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August 5

August 5 is under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include Abbé Pierre (1912), Marine Le Pen (1968) and Neil Armstrong (1930). Several movies were released around August 5 over the years, such as The Secret in Their Eyes in 2009 directed by Juan José Campanella and District 9 in 2009 directed by Neill Blomkamp.
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Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released around August 5 over the years?

The Secret in Their Eyes

Release year: 2009

Directed by: Juan José Campanella

Starring: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Carla Quevedo

Country: United States of America

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District 9

Release year: 2009

Directed by: Neill Blomkamp

Starring: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt

Country: United States of America

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Monsieur Beaucaire

Release year: 1924

Directed by: Sidney Olcott

Starring: Rudolph Valentino, Bebe Daniels, Lois Wilson, Doris Kenyon

Country: United States of America

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Hail the Conquering Hero

Release year: 1944

Directed by: Preston Sturges

Starring: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest

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The Abyss

Release year: 1989

Directed by: James Cameron

Starring: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester

Country: United States of America

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 5?

Holidays

St. Memmius
Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 5 saints: St. Oswald
St. Afra and her companions
Burkina Faso - Independence Day
Croatia - Victory Day and National Thanksgiving Day
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Events

2018 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): A Taliban suicide bomber kills three Czech soldiers on a routine patrol in Charikar, Afghanistan. A U.S. soldier and two Afghan troops are also injured in the bombing. (BBC)
2017 2017 V-22 Osprey crash: Searches are underway for three members of the United States Marine Corps missing after a MV-22 Osprey crashed off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland. Twenty three of the twenty six people on board have been rescued. (AP), (9 News)
2016 2016 Assam attacks: Gunmen open fire in a market in Assam, India, killing 13 people and injuring 18. (India Today)
2015 2015 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Soudelor (Hanna) strengthens to the strongest storm of 2015; it is expected to be equivalent to a Category 3 or Category 4 hurricane when it hits Taiwan. (The Independent) (Free District)
2014 War in Afghanistan: A U.S. major general Harold J. Greene is killed, and a German brigadier general and several American troops are among the 15 wounded, in a attack by an Afghan soldier gunman - who was killed by Afghan soldiers - at Kabul's Marshal Fahim National Defense University. (MSN)(CNN), (AP)
2013 War in Afghanistan (2001–present):: A bomb explodes at a market in the Afghan city of Kandahar, killing at least four people. (BBC)
2012 Syrian civil war:
2011 2011 Syrian uprising:: Turkey confirms it has seized an Iranian arms shipment to Syria. (Today's Zaman)Tens of thousands of people again protest across the country, amid a government crackdown. (BBC)
2010 Elena Kagan is approved by the US Senate for a post on the US Supreme Court, by a vote of 63-37.
2009 The 40th Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting opens in Cairns, Australia. (RNZI)
2008 Rwanda formally accuses senior French officials, including former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and late President François Mitterrand, of involvement in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and calls for them to be put on trial. (Reuters)
2007 Authorities in Mozambique seize thousands of boxes of counterfeit toothpaste which they fear may contain the dangerous chemical diethylene glycol. (AP via Forbes)
2006 The Republic of China (Taiwan) severs diplomatic relations with Chad reducing the number of countries maintaining official relations with it to 24. The ROC foreign ministry cited Chad's intention to establish relations with the People's Republic of China as the reason. (AP)
2005 An Israeli archaeologist working in East Jerusalem reports that she has discovered a palace dating from the 10th century BC, which may have belonged to King David. (NY Times), (International Herald Tribune), (Washington Times), (Houston Chronicle), (Taipei Times)
2004 At least seven Iraqis and a U.S. soldier die in clashes; and a U.S. helicopter is shot down, injuring two. (BBC)
2003 A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
2002 ''Recent celebrity deaths:'' Chick Hearn, pro-basketball announcer dies at the age of 85.
1998 The United States tells the Democratic Republic of the Congo's neighbours to not get involved with the rebellion in the east of the country. (BBC)
1997 Korean Air 747 with 331 aboard crashes in Guam, 29 survive
1996 Dallas Cowboys play Kansas City Chiefs in Monterrey Mexico
1995 Croatian forces liberate, Knin, and continue their advance into the Republic of Serbian Krajina.
1994 Antonov-12 crash down at Boda, East-Siberia, 47 killed
1992 4 cops in Rodney King beating case indicted on civil rights charge
1990 Barb Mucha wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1989 General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.
1988 Mario Biaggi (Representative-Democrat-New York), convicted of racketeering, resigns seat.
1986 Steve Carlton is 2nd to pitch 4,000 strikeout
1985 Establishment of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is announced
1984 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
1982 Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager
1981 Federal government began firing striking air traffic controllers
1980 Expos Dick Williams wins his 1,000th career game as a manager
1979 But Never Jam Today closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 7 performances
1978 New Orleans Saints beat Philadelphia Eagles 14-7 in Mexico City (NFL expo).
1976 The Great Clock of Westminster (or Big Ben) suffers internal damage and stops running for over nine months.
1975 Phillies 1st 8 batters get hits for a record, beat Cubs 13-5
1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways
1973 Arab terrorists open fire at Athens airport, kills 3 injures 55
1972 Detroit shortstop Ed Brinkman errors ends record streak of 72 games and 331 total chances without a miscue
1971 WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 US Black Panther leader Huey Newton let out of jail
1969 Mariner 7 flies past Mars
1968 WMCV (now WZTV) TV channel 17 in Nashville, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
1967 Bobby Gentry releases her only hit Ode to Billy Joe
1966 33rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 38, All-Stars 0 (72,000)
1965 Dave Marr wins PGA title
1964 Actress Anne Bancroft and comedian Mel Brooks wed
1963 Britain, US and the USSR sign nuclear test ban treaty
1962 1st quasar located by radio
1961 Chicago Bears (NFL) beat Montreal Alouettes (Canadian Football League) 34-16 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1960 Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France
1959 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record)
1958 Atomic sub USS Nautilus completes 1st trip under North Pole
1957 American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage ''baby-boomers'' by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
1956 KUAM TV channel 8 in Agana, GU (CBS / ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 After playing 274 straight games at 2nd base, Nellie Fox is given a day off he comes back next 798 consecutive games
1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA World Golf Championshio
1953 Operation "Big Switch": Korean War prisoners exchanged at Panmunjom.
1952 The Treaty of Taipei between Japan and the Republic of China goes into effect, to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
1951 Armed uprising in Ambonezen Camp Middelburg
1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title
1949 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die
1948 Cleveland Indians set club record for most double plays in a game (6)
1947 Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to UN pressure
1945 Atom Bomb dropped on Hiroshima (August 6th in Japan)
1944 US 79th / 90th division occupy Laval / Mayenne
1943 Soviet forces reconquer Orel and Bjelgorod
1942 British government cancels agreement of Munich
1940 Acquaintance blows-up Zandvoortse synagouge
1938 33rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Philadelphia (3-2)
1937 The Soviet Union commences one of the largest campaigns of the Great Purge, to quoteliminate anti-Soviet elements.quot Within the following year, at least 724,000 people are killed on order of the troikas, directed by Joseph Stalin. This was an offensive that targeted social classes (such as the kulaks), ethnic or racial backgrounds which were seen as non-Russian, and Stalin's personal opponents from the Communist Party and their sympathizers.
1936 At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his third Olympic medal.
1935 The Leo Burnett Advertising Agency opens in Chicago, Illinois.
1931 Detroit Tiger Tommy Bridges perfect game is broken up with 2 outs in 9th
1926 1st talkie movie Don Juan at Warner Theatre, New York
1925 Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
1924 Comic strip Little Orphan Annie, by Harold Gray, debuts
1921 Treaty of Berlin: US and Germany sign separate peace treaty
1917 British troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium
1915 German troops over run Warsaw
1914 1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave & E 105th St, Cleveland)
1909 US Senate confirms A. Piatt Andrew as Mint Director.
1901 Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft 11 3/4 ins. The record will stand for 20 years.
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Famous Birthday

Abbé Pierre: French Roman Catholic priest, ordained...
Marine Le Pen: French daughter of ultra-right wing...
Neil Armstrong: American astronaut, the first man to set...
Kajol : Indian film actress.
Sydney Omarr: American writer and journalist, a...
Pete Burns: rocker (Dead or Alive - "Spin Me...
Jean-Marc Morandini: French-Corsican journalist, TV host and...
Maddox Jolie Pitt
Elisabeth Depardieu
Loni Anderson: American actress, a lush and shapely...
Jesse Williams (actor)
John Huston: American film director, screenwriter and...
Isabel Otero
Cairo (Egypt)
Emmanuel Chain: French journalist and television...
Tawny Kitaen: American actress.
Helene Fischer: Pop Singer.
Mark Strong
Carole Laure
Robert Taylor: American actor who made over 70 films in...
Vittorio Chiusano
Eugene Guillevic: French writer, a poet and essayist.
Genelia D'Souza: Indian actress.
Rick Derringer: American musician, a singer, guitarist,...
Wendell Berry: American poet, critic and farmer.
Federica Pellegrini: Italian swimmer.
Adam Yauch: American rapper (Beastie Boys).
Xenia Tchoumitcheva: Swiss model and actress.
Geneviève Yavchitz
Princess Irene of the Netherlands
Angry Anderson
Otis Thorpe: NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies,...
Marlene Favela
James Gunn (filmmaker)
Marie de Hennezel
Imre Fehér
Maureen McCormick: American actress.
Bruno Coquatrix: French entertainment producer, mainly...
John Saxon: American actor.
Bernard Bretonnière
Kou Shibasaki
Harold Holt: Australian politician, Prime Minister of...
Eicca Toppinen: Finnish cellist and composer...
Hugues Quester
Mohamed Dia
Joseph-Marie Verlinde
Terri Clark: Canadian singer-songwriter and...
Terri Clark: Canadian singer-songwriter and...
Kaylani Lei: Singaporean-born American pornographic...
Carla Gravina: Italian actress who appeared in 40 films...
Karina Testa
Gérard Onesta: French politician who was a Member of...
Roman Gabriel: American football player.
Sergio Ramírez
Gottfried Angeli: German pro astrologer and writer,...
Kara Tointon
Eugène Durif
Patrick Ewing: American basketball player, center.
Colin McRae: Scottish race car driver (d. 2007).
Lolo Jones: American track and field athlete.
Pierre Guillaumat: La Fl?che Military man.
Kendra Spears
Isabelle Mercier
Claude Autant-Lara: French director, active in cinema from...
Yves Vincent: France Actor.
Jean-Pierre Michel: French politician, a member of the...
Jonathan Silverman: American actor and producer.
Myrna Hansen
Rosi Mittermaier: German FR, slalom / downhill (1976...
Britney Arianna
Gary Beban: American businessman, formerly a...
Richard Kleindienst: American attorney and government...
Olivia Holt: TV Actress.
Gilles Delion: French road cyclist racer, his greats...
Kathrin Zettel
Claude Girard
Holly Palance
James Wilder (actor)
Bruce Coslet: American football player, the head coach...
John Olerud: American baseball player, a left-handed...
Ennio Mattarelli: Italian athlete who was the winner of a...
Laurent Dominati: French politician and diplomat.
Ray Clemence: English footballer and manager.
Paula Creamer: American golfer.
Elisabeth Vonarburg
Serge Janquin: French politician, a member of the...
Jennifer Finch: American photographer and musician,...
Parley Baer: American actor (d. 2002).
Guy Brouty
Janet McTeer: English actress.
Alain Dassas: French businessman, who held various...
Mary Strassmeyer: American journalist, cartoonist,...
Neri Pozza: Italian writer, editor and publisher of...
Lenny Breau: American jazz guitarist (Born 1941).
Geraldine Stutz: American business executive, the...
Louis Walsh: Irish music manager.
Benjamin Compaoré: French athlete of Burkinabe descent...
Sang-woo Kwone
Zakes Mokae: Johannesburg, South Africa -- Actor...
Matthew Caws: American singer-songwriter and guitarist...
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Famous Deaths

Marilyn Monroe: American actress, model, and singer, who...
Jean-Marie Lustiger: French cardinal who converted from...
Carmen Miranda: Portuguese-American actress known as...
Carmen Miranda: Portuguese-American actress known as...
Jeff Porcaro: American drummer songwriter and producer...
Robert Muldoon: New Zealand politician who was first...
Theodore Sturgeon: Sci-fi Author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies...
Theodore Sturgeon: Sci-fi Author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies...
Susan Butcher: American dog sled racer, a four-time...
Ralph Meeker: American film, stage and television...
Josef Stanislav: Composer, dies at 74.
Frederic Tozere: Actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71.
Adrian Roland Holst: Poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88.
Charles Carson: Actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at...
Wanda Rotha: Actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72.
Howard Culver: Actor (Howie-Gunsmoke), dies at 66.
R Hagelstange: Writer.
Zygmunt Mycielsky: Composer, dies at 79.
Herman Gooding: Suriname police-inspector.
Amy Sacks: Producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of...
Audrey Langford: SInging teacher, dies at 82.
Clive Robertson Caldwell: British fighter pilot, dies at 84.
Terry Hibbitt: Soccer star, dies at 47.
Agha Hasan Abedi: Banker, dies at 73.
Anthony Barber Doncaster: Bookseller, dies at 81.
Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu: Politician, dies at 72.
Bruce Howard Lidington: Actor (Sword of Valiant, Mosses), dies...
Frank Ulrich Marcus: Playwright / critic, dies at 68.
Vatroslav Jagic: Croatian Slavist (Born 1835).
Heinrich Otto Wieland: German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b.
Josh Ryan Evans: American actor (Born 1982).
Raul Roco: Philippine senator (Born 1941).
James Augustine Healy black Roman Catholic bishop: dies at age 80.
Queenie Smith: actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at age...
Soichiro Hondo: CEO and founder (Honda), dies of liver...
Maurice Turnbull: English cricketer (Born 1906).
Luther Perkins: American guitarist (Born 1928).
Harry Hylton-Foster: Speaker of the British House of Commons...
Harold L Runnels: American politician (Born 1924).
Georg Gassmann: German politician (Born 1910).
Tullio Crali: Italian artist associated with Futurism...
Otema Allimadi: Prime Minister of Uganda (Born 1929).
Florian Pittis: Romanian actor, singer and producer...
Reg Lindsay: Australian country and western...
Richard Burton: British adventurer, explorer, writer and...
Judy Canova: American actress, homely and raucous,...
Jennie Lee: Scottish teacher, author and politician,...
Victoria : British royal family, the Queen of...
Gentil T Antheunis: Flemish Poet / music / composer, dies at...
Bob Caruthers: American baseball player and manager (d....
Menachem Avidom: Austro-Hungarian born Israeli composer...
Art Ross: Canadian-American ice hockey player and...
Wilhelm Marx: German lawyer and politician 17th...
Alain de Changy: Belgian race car driver (d. 1994).
Jim O'Hora: American football player and coach (d....
Sameera Moussa: Egyptian physicist and academic (d....
Budd Schulberg: American author screenwriter and...
Don Steele: LA radio personality (KRTH), dies of...
Otto Kretschmer: German U-boat commander (Born 1912).
Otto Buchsbaum: Austrian-born Brazilian writer and...
Arthur Meighen: Canadian lawyer and politician 9th Prime...
Jesse Haines: American baseball player and coach (d....
Edgar Guest: English-American poet and author (d....
Paul Brown: American NFL founder and coach...
Salvador Bacarisse: Spanish composer (Born 1898).
Neil Bartlett: English chemist, produced xenon...
Sidney Holland: New Zealand lieutenant and politician...
Polina Astakhova: Ukrainian gymnast and trainer (d. 2005).
Moa Martinson: Swedish author (d. 1964).
Matt Robinson: American actor and screenwriter (d....
Wojciech Gawronski: Composer, dies at 42.
George Sainton Kaye Butterworth: Composer, dies at 31.
Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli: Composer, dies at 46.
Ullrich Haupt: Actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of...
Frederick A Cook: United States -- Explorer (North Pole),...
Adam Kuckhoff: Writer, dies at 55.
Joannes D M Cornelissen: Historian (Johann de White).
Emil Abderhalden: Swiss physiologist / bio-chemistry, dies...
Eva JC Beck: Actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies...
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Music charts

Which were the top hits in that special week of August 5 over the years?

Top #1 songs in the USA

2017 Despacito - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber
2016 Cheap Thrills - Sia Featuring Sean Paul
2015 OMI - Cheerleader
2014 Rude - MAGIC!
2013 Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines
2012 Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
2011 LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
2010 Eminem - Love The Way You Lie
2009 The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
2008 Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
2007 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
2006 Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
2005 Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
2004 Usher - Confessions Part II
2003 Beyonce - Crazy In Love
2002 Nelly - Hot In Herre
2001 Destiny's Child - Bootylicious
2000 N'Sync - It's Gonna Be Me
1999 Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle
1998 Brandy & Monica - The Boy Is Mine
1997 Puff Daddy & Faith Evans - I'll Be Missing You
1996 Los Del Rio - Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)
1995 TLC - Waterfalls
1994 Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories - Stay
1993 UB40 - Can't Help Falling In Love
1992 Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back
1991 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
1990 Mariah Carey - Vision Of Love
1989 Prince - Batdance
1988 Steve Winwood - Roll With It
1987 Bob Seger - Shakedown
1986 Peter Cetera - Glory Of Love (Theme From The Karate Kid Part II)
1985 Tears For Fears - Shout
1984 Prince - When Doves Cry
1983 The Police - Every Breath You Take
1982 Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
1981 Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
1980 Olivia Newton-John - Magic
1979 Donna Summer - Bad Girls
1978 The Rolling Stones - Miss You
1977 Andy Gibb - I Just Want To Be Your Everything
1976 The Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye
1975 Eagles - One Of These Nights
1974 John Denver - Annie's Song
1973 Maureen McGovern - The Morning After
1972 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
1971 Bee Gees - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
1970 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You
1969 Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
1968 The Doors - Hello, I Love You
1967 The Doors - Light My Fire
1966 The Troggs - Wild Thing
1965 Herman's Hermits - I'm Henry VIII, I Am
1964 The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
1963 The Tymes - So Much In Love
1962 Bobby Vinton - Roses Are Red (My Love)
1961 Bobby Lewis - Tossin' And Turnin'
1960 Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry
1959 Paul Anka - Lonely Boy
1958 Perez Prado and His Orchestra - Patricia
1957 Elvis Presley - (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
1955 Bill Haley and His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock
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Top #1 Rock songs

2017 Believer - Imagine Dragons
2016 twenty one pilots - Ride
2015 Shut Up And Dance - WALK THE MOON
2014 Paramore - Ain't It Fun
2013 Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
2012 Green Day - Oh Love
2011 The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2010 The Crow & The Butterfly - Shinedown
2009 Linkin Park - New Divide

Books

Which were the most popular books released around August 5 over the years?

The Hunt For Red October

Year: 1985

By: Tom Clancy

Here is the runaway bestseller that launched Tom Clancy’s phenomenal career. A military thriller so gripping in its action and so convincing in its accuracy that the author was rumored to

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The Matarese Circle

Year: 1979

By: Robert Ludlum

An international circle of killers, the Matarese will undoubtedly take over the world within just two years. Only two rival spies have the power to stop them: Scofield, CIA, and Talaniekov,

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Anatomy of a Murder

Year: 1958

By: Robert Traver

First published by St. Martin's in 1958, Robert Traver's Anatomy of a Murder immediately became the number-one bestseller in America, and was subsequently turned into the successful and now classic Otto Preminger film.

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Veeck -- As In Wreck

Year: 1962

By: Bill Veeck

Classic story about his life owning the Cleveland Indians by Bill Veeck

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Megatrends 2000

Year: 1990

By: John Naisbitt and Patricia Aburdene

Offering predictions and modern "soothsayings" for the 1990s and onwards, this book attempts to chart the changes to come, in politics, religion, advertising and culture.

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Movies

The Secret in Their Eyes

District 9

Monsieur Beaucaire

Hail the Conquering Hero

The Abyss

Historical Events

Music charts

Books

The Hunt For Red October

The Matarese Circle

Anatomy of a Murder

Veeck -- As In Wreck

Megatrends 2000