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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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2019
Syrian civil war: Turkish forces began an offensive into north-eastern Syria following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the region.
2012
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai (pictured) was severely injured by a Taliban gunman in a failed assassination attempt.
1986
The Phantom of the Opera, a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and currently the longest-running Broadway show in history, opened in London's West End.
1962
Nick Holonyak, an engineer for General Electric, gave the first public demonstration of a light-emitting diode.
1952
A footman shot and killed two colleagues and wounded the lady of the house at Knowsley Hall, England.
1942
World War II: American forces defeated the Japanese at the Third Battle of the Matanikau in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, reversing the Japanese victory a couple of weeks earlier.

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