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On this day in 2023

On this day in 2022

• EVENTS
• Nobel Prize for Economics awarded to Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig for discoveries which improved how society deals with financial crises.
• DEATHS
• Anita Kerr [née Grilli], American pop and country singer, composer, and producer (The Anita Kerr Singers), who died at 94 [2].

On this day in 2021

• DEATHS
• Abdul Qadeer Khan, Physicist.
• Ruthie Tompson, Animator.
• POLITICS
• Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen says country won't bow to Chinese pressure in defiant speech on Taiwanese National Day, day after Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to "fulfil reunification".

On this day in 2020

• EVENTS
• Italian teenage computer genius Carlo Acutis, who died of leukemia at 15, beatified by the Catholic Church in Assisi, Italy.
• French Open Women's Tennis: 19 year old Iga Swiatek of Poland wins her country's first singles major title; beats American Sofia Kenin 6-4,6-1.
• DEATHS
• Leon Biriotti, Uruguayan composer and oboist, who died at 90.
• Vasili Kulkov, Russian soccer defensive utility (20 caps Soviet Union,21 Russia; Spartak Moscow, Benfica), who died from cancer at 54.

On this day in 2019

• EVENTS
• 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, after a year's delay due to Swedish Academy scandal.
• GAMING: PC
• Deliver Us The Moon for PC is released. Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future, where Earth's natural resources are depleted. A lone astronaut is sent to the moon on a critical mission to save humanity from extinction.
• Asgard's Wrath for PC is released. Unleash the wrath of the Gods in a mythical Norse adventure that can only unfold in VR. Forge your destiny as both a mortal hero and living god in an action role playing game of unworldly depth.
• GAMING: SWITCH
• A Knight's Quest for Switch is released. A gorgeous action adventure on an epic scale. Play as Rusty, a clumsy adventurer who accidentally sets about the end of the world. Solve mind-bending puzzles, fight challenging enemies, defeat huge bosses and platform your way through a fantastic open world.
• Valfaris for Switch is released. Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
• SPORTS
• 3,500 women are the first to be allowed to attend a football match in Iran for a World Cup qualifier in Tehran, since the Islamic revolution.

On this day in 2018

• EVENTS
• Flash floods kills at least 10 in Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, Majorca, Spain.
• Hurricane Michael makes landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, as a category 4 hurricane with winds of 155 mph (250 km/h), going on to kill 27, having killed 15 in Central America.
• DEATHS
• Mary Midgley, British-American philosopher (Animals and Why They Matter), who died at 99.
• MOVIES: NOT RATED
• 22 July is released. In Norway on 22 July 2011, right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island outside of Oslo. A three-part story. About the survivors of the attacks, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved.
• MOVIES: NR
• Liyana is released. Five Swazi orphaned children turn their past trauma into creative fuel for an original collective fairytale, in which they send a young girl on a dangerous quest.
• MOVIES: R
• The Happy Prince is released. In a cheap Parisian hotel room Oscar Wilde lies on his death bed and the past floods back, transporting him to other times and places. Was he once the most famous man in London? The artist crucified by a society that once worshiped him? The lover imprisoned and freed, yet still running towards ruin in the final chapter of his life? Under the microscope of death he reviews the failed attempt to reconcile with his long suffering wife Constance, the ensuing reprisal of his fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas and the warmth and devotion of Robbie Ross who tried and failed to save him from himself. From Dieppe to Naples to Paris freedom is elusive and Oscar is a penniless vagabond, always moving on, shunned by his old acquaintances, but revered by a strange group of outlaws and urchins to whom he tells the old stories - his incomparable wit still sharp. [Sony Pictures Classics]
• TV SERIES
• All American: Season 1 is released. Spencer James (Daniel Ezra), a South Crenshaw High football player is recruited to play at Beverly Hills High by its coach Billy Baker (Taye Diggs). When circumstances forces him to move in with the Bakers, it causes tensions with Billy's star quarterback son, Jordan (Michael Evans Behling) in this drama inspired by the life of NFL player Spencer Paysinger.
• GAMING: XBOX ONE
• My Memory of Us for Xbox One is released. My Memory of Us is a reminiscence of a friendship between a boy and a girl. A friendship made during tough times. Times of terror, pain, and exclusion in a world where people were forced to live in two artificially detached worlds.

On this day in 2017

• EVENTS
• " Thor: Ragnarok" directed by Taika Waititi, starring Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Cate Blanchett premieres in Los Angeles, California.
• GAMING: PC
• Arktika.1 for PC is released. ARKTIKA.1 is a highly immersive, action-packed, first-person shooter designed exclusively for Oculus Touch. Nearly a century in the future, the world has fallen into a new ice age in the aftermath of a silent apocalypse. Only the equatorial regions remain habitable, yet pockets of humanity survive in small numbers all over the planet, hanging onto existence in the resource-rich territories to the north and south--resources that everyone wants to control... Protect the colony in the wastelands of old Russia from raiders, marauders, and horrifying creatures. Be the savior.
• GAMING: PLAYSTATION 4
• ECHO for PlayStation 4 is released. After a century in stasis the girl En arrives at her destination: a palace out of legend, a marvel of the old civilization eons gone, still awaiting its first human occupants. Out here, using forgotten technologies, she hopes to bring back a life that shouldn’t have been lost.
• Cyberdimension Neptunia: 4 Goddesses Online for PlayStation 4 is released. In this hack 'n' slash adventure co-developed with Tamsoft and Compile Heart, everyone's favorite four Goddesses enter an online fantasy game world inspired by...themselves! Joined by the CPU Candidates, you'll fight in 4-person real-time brawls, unleash devastating Awakening Skills, customize with tons of cosmetic accessories, and even play online with others!
• Raiden V: Director's Cut for PlayStation 4 is released. Arcade hit Raiden first left its mark on the shooting genre 25 years ago. The easy to learn, hard to master series comes to PS4 in what makers call its most modern and advanced form yet.
• Raid: World War II for PlayStation 4 is released. Raid: World War II is an action-packed four player cooperative shooter set during a time when the Nazi war machine was still winning, and hope was in short supply. During the worldwide fight against evil, four prisoners of war are found in a raid on a Gestapo jail. They have been freed by a "Mrs. White, "a secret British intelligence agent, who needs someone to take down Hitler and his Third Reich once and for all. Not every part of the war effort is noble. In fact, Mrs. White has something else in mind for the squad. Players will fight for their freedom via sabotage, robberies and assassinations of the Nazi Party. If they're stealing from the Nazis, why not get rich on the side?
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War for PlayStation 4 is released. Experience an epic open world brought to life by the Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal orc army in Middle-earth: Shadow of War. Go behind enemy lines to forge your army, conquer Fortresses and dominate Mordor from within. Experience how the award-winning Nemesis System creates unique personal stories with every enemy and follower, and confront the full power of the Dark Lord Sauron and his Ringwraiths in this epic new story of Middle-earth. In Middle-earth: Shadow of War, nothing will be forgotten.
• Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Episode 4: Who Needs You for PlayStation 4 is released. In the wake of an epic battle, the Guardians discover an artifact of unspeakable power. Each of the Guardians has a reason to desire this relic, as does a ruthless enemy who will stop at nothing to tear it from their hands. From Earth to the Milano to Knowhere and beyond, this five-part episodic series puts you in the rocket-powered boots of Star-Lord in an original Guardians adventure.
• GAMING: SWITCH
• 88 Heroes: 98 Heroes Edition for Switch is released. 88 Heroes is a chaotic 2D platformer that is as fun to watch as it is to play, where each level completed or untimely death brings a new uniquely skilled hero into the action. With just 88 minutes to complete all 88 levels, youll need every one of the 88 heroes to stop the dastardly Dr. H8 destroying the Earth! Are you up to the challenge?
• Tiny Barbarian DX for Switch is released. Steel yourself for a relentless display of might and muscle…of brawn and bravery…of magic and mayhem! Can you cleave your enemies' skulls, plunder all the booty and flex to impress the barbarienne of your dreams? Inspired by heroic fantasy fiction, Tiny Barbarian DX combines engaging 2D platform action and combo-based hack-and-slash combat with retro-style pixel art and a loincloth-stirring chiptune soundtrack. [Nintendo]
• Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle for Switch is released. Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle is a bullet-hell battle game that takes place in the Touhou universe. Take control of one of nine Touhou characters and eliminate your opponent using bullet-hell patterns, melee attacks, or spell cards. Featuring ear-tingling beats for each character, you might just find yourself dancing while you play.
• GAMING: XBOX ONE
• Danger Zone for Xbox One is released. Welcome to the Danger Zone, a virtual crash testing facility where you're tasked to survive a variety of challenging and deadly scenarios. With real-world vehicle physics with explosive gameplay, your goal is to cause as much explosive and creative damage as possible. [Xbox.com]
• Deadbeat Heroes for Xbox One is released. London's Super Heroes have been vanquished. Only the Deadbeat Heroes can put an end to dastardly evil-doers and their rotten plans!Deadbeat Heroes is a movement based 3D brawler where you (and a friend) dodge bullets, steal super powers and crack wise. You play as the new wave of 'Deadbeat Heroes'. Not born with their own powers, they are armed with a prototype super gauntlet - which has the ability to 'borrow' the powers of others. You will (both) vie to win the hearts of the public with your amazing daring do, while not getting shot, sliced, lasered, exploded, vaporized, eaten... Do you have what it takes to save London's streets?

On this day in 2016

• EVENTS
• Actress Shailene Woodley arrested for trespassing while protesting against proposed Dakota Access Pipeline.
• DEATHS
• Graham Carleton Greene, British publisher (Jonathon Cape), who died at 80.
• Tony Adamowicz, Race Car Driver.
• GAMING: PC
• Ladykiller in a Bind for PC is released. My Twin Brother Made Me Crossdress As Him And Now I Have To Deal With A Geeky Stalker And A Domme Beauty Who Want Me In A Bind!! or, Ladykiller in a Bind. Can you survive seven days trapped on a cruise ship with your brother’s classmates and enemies, forced into a game of high stakes social manipulation? An erotic visual novel by the creators of Analogue: A Hate Story about social manipulation, crossdressing, and girls tying up other girls.
• GAMING: PLAYSTATION 4
• PlayStation VR WORLDS for PlayStation 4 is released. The London Heist -Immerse yourself in London's gritty criminal underworld as you step into the shoes of an east-end gangster. Relive the dramatic heist shootout and survive a high speed getaway. Ocean Descent -Descend through the breath-taking layers of the ocean as a rookie diver and experience the incredible marine life all around you. VR Luge-Feel the exhilaration of an illegal street race down perilous roads as you lay inches off the ground on your luge board. Scavengers Odyssey -Board your dynamic all-terrain alien craft, explore a treacherous nebula and attempt to recover a highly coveted, ancient artefact. Danger Ball-Enter THE competitive sporting event of the future where victory is everything. Master your skills, destroy your rivals and survive to win the tournament. Win or be destroyed.
• Harmonix Music VR for PlayStation 4 is released. From a wacky dance party, to 3D reactive art, and even a nice relaxing alien beach, Harmonix Music VR promises to be the next evolution of your music library.
• Aragami for PlayStation 4 is released. Aragami is a stealth game in which you play an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. The darkness is your ally and the source of your strength, letting you teleport instantly to any other shadow, create new areas of darkness to stay invisible, materialize physical weapons and traps from thin air, or even summon a shadow dragon to decapitate your target.
• Super Stardust Ultra VR for PlayStation 4 is released. Explode into the classic PlayStation shooter with an entirely new perspective – get ready to defend your planet once more, this time from inside the cockpit of your powerful star fighter. Get into the very center of the action and fight using intuitive controls only possible with PlayStation VR: simply look to aim… then fire to destroy. Play the original Super Stardust Ultra game modes, enhanced for PlayStation VR, and battle for global domination in the online leader boards. Will you claim the title of best Super Stardust pilot in the world? [Playstation.com]
• Tumble VR for PlayStation 4 is released. With over 70 fiendishly addictive levels of balancing, building and demolishing, Tumble VR – exclusive to PlayStation VR – will test your physical and mental dexterity. Get hands-on with gravity-defying building tasks where the highest tower gets the biggest score, or take on tricky balancing acts with blocks of all shapes, sizes, weights and dimensions. Enjoy blowing things up? Lay mines in tactical positions to topple towers and score points for the biggest blast radius. [Playstation.com]
• Thumper for PlayStation 4 is released. Thumper strips rhythm gaming down to its core. Classic rhythm-action is combined with speed and satisfying physicality. With one analog stick and one button, you control a space beetle while hurtling through stunning and treacherous worlds. Each rhythmic hit, crash, and impact is interwoven with an original soundtrack by Brian Gibson of the acclaimed noise-rock band Lightning Bolt.
• Wayward Sky for PlayStation 4 is released. Risk life and limb as you explore a mysterious floating fortress in search of your kidnapped father in Wayward Sky on PlayStation VR. Assume the role of Bess, a young co-pilot who must navigate her way through puzzles and perilous pathways to find her father and escape the crumbling airborne fortress. Guide the action with responsive motion controls and explore the unique environment from both third- and first-person perspectives. Specially crafted visuals and camera “blinks” transport you instantly from Bess’s point to view on board the fortress to high above the scene, looking down like a towering giant.

On this day in 2015

• EVENTS
• Bombing at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey kills at least 95, injures 200.
• American tenor saxophone player Steve Mackay who worked with the Stooges, Violent Femmes, Snakefinger, Commander Cody and others died from sepsis at a hospital in Daly City, California at the age of 66..
• WEDDINGS
• Actor Victor Garber at the age of 66 weds artist and model Rainer Andreesen in Tofino, Canada.
• " True Detective" actress Leven Rambin at the age of 25 weds True Blood star Jim Parrack at the age of 35 in Austin, Texas.
• Supermodel Hilary Rhoda at the age of 28 weds former pro hockey player Sean Avery at the age of 33 at the Parrish Art Museum in Long Island.
• DEATHS
• Saša Britvic, Croatian conductor (Croatian Baroque Ensemble,1999-2015), and pedagogue, who died at 51.
• Hilla Becher (née Wobeser), German artist, worked collaboratively with husband Bernd Becher, who died at 81.
• TV SERIES
• The Last Kingdom: Season 1 is released. After his noble Saxon parents were killed by the invading Vikings, a young Uhtred (Tom Taylor) was taken and raised one of them. As a grown man (Alexander Dreymon), he finds himself in Wessex, where King Alfred the Great (David Dawson) has thus far kept the Vikings from conquering his lands in this adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's series, The Saxon Stories.

On this day in 2014

• EVENTS
• Taylor Swift was named Billboard's Woman of the Year 2014, making her the first artist to receive the award twice. The award goes to the female artist who "has shaped and inspired the music industry with her success, leadership and innovation"over the last year..
• Malala Yousafzai & Kailash Satyarthi win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
• DEATHS
• Fred Zack, Race Car Driver.
• Curtis Otto Bismark Curtis-Smith, American pianist, composer, and educator, who died at 73.
• MOVIES: NOT RATED
• The Pact 2 is released. The stunning sequel to new horror classic The Pact ups the ante on terror. When a series of brutal murders lead authorities to believe the Judas killer is back, Annie, (Caity Lotz), returns home for the final showdown. [IFC Films]
• MOVIES: PG
• I Am Ali is released. I Am Ali is told through exclusive, unprecedented access to Ali's personal archive of 'audio journals' combined with touching interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends, including his daughters, sons, ex-wife and brother, plus legends of the boxing community including Mike Tyson, George Foreman and Gene Kilroy. Experience Ali's extraordinary story, as a fighter, lover, brother, and father - told from the inside for the very first time. [Focus Features]
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day is released. 11-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life — a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. He soon learns that he’s not alone when his mom (Jennifer Garner), dad (Steve Carell), brother (Dylan Minnette) and sister (Kerris Dorsey) all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Anyone who says there is no such thing as a bad day just hasn’t had one. [Walt Disney Pictures]
• MOVIES: PG13
• Dracula Untold is released. Vampire mythology combines with the true history of Prince Vlad to tell the origin of Dracula.
• St. Vincent is released. Maggie (Melissa McCarthy), a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her 12-year old son, Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher). Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent (Bill Murray), a retired curmudgeon with a penchant for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper named Daka (Naomi Watts), Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily routine - the race track, a strip club, and the local dive bar. Vincent helps Oliver grow to become a man, while Oliver begins to see in Vincent something that no one else is able to: a misunderstood man with a good heart. [TWC]
• One Chance is released. The true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night who became a phenomenon after being chosen for—and ultimately winning—Britain's Got Talent.
• The Overnighters is released. In the tiny town of Williston, North Dakota, tens of thousands of unemployed hopefuls show up with dreams of honest work and a big paycheck under the lure of the oil boom. However, busloads of newcomers chasing a broken American Dream step into the stark reality of slim work prospects and nowhere to sleep. The town lacks the infrastructure to house the overflow of migrants, even for those who do find gainful employment. Over at Concordia Lutheran Church, Pastor Jay Reinke is driven to deliver the migrants some dignity. Night after night, he converts his church into a makeshift dorm and counseling center, opening the church’s doors to allow the “Overnighters” (as he calls them) to stay for a night, a week or longer. [Drafthouse Films]
• MOVIES: R
• The Judge is released. Big city lawyer Hank Palmer (Robert Downey Jr.) returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town’s judge (Robert Duvall), is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.
• Whiplash is released. Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller), a young jazz drummer who attends one of the best music schools in the country under the tutelage of the school’s fearsome maestro of jazz named Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), struggles to make it as a top jazz drummer.
• You're Not You is released. Kate (Hilary Swank) is a suave, successful classical pianist just diagnosed with ALS (commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease). Bec (Emmy Rossum) is a brash college student and would-be rock singer who can barely keep her wildly chaotic affairs, romantic and otherwise, together. Yet, when Bec takes a job assisting Kate, just as Kate’s marriage to Evan (Josh Duhamel) hits the skids, both women come to rely on what becomes an unconventional, sometimes confrontational and fiercely honest bond. As meticulous, willful Kate begins to rub off on whirlwind, spontaneous Bec – and vice versa – both women find themselves facing down regrets, exploring new territory and expanding their ideas of who they want to be. [Entertainment One]
• The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her is released. Once happily married, Conor (James McAvoy) and Eleanor (Jessica Chastain) suddenly find themselves to be strangers longing to understand each other in the wake of a tragedy. Their story is told from the perspective of Eleanor.
• Kill the Messenger is released. Journalist Gary Webb (Jeremy Renner) stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nation’s streets and further alleges that the CIA was aware of major dealers who were smuggling cocaine into the U.S., and using the profits to arm rebels fighting in Nicaragua. Despite warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop his investigation, Webb keeps digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications. His journey takes him from the prisons of California to the villages of Nicaragua to the highest corridors of power in Washington, D.C. – and draws the kind of attention that threatens not just his career, but his family and his life.
• Kite is released. Sawa (India Eisley) is a young woman living in a corrupt society where crime and gangs terrorize the streets. When Sawa's mother and policeman father are found victims of a grisly double homicide, she begins a ruthless pursuit for the man who murdered them. With the help of her father's ex-partner, Karl Aker (Samuel L. Jackson), and a mysterious friend from her past (Callan McAuliffe), she becomes a merciless teen assassin, blasting her way through the dark world of human trafficking only to uncover a devastating truth.
• Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead is released. If the worst day of your life consisted of accidentally killing your girlfriend with an axe, chain-sawing your own arm off, and watching in horror as your closest friends were devoured by a zombified Nazi battalion, you'd have to assume that things couldn't get much worse. In Martin's case, that was only the beginning.
• Addicted is released. Successful businesswoman Zoe Reynard (Sharon Leal) appears to have attained it all – the dream husband she loves (Boris Kodjoe), two wonderful children and a flourishing career. As perfect as everything appears from the outside, Zoe is still drawn to temptations she cannot escape or resist. As she pursues a secretive life, Zoe finds herself risking it all when she heads down a perilous path she may not survive. [Lionsgate]
• Autómata is released. Jacq Vaucan (Antonio Banderas), an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
• TV SERIES
• Cristela: Season 1 is released. Cristela (Cristela Alonzo) juggles law school, a job, and her skeptical family that includes her mother (Terri Hoyos), sister (Roxana Ortega), brother-in-law (Carlos Ponce), and cousin (Gabrielle Iglesias).
• GAMING: PC
• Ryse: Son of Rome for PC is released. Fight as a soldier. Lead as a general. Rise as a legend. Ryse is an action game that draws gamers into the epic times of the Roman Empire.

On this day in 2013

• EVENTS
• Paul McCartney and his band surprised New Yorkers by performing songs from his "New"album in a short impromptu free concert to roughly 3,000 people on a long truck parked in the middle of Times Square..
• Alice Munro is awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for literature.
• DEATHS
• David Cooper, YouTube Star.
• Scott Carpenter, American astronaut (Mercury 7-Aurora 7), who died from complications from a stroke at 88.
• Kumar Pallana, Indian character actor and vaudevillian (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore), who died at 94.
• Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist (Vixen - "Edge of a Broken Heart"), who died of cancer at 59.
• TV SERIES
• Once Upon a Time in Wonderland: Season 1 is released. Sophie Lowe stars as Alice in a spin-off from ABC's Once Upon a Time, with storylines inspired by Lewis Carroll's fantasy stories. As in the original series, Wonderland mixes scenes set in the present day with flashbacks to the past. Emmy Rigby, John Lithgow, and Naveen Andrews also star in this 13-episode debut season.
• GAMING: 3DS
• Aqua Moto Racing 3D for 3DS is released. It's Aqua Moto Racing 3D!Experience the thrill of high-powered watercraft and break-neck stunts in a third dimension. Race through heaving oceans along sandy beaches in the Tropics, Greece and Egypt. Perform insane stunts and go around the buoys closely to charge your turbo and get the edge against your opponents. Earn cash by participating in races and spend it on better watercraft. Unlock new Championships and Achievements on your quest for Legendary Status. Compete against your friends in local multiplayer mode.Get Ready For The Wave Ride Of Your Life!-Race rolling waves in exotic locations-Epic career mode with 12 watercraft-Show off your skills with extreme stunts