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Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. Versions were later released for Linux, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and also for Android, where it is the default browser.
Daniel "Danya" Naroditsky (November 9, 1995 β October 19, 2025) was an American chess grandmaster, author, and commentator. He won the Under-12 section of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2007 and the US Junior Championship in 2013, the same year he was officially awarded the grandmaster title at age 18.
ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and released in 2022. It currently uses GPT-5, a generative pre-trained transformer (GPT), to generate text, speech, and images in response to user prompts. It is credited with accelerating the AI boom, an ongoing period marked by rapid investment and public attention toward the field of artificial intelligence (AI).
XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is an American action spy film series created by Rich Wilkes. It consists of three full-length feature films: XXX (2002), XXX: State of the Union (2005) and XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017), and a short film: The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage. The series has grossed $694 million worldwide.
6-7 (pronounced "six seven"; also written as 67, 6, 7 and 6 7) is an internet meme and slang term that emerged in early 2025 on TikTok and Instagram Reels. The phrase originated from the song "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla, which became popular in video edits featuring professional basketball players, especially LaMelo Ball, who is 6 ft 7 in (2. 01 meters) tall.
Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 34
Season thirty-four of Dancing with the Stars premiered on ABC and Disney+ on September 16, 2025, and is scheduled to conclude on November 25, 2025. This season, marking the twentieth anniversary of the series, is the third to air live on both networks simultaneously, and was the first of ABC's unscripted programs to earn an official renewal for their 2025β26 schedule.
The following notable deaths occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
On June 2, 2023, in Ocala, Florida, 35-year-old Ajike "A.J." Shantrell Owens was shot and killed by her neighbor, 58-year-old Susan Louise Lorincz. Owens had gone to Lorinczβs door after an altercation between her children and Lorincz in a grassy field nearby. While Owens stood outside the front door, Lorincz fired a single shot through it, striking Owens in the chest.
Kantara: A Legend β Chapter 1 (transl. Mysterious forest: Chapter 1) is a 2025 Indian Kannada-language epic mythological action film written and directed by Rishab Shetty, and produced by Vijay Kiragandur and Chaluve Gowda under Hombale Films. The film stars Rishab Shetty along with Jayaram, Rukmini Vasanth, and Gulshan Devaiah.
Dipavali (IAST: DΔ«pΔvalΔ«), commonly known as Diwali (), is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions such as Jainism and Sikhism. It symbolises the spiritual victory of Dharma over Adharma, light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.
The Perfect Neighbor is a 2025 American documentary film, directed and produced by Geeta Gandbhir. It follows the killing of Ajike Owens, told through police bodycam footage, exploring the neighborhood disputes that led to the killing. The film had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, where it won the Directing Award.
On 19 October 2025, thieves disguised as construction workers stole eight pieces of the French Crown Jewels valued at β¬88 million from the Galerie d'Apollon (lit. 'Apollo's Gallery') of the Louvre in Paris, France. The robbery took less than eight minutes of which the thieves spent four in the museum itself and happened during regular opening hours.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989.
Government shutdowns in the United States
In the United States, government shutdowns occur when funding legislation required to finance the federal government is not enacted before the next fiscal year begins, and as a result, the federal government curtails agency activities and services, ceases non-essential operations, furloughs non-essential workers, and retains only essential employees in departments that protect human life or property.
John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 β May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys between 1972 and 1978 in Norwood Park Township, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He became known as the "Killer Clown" due to his public performances as a clown prior to the discovery of his crimes.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has served since 2021 as a member of the New York State Assembly from the 36th district, representing the Queens neighborhood of Astoria. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, he is the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City in the 2025 election.
XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is a 2002 American action spy film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. The first installment in the xXx film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman, and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency.
Govardhan Asrani (1 January 1941 β 20 October 2025), known professionally as Asrani, was an Indian actor and film director. His career in Bollywood spanned over five decades, during which he appeared in over 350 Hindi and Gujarati films. Asrani worked in lead, character, comedic, and supporting roles.
Monster: The Ed Gein Story is the third season of the American biographical crime drama anthology television series Monster, created by Ian Brennan for Netflix. The season focuses on convicted murderer, graverobber, and suspected serial killer Ed Gein (Charlie Hunnam). The cast also includes Suzanna Son, Vicky Krieps, Laurie Metcalf, and Tom Hollander.
George Chelston Springer III (born September 19, 1989) is an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Houston Astros from 2014 to 2020. Springer has played primarily in right field and also spent significant time in center field.
Totenkopf (German: [ΛtoΛtnΜ©ΛkΙpf], literally "dead person's head") is a German compound word for death's head. The word is often used to denote a figurative, graphic or sculptural symbol, common in Western culture, consisting of the representation of a human skull β usually frontal, more rarely in profile with or without the mandible.
Curtis Anthony Sliwa ( SLEE-wΙ; born March 26, 1954) is an American conservative political candidate, activist, radio talk show host, and founder and chief executive officer of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit crime prevention organization headquartered in New York City. Sliwa is the Republican nominee for the 2025 New York City mayoral election after running unopposed in the party's primary.
Richard Benjamin Speck (December 6, 1941 β December 5, 1991) was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence by stabbing, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combination of the three on the night of July 13β14, 1966. Speck also raped one victim before killing her.
Paul J. Ingrassia (born May 13, 1995) is an American attorney who has served as the White House liaison to the United States Department of Homeland Security since February 2025. Ingrassia served as the White House liaison to the United States Department of Justice from January to February 2025. Ingrassia studied mathematics and economics at Fordham University.
The Diplomat (American TV series)
The Diplomat is an American alternate history television series created by Debora Cahn. It stars Keri Russell as a veteran U.S. diplomat who is unexpectedly appointed as the ambassador to the United Kingdom amid an emerging international crisis. The series premiered on Netflix on April 20, 2023.
XNXX is a Czech-French pornographic video sharing and viewing website. It was founded in 1997 in Paris, with servers and offices in Montreal, Tokyo and Newark. As of July 2025, it is the 42nd-most-visited website in the world and the fourth most-visited adult website after Pornhub, XVideos, and XHamster.
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Russian: ΠΠ»Π°Π΄ΠΈΜΠΌΠΈΡ ΠΠΎΡΠΈΜΡΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΡΠ°ΜΠΌΠ½ΠΈΠΊ; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the 14th undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007. In 2000, Kramnik defeated Garry Kasparov and became the Classical World Chess Champion.
The White House State Ballroom, also called The Donald J. Trump Ballroom at the White House, is a planned expansion of the White House, under construction since September 2025 in Washington, D.C. Announced on July 31, 2025, the purpose of the 90,000-square-foot (8,360 m2) expansion is to add a venue with a seating capacity of approximately 900 people as part of a rebuilt, modernized East Wing.
Reminders of Him is an upcoming American romantic drama film directed by Vanessa Caswill from a screenplay by Colleen Hoover and Lauren Levine, based on the 2022 novel of the same name by Hoover. It stars Maika Monroe, Tyriq Withers, Rudy Pankow, Lainey Wilson (in her film debut), Lauren Graham, and Bradley Whitford.
Nicolas Paul StΓ©phane SarkΓΆzy de Nagy-Bocsa ( sar-KOH-zee; French: [nikΙla pΙl stefan saΚkΙzi] ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. Born in Paris, his roots are half Hungarian Protestant, a quarter Greek Jewish, and a quarter French Catholic.
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy family in New York City, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
Instagram is an American photo and short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers.
Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)
Dancing with the Stars is an American dance competition television series that premiered on ABC on June 1, 2005. It is the American version of the British reality TV competition Strictly Come Dancing, and is part of the Dancing with the Stars franchise. The show pairs celebrities with professional dancers.
Charlotte Maria Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed, 21 February 1986) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress, and television presenter from Cardiff. As a child, Church was a popular classical singer with a less-successful attempt to move into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than ten million records worldwide including over five million in the United States.
3I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) and previously as A11pl3Z, is an interstellar comet discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) station. The comet follows an unbound, hyperbolic trajectory past the Sun. It will not come closer than 1. 8 AU (almost twice the distance of the Sun) from Earth, so it poses no threat.
Vladimir Guerrero Alvino (born February 9, 1975), nicknamed "Vlad the Impaler", is a Dominican former professional baseball player who spent 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right fielder and designated hitter. He played for the Montreal Expos (1996β2003), Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004β2009), Texas Rangers (2010), and Baltimore Orioles (2011).
Ilse Koch (22 September 1906 β 1 September 1967) was a German war criminal who committed atrocities while her husband Karl-Otto Koch was commandant at Buchenwald. Though Ilse Koch had no official position in the Nazi state, she became one of the most infamous Nazi figures at the war's end and was referred to as the "Kommandeuse of Buchenwald".
Task is an American crime drama television miniseries created and written by Brad Ingelsby for HBO. It stars Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, Emilia Jones, Thuso Mbedu, RaΓΊl Castillo, Jamie McShane, Sam Keeley, Fabien Frankel, Alison Oliver, Silvia Dionicio, and Martha Plimpton. It premiered on September 7, 2025, consisting of 7 episodes.
Maddock Horror Comedy Universe
Maddock Horror Comedy Universe (MHCU), previously known as the Maddock Supernatural Universe, is an Indian shared universe consisting of Hindi-language supernatural comedy horror films created and produced by Maddock Films. All films in this universe are based on Indian folklore. The first installment, Stree, was released as a standalone film.
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Koine Greek: ΞλΡοΟΞ¬ΟΟΞ± ΞΡά ΦιλοΟΞ¬ΟΟΟ, lit. 'Cleopatra father-loving goddess'; 70/69 BC β 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and the last active Hellenistic pharaoh. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great.
2025 New York City mayoral election
An election for the mayor of New York City is scheduled for November 4, 2025. Running in the election are Democratic state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, Republican activist Curtis Sliwa, and independent former governor Andrew Cuomo. The winner will succeed Democratic incumbent Eric Adams.
Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 β August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender. Born and raised in New York City, Epstein began his professional career as a teacher at the Dalton School. After his dismissal from the school in 1976, he entered the banking and finance sector, working at Bear Stearns in various roles before starting his own firm.
Alperen ΕengΓΌn (Turkish pronunciation: [ΛaΙ«peΙΎΓ¦n ΛΚΓ¦Ι²Ιyn]; born 25 July 2002) is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents the senior Turkish national team. Known for his footwork and playmaking ability, he was selected as the 16th pick in the first round of the 2021 NBA draft.
Black Phone 2 is a 2025 American supernatural horror film directed by Scott Derrickson who co-wrote it with C. Robert Cargill, and produced by Jason Blum. It serves as a sequel to The Black Phone (2021). The film stars Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, and Jeremy Davies reprising their roles with DemiΓ‘n Bichir joining the cast.
The Monster of Florence (Italian: il Mostro di Firenze) is the name coined by the Italian media for a serial killer active within the province of Florence between 1968 and 1985. The Monster murdered sixteen victims, usually young couples secluded in search of intimacy, in wooded areas during new moons.
Theodore Robert Bundy (nΓ© Cowell; November 24, 1946 β January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls between 1974 and 1978. His modus operandi typically consisted of convincing his target that he was in need of assistance or duping them into believing he was an authority figure.
List of highest-grossing Indian films
This ranking lists the highest-grossing Indian films produced by Indian cinema, based on conservative global box office estimates as reported by organisations classified as green by Wikipedia. The figures are not adjusted for inflation. However, there is no official tracking of figures and sources publishing data are frequently pressured to increase their estimates.
Ehud Barak (Hebrew: ΧΦ΅ΧΧΦΌΧ ΧΦΈΦΌΧ¨ΦΈΧ§ [eΛhud baΛΚak] ; born Ehud Brog; 12 February 1942) is an Israeli former general and politician who served as the prime minister and Minister of Defense from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party between 1997 and 2001 and between 2007 and 2011. He was also Minister of Defense from 2007 to 2013.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025 film)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is a 2025 American thriller film directed by Michelle Garza Cervera and written by Micah Bloomberg. It is a loose remake of the 1992 film and stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Maika Monroe, RaΓΊl Castillo and Martin Starr. The film was released in the United States on Hulu and internationally on Disney+ on October 22, 2025.
2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Bihar on 6 November and 11 November 2025 to elect the 243 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on 14 November 2025.
Paul Andrew Richter (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and talk show announcer. He is best known as the sidekick for Conan O'Brien on O'Brien's talk shows: Late Night and The Tonight Show on NBC and Conan on TBS. He was also the star of the Fox television series Andy Richter Controls the Universe.
The prime minister of Japan (ε ι£η·ηε€§θ£, Naikaku SΕri Daijin; Japanese pronunciation: [naκi. ka. kΙ― | soΛ. ΙΎΚ²i daκi. dΚiΙ΄]) is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its ministers of state. The prime minister also serves as the commander-in-chief of the Japan Self Defence Forces.
Hugo TimothΓ©e Ekitike (or EkitikΓ©; born 20 June 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Liverpool and the France national team. Ekitike began his professional career at 18 with Stade de Reims, playing for their reserves team before being called up to the senior squad in 2020.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman, former professional basketball and baseball player, who is a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 15 seasons in the NBA between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira, is an autonomous region of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean about 805 km (500 miles) southwest of mainland Portugal. Together with the Azores, it's one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal and a special territory of the European Union. It is the southernmost point and region of Portugal.
Govardhan Puja (IAST: Govardhana-pΕ«jΔ), also known as Annakut or Annakoot (meaning a βmountain of foodβ), is a Hindu festival celebrated on the first lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kartika, on the fourth day of Diwali. Devotees worship Govardhan Hill and prepare and offer a large variety of vegetarian food to Krishna as a mark of gratitude.
A company is a legal entity that represents an association of legal persons with a specific, shared objective, such as the earning of profit or the benefit of society. Depending on jurisdiction, companies can take on various forms, such as voluntary associations, nonprofit organizations, business entities, financial entities, banks, and educational institutions.
Tron: Ares is a 2025 American science fiction action film. It is the third installment in the Tron series and a sequel to Tron: Legacy (2010). Directed by Joachim RΓΈnning, the film stars Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, and Gillian Anderson, with Jeff Bridges reprising his role as Kevin Flynn from the first two films.
Bradley Kevin Marchand ( mar-SHAND; born May 11, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Boston Bruins selected Marchand in the third round, 71st overall, of the 2006 NHL entry draft. Marchand was raised in Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia, the oldest of four children born to two local hockey coaches.