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  2. Good Friday - Wikipedia

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    Good Friday is a Christian holy day observing the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary.It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum.It is also known as Black Friday, Holy Friday, Great Friday, Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord, Great and Holy Friday (also Holy and Great Friday).

  3. AOL - Wikipedia

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    AOL began in 1983, as a short-lived venture called Control Video Corporation (CVC), founded by William von Meister.Its sole product was an online service called GameLine for the Atari 2600 video game console, after von Meister's idea of buying music on demand was rejected by Warner Bros. [8] Subscribers bought a modem from the company for $49.95 and paid a one-time $15 setup fee.

  4. TED (conference) - Wikipedia

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    Active. TED Conferences, LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design[7]) is an American-Canadian non-profit [7] media organization that posts international talks online for free distribution under the slogan "ideas worth spreading". [8] It was founded by Richard Saul Wurman and Harry Marks in February 1984 [2] as a technology conference, in which ...

  5. Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? The cultural origins of ... - AOL

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    The 13th and most infamous guest to arrive, Judas Iscariot, was the disciple who betrayed Jesus, leading to his crucifixion on Good Friday. Hundreds of the Knights Templar were arrested on October ...

  6. Today is Friday the 13th. Learn the origins of what ... - AOL

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    Today is Friday the 13th, and in the same way that many people avoid walking under a ladder, breaking a mirror or even crossing paths with a black cat, those who consider themselves to be ...

  7. Attitude Era - Wikipedia

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    e. The Attitude Era was a major era of professional wrestling within the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The term "WWF Attitude" was used to describe its programming from November 9, 1997, to May 6, 2002. It began during the Monday Night War, a period in which WWF's Monday Night Raw (later Raw Is War) went head-to-head with World ...

  8. Black September - Wikipedia

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    Black September (Arabic: أيلول الأسود Aylūl al-ʾAswad), also known as the Jordanian Civil War, [9] was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), led by chairman Yasser Arafat. The main phase of the fighting took place between 16 and 27 September 1970, though certain ...

  9. Names of the days of the week - Wikipedia

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    Names of the days of the week. Italian cameo bracelet representing the days of the week, corresponding to the planets as Roman gods: Diana as the Moon for Monday, Mars for Tuesday, Mercury for Wednesday, Jupiter for Thursday, Venus for Friday, Saturn for Saturday, and Apollo as the Sun for Sunday. Middle 19th century, Walters Art Museum.