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Spartacus: The Gladiator Who Fought for Freedom

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Spartacus: The Gladiator Who Fought for Freedom

The incredible story of a slave who challenged the mighty Roman Empire.

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2016
Gunmen attacked Istanbul's Atatürk Airport, killing 45 people and injuring more than 230 others.
1990
Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, was found guilty of copyright infringement for using Lotus 1-2-3's look-and-feel interface in its own spreadsheet program.
1989
President Slobodan Milošević gave a speech at Gazimestan in which he described the possibility of "armed battles" in the future of Serbia's national development.
1978
In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the U.S. Supreme Court barred quota systems in college admissions but held that affirmative-action programs advantaging minorities were constitutional.
1969
In response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, groups of gay and transgender people began demonstrations, a watershed event for the worldwide gay rights movement.
1963
Profumo affair: During the trial of Stephen Ward, Mandy Rice-Davies uttered the phrase "Well he would, wouldn't he?"

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