Gaëtan Gorce: French politician, a member of the...
Rena Sofer: Actress (Rocky-Loving, Lois Cerullo-...
Kimberly Mays: American news figure who was the focus...
Julie Harris: American actress whose stage prominence...
Jacques Lacarrière
Harry Reid: American politician.
Maëlle Ricker: Canadian snowboarder.
Yvonne Catterfeld: German singer-songwriter and actress.
Arthur Jugnot: French stage and film actor, and...
Cassie Steele: TV Actress.
Jean Troisgros
Wifredo Lam
Cathy Lee Crosby
Tarcisio Bertone: Italian ecclesiastic, Roman Catholic...
Peter Kingsbery
Alexander Haig: American Soldier & Civil servant, 7th...
Alan Henderson: NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks).
Paul Watson: Canadian activist founded the Sea...
Jean-Luc Bennahmias
Jana Kramer: American actress.
Action Bronson
Kashmira Shah
Nicola Tappenden
Roland Dubillard: French writer, playwright and actor.
Rick Savage: Bassist.
Melissa Archer: American actress.
Jacki R Chan
Eileen McCallum: Scottish actress.
Ibrahim Rugova: Kosovan journalist and politician 1st...
Giovanni Parisi: Italian boxer who won an Olympic Gold...
Jean-Baptiste Doumeng: Lacasse EXecutives.
Massimiliano Lelli
Ezio Gamba: Italian judo champion, winner of a Gold...
Roberto Capucci: Italian fashion designer, noted for his...
Julio César Baldivieso
Randy Gardner: American athlete, an ice skating...
Luisa Corna
Raphaëlle Duchemin
Takahito Mikasa
Lucius Beebe: American journalist, a newspaper...
Michael Larrabee
Nate Mendel: American bassist (Foo Fighters).
Yvette Benayoun Nakache
Patrice Martin-Lalande
Don Fellows
Antonín Panenka
Mahmoud Zemmouri
Paul Stankowski
Justus von Dohnányi: German actor director and screenwriter.
Penelope Spheeris: American director producer and...
Jean-Charles (author)
Leonard Lightfoot: American actor, portraying the role of...
Kelly Buchberger
Angelina Grün
Ed Meese
Peter Duesberg
Wilson Jermaine Heredia: American actor.
Jonathan Hunt
Jerry Sohl
Monika Pietrasinska
Robert Moevs: American musician, composer and concert...
Alicia Hall
Jack Davis (cartoonist)
Ralph Beard
Dimitri Dragin
TC Boyle
Alfred Enoch: Movie Actor.
Josef Schovanec: French writer, diagnosed Autistic...
Paul Holmgren
Benjamin Stora: French historian, expert on North...
Jonathan Frid: Actor (Barnabas Collins-Dark Shadows).
Jason Collins: American basketball player.
Patrizia Reggiani: Italian socialite who, in 1972, married...
Nancye Wynne
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Famous Deaths

Harrison Ford: American actor, one of Hollywood’s...
Mariska Veres: Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (Born...
Ivan Illich: Austrian priest and philosopher (Born...
Robert Cummings: American actor, an eternal juvenile who...
Gail Fisher: American actress (Born 1935).
Ron Santo: Shortstop (Cubs, 1st baseball player to...
David Blue: rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich...
Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte: Composer, dies at 72.
William Tannen: Actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull),...
Hershy Kay: Composer, dies at 62.
Alex Courtney: Actor (Sword of Justice).
Aaron Copeland: Composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies...
Loek Elfferich: Dutch journalist / Historian (Treason in...
Pablo Escobar Gaviria: Colombian drug baron, shot to death at...
Stanley Devon: Photographer, dies at 88.
Kazimieras Buga: Lithuanian philologist (Born 1879).
Vincent d'Indy: French composer (Born 1851).
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: Italian writer (Born 1876).
Sabu Dastagir: Indian-born American actor (Born 1924).
Thomas J Hicks: British-born American runner (Born...
Adamson-Eric (Eric Adamson): Estonian painter (Born 1902).
Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov: Russian politician (Born 1881).
Fifi d'Orsay: Canadian actress (Born 1904).
Arno Peters: German historian (Born 1916).
Victor Roger composer: dies at age 50.
Francesco Paolo Tosti composer: dies at age 69.
Margit Kaffka writer: dies at age 38.
Henry Clay Frick built largest coke and steel operation: dies at age 69.
Albert Kessel: is first to die in California gas...
Filippo T Marinetti: Italian writer (father of futurism),...
Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers: Dutch mathematician, dies at age 85.
Kliment J Voroshilov: President of USSR (1953-60), dies.
Friedrich Christian Christiansen: German Luftwaffe general, dies.
Nicolaas "Cola" Debrot: Governor of Dutch Antilles (1962-70),...
Wallace K[irkman] Harrison: US architect (United Nations), dies at...
Philip Larkin [hermit of Hull] English poet: dies at age 63.
Lee Dorsey R&B singer: dies at age 59.
Gary Mascaro: choreographer, dies at age 43.
Donald John Urquhart: librarian, dies at age 85.
James Norman Dalrymple Anderson: lawyer, dies at age 86.
[William] Robertson Davies: Canadian novelist essayist/dramatist,...
Francis Joseph Quinn: academic, dies at age 90.
Penelope Jessel: politcal activist, dies at age 76.
Van Tuong Nguyen: Thai-born Australian drug smuggler (Born...
John Ringling: American circus owner (Born 1866).
Josef Lhevinne: Russian pianist (Born 1874).
Billy Chapman: English footballer (Born 1902).
Jose Maria Arguedas: Peruvian novelist, poet, and...
John Curtis Gowan: American psychologist (Born 1912).
Karl-Heinz Burger: German SS-Oberfuhrer (Born 1904).
William P Lawrence: American naval officer (Born 1930).
Nat Mayer Shapiro: American painter (Born 1919).
Edward Samuel Rogers: Canadian entrepreneur (Born 1933).
Kathleen Baskin-Ball: American religious figure (Born 1958).
Desi Arnaz: American musician and actor, noted...
Robertson Davies: Canadian writer, playwright,...
Romain Gary: French diplomat, novelist, film director...
Francis Picabia: French avant-garde painter, poet and...
Edmond Rostand: French writer, a playwright and poet...
Yip Man: Chinese martial artist (Born 1893).
Roxie Roker: actress (Helen Willis - The Jeffersons)...
Maggie Jones: English actress (Born 1934).
Eiji Sawamura: Japanese baseball player and soldier (d....
Reginald Baker: Australian boxer rugby player and actor...
Foge Fazio: American football player and coach (d....
Aniello Dellacroce: American organized crime figure (Born...
Eric Woolfson: Scottish singer-songwriter pianist and...
Alan Davidson: English historian and author (d. 2003).
Dinu Lipatti: Romanian pianist and composer (d. 1950).
Manfred Sakel: Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and...
Michael Gothard: English actor (Born 1939).
Marty Feldman: British comedian, writer and actor (Born...
Jan Malat: Composer, dies at 72.
Jennifer Alexander: Canadian ballet dancer (Born 1972).
Danny Murtaugh: baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates),...
Nordahl Grieg: Norwegian journalist author poet and...
Giles Cooper: Irish soldier and playwright (d. 1966).
Tomas Breton y Hernandez: Composer, dies at 72.
Julio Garreta: Composer, dies at 50.
Josef Gruber: Composer, dies at 78.
JW Ummels: Dutch resistance fighter (House of...
Sabu Sabu: Actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of...
Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman: Archbishop of NY, dies at 78.
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Music charts

Which were the top hits in that special week of December 2 over the years?

Top #1 songs in the USA

2017 Rockstar - Post Malone Featuring 21 Savage
2016 Black Beatles - Rae Sremmurd Featuring Gucci Mane
2015 Adele - Hello
2014 Taylor Swift - Blank Space
2013 Lorde - Royals
2012 Rihanna - Diamonds
2011 Rihanna - We Found Love
2010 Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World)
2009 Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind
2008 T.I. - Live Your Life
2007 Alicia Keys - No One
2006 Akon - I Wanna Love You
2005 Chris Brown - Run It!
2004 Usher - My Boo
2003 Beyonce - Baby Boy
2002 Eminem - Lose Yourself
2001 Mary J. Blige - Family Affair
2000 Destiny's Child - Independent Women Part I
1999 Santana - Smooth
1998 Divine - Lately
1997 Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997
1997 Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight
1996 BLACKstreet - No Diggity
1995 Mariah Carey - One Sweet Day
1994 Boyz II Men - On Bended Knee
1993 Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
1992 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
1991 PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
1990 Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight
1989 Milli Vanilli - Blame It On The Rain
1988 Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley - Will To Power
1987 Bill Medley - (I've Had) The Time Of My Life
1986 Bon Jovi - You Give Love A Bad Name
1985 Phil Collins - Separate Lives
1984 Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
1983 Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
1982 Lionel Richie - Truly
1981 Olivia Newton-John - Physical
1980 Kenny Rogers - Lady
1979 Barbra Streisand - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
1978 Barbra & Neil - You Don't Bring Me Flowers
1977 Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life
1976 Rod Stewart - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)
1975 Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly
1974 Billy Swan - I Can Help
1973 Carpenters - Top Of The World
1972 The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
1971 Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair
1970 The Partridge Family - I Think I Love You
1969 The Beatles - Come Together
1968 Diana Ross and the Supremes - Love Child
1967 The Monkees - Daydream Believer
1966 The New Vaudeville Band - Winchester Cathedral
1965 The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
1964 The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
1963 Dale & Grace - I'm Leaving It Up To You
1962 The 4 Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry
1961 Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
1960 Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome To-Night?
1959 Bobby Darin - Mack The Knife
1958 Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
1957 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
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Top #1 Rock songs

2017 Imagine Dragons - Thunder
2016 Heathens - twenty one pilots
2015 Elle King - Ex's & Oh's
2014 Hozier - Take Me To Church
2013 Lorde - Royals
2012 fun. - Some Nights
2011 The Sound Of Winter - Bush
2010 The Black Keys - Tighten Up
2009 I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin

Books

Which were the most popular books released around December 2 over the years?

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Year: 1974

By: John le Carre

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; and The Night Manager, now a television series starring Tom Hiddleston. John le Carré’s new novel, A Legacy of Spies, is now available.The

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Values Of The Game

Year: 1998

By: Bill Bradley

As the Presidential run heats up with the start of the primary season in New Hampshire on February 2, the attention to the candidates and their issues will become even more

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The Tale Of The Body Thief

Year: 1992

By: Anne Rice

In a gripping feat of storytelling, Anne Rice continues the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles that began with the now-classic Interview with the Vampire.

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The Saga Of Baby Divine

Year: 1983

By: Bette Midler

From the fertile and outrageous imagination of the Divine Miss M herself comes a hilarious, touching and uplifting fable about The Truth.

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The New Class

Year: 1957

By: Milovan Djilas

This is a book on Communism by a man who used to be one of its heroes. One of the greatest political documents of our time--perhaps the most important in its force and effectiveness--this explosive indictment may be regarded as …

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Vintage Magazines

Movies

The Godfather: Part II

The Green Mile

Million Dollar Baby

Magnolia

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Historical Events

Music charts

Books

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Values Of The Game

The Tale Of The Body Thief

The Saga Of Baby Divine

The New Class