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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.
. xxx (pronounced "dot triple-ecks" or "dot ecks ecks ecks") is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on the Internet. The sponsoring organization is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). The registry is operated by ICM Registry LLC. The ICANN Board voted to approve the sTLD on 18 March 2011.
Robert Norman Reiner (; March 6, 1947 – December 14, 2025) was an American filmmaker, actor and businessman. Reiner was born in New York City, to parents Estelle and Carl Reiner who were themselves actors. Reiner began his career as an actor before transitioning to filmmaking, directing a series of acclaimed American studio films across multiple genres.
Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was launched 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 Android, where it is currently the default browser.
Sprites or red sprites are large-scale electric discharges that occur in the mesosphere, high above thunderstorm clouds, or cumulonimbus, giving rise to a varied range of visual shapes flickering in the night sky. They are usually triggered by the discharges of positive lightning between an underlying thundercloud and the ground.
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.
Disclosure Day is an upcoming American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp based on a story by Spielberg. The film stars Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo. Disclosure Day is scheduled to be released in the United States by Universal Pictures on June 12, 2026.
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy, which was formed from Lee's experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist and Taoist philosophies—as a new school of martial arts thought.
On 14 December 2025, a terrorist mass shooting occurred at Archer Park beside Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, in the late afternoon during a Hanukkah celebration attended by approximately one thousand people. Two gunmen shot at the crowd, killing 15 people, including a child. Police and Australian intelligence agencies declared it an Islamic State–linked terrorist incident.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (titled onscreen as Wake Up Dead Man) is a 2025 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is a standalone sequel to Glass Onion (2022) and the third installment overall in the Knives Out film series. It stars Daniel Craig, who reprises his role as master detective Benoit Blanc.
It: Welcome to Derry is an American supernatural horror television series based on Stephen King's 1986 novel It. Serving as a prequel to the films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019), the series was developed by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti and Jason Fuchs, all of whom were involved in the It films.
2026 PDC World Darts Championship
The 2026 PDC World Darts Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025/26 Paddy Power World Darts Championship) is an ongoing professional darts tournament that is being held from 11 December 2025 to 3 January 2026 in Alexandra Palace in London, England.
Abdul Rehman Baloch (1980 – 9 August 2009), known by the alias Rehman Dakait, was a Pakistani gangster based in Karachi's Lyari neighbourhood who formed the Peoples' Aman Committee which was affiliated with the Pakistan People's Party. The Government of Sindh had set a reward of Rs. 5 million on his head.
Carole Penny Marshall (October 15, 1943 – December 17, 2018) was an American actress, film director, and producer. She is best known for her role as Laverne DeFazio on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley (1976–1983), receiving three nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her portrayal.
Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua (born 15 October 1989) is a British professional boxer. He is a two time heavyweight champion having held the unified world heavyweight championship twice between 2017 to 2019 and 2019 to 2021. At regional level, he held the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles from 2015 to 2016.
The 2025 SEA Games (Thai: กีฬาซีเกมส์ 2025, RTGS: Kila Sikem 2025, pronounced [kīː. lāː sīː. kēːm sɔ̌ːŋ. pʰān. jîː. sìp̚. hâː]), officially called the 33rd SEA Games (Thai: กีฬาซีเกมส์ ครั้งที่ 33, RTGS: Kila Sikem Khrangthi 33, pronounced [kīː. lāː sīː. kēːm kʰráŋ. tîː sǎːm. sìp̚ sǎːm]) is an ongoing international multi-sport event sanctioned by the Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF).
Carl Reiner (; March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020) was an American actor, author, comedian, director and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. His awards and honors include 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999.
Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin (born Macaulay Carson Culkin; August 26, 1980 (1980-08-26)) is an American actor and musician. Considered one of the most successful child actors of the 1990s, Culkin has received a Golden Globe Award nomination and other accolades. In 2005, he was ranked second on VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid-Stars".
Fallout is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson-Dworet for Amazon Prime Video. Based on the role-playing video game franchise created by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, the series is set two centuries after the Great War of 2077, in which society has collapsed following a nuclear holocaust.
Joshua Mathias O'Connor (born 20 May 1990) is an English actor. From 2016 to 2019 he had a major role portraying Larry Durrell in ITV's The Durrells. He had his breakthrough playing the lead role of a closeted sheep farmer in Francis Lee's romantic drama God's Own Country (2017), for which he won the BIFA Award for Best Actor.
Marty Supreme is a 2025 American sports comedy-drama film produced and directed by Josh Safdie, who co-wrote the script with Ronald Bronstein, loosely inspired by American table tennis player Marty Reisman. Starring and co-produced by Timothée Chalamet, the film also features Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A'zion, Kevin O'Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara and Fran Drescher in supporting roles.
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.
2025 Brown University shooting
On December 13, 2025, a mass shooting occurred at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, during the second day of final examination week for the fall semester. A gunman entered the school and killed two students and wounded nine other students as they attended a review session in preparation for final exams.
DeepDream is a computer vision program created by Google engineer Alexander Mordvintsev that uses a convolutional neural network to find and enhance patterns in images via algorithmic pareidolia, thus creating a dream-like appearance reminiscent of a psychedelic experience in the deliberately overprocessed images.
Avatar: The Way of Water is a 2022 American epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver from a story the trio wrote with Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno. Distributed by 20th Century Studios, it is the sequel to Avatar (2009) and the second installment in the Avatar franchise.
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.
Thierry Daniel Henry (French pronunciation: [tjɛʁi danjɛl ɑ̃ʁi] AHN-ree; born 17 August 1977) is a French professional football coach, pundit, sports broadcaster, and former player. He is considered one of the greatest strikers of all time and is often named as the greatest player in Premier League history for his time at Arsenal.
Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and convicted child sex offender. He 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.
Susan L. Wiles (née Summerall; born May 14, 1957) is an American political consultant and lobbyist, who has served as the 32nd White House chief of staff since 2025. Wiles graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1978. While attending university, she began working for New York representative Jack Kemp.
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was made on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen, who were former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google.
Salim Durani (Pashto: سليم عزيز دراني; ; 11 December 1934 – 2 April 2023) was an Afghan-born Indian cricketer who played in 29 Test matches from 1960 to 1973. An all-rounder, Durani was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and a left-handed batsman famous for his six-hitting prowess. He was the only Indian Test cricketer to have been born in Afghanistan.
Wilfried Nancy (born 9 April 1977) is a French professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Growing up in Le Havre, Nancy started his playing career for SC Toulon before moving to various amateur and semi-professional clubs. He then entered coaching and moved to Canada in 2011 to join the Montreal Impact Academy upon its foundation.
Stranger Things is an American television series created by the Duffer Brothers for Netflix. Produced by Monkey Massacre Productions and 21 Laps Entertainment, the first season was released on Netflix on July 15, 2016. The second and third seasons followed in October 2017 and July 2019, respectively, and the fourth season was released in two parts in May and July 2022.
John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an American actor. He began acting in television before transitioning into a leading man in films. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Daniel John Bongino ( bon-JEE-noh; born December 4, 1974) is an American conservative political commentator, radio host, and law enforcement officer who has served as the 20th deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2025. He hosted The Dan Bongino Show on Rumble and previously hosted Unfiltered with Dan Bongino on Fox News until April 2023.
Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua, billed as Judgment Day, is an upcoming heavyweight professional boxing match contested between YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul and former two-time unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. The bout is scheduled to take place on December 19, 2025, at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.
Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969), known professionally as Diddy (formerly Puff Daddy and P. Diddy), is an American former rapper, record producer, and record executive. Born in Harlem, Combs worked as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding his own record label, Bad Boy Records, in 1993.
Karoline Claire Leavitt ( LEV-it; born August 24, 1997) is an American political spokesperson who has served since 2025 as the 36th White House press secretary under the second Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2022 election for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district.
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.
Akshaye Khanna (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films. Known for his acting versatility and strong portrayals, Khanna is a recipient of numerous accolades including two Filmfare Awards. Born to actor Vinod Khanna, he made his acting debut with Himalay Putra (1997).
Timothée Hal Chalamet (born December 27, 1995) is an American and French actor. His accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Film Awards, and a Grammy Award. Chalamet began his career in television, appearing in the drama series Homeland.
Corey Ian Haim (December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010) was a Canadian actor who rose to fame in the 1980s as a teen heartthrob. He starred in Silver Bullet (1985), Murphy's Romance (1985), Lucas (1986), License to Drive (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989). His role in The Lost Boys (1987) made him a household name.
The fifth and final season of the American science fiction horror drama television series Stranger Things, marketed as Stranger Things 5, was released on the streaming service Netflix. The season, which will consist of eight episodes, is being released in three parts. The first volume premiered on November 26, 2025, with the second slated for December 25 and the finale scheduled for December 31.
Aditya Dhar (born 12 March 1983) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and lyricist who works in Hindi films. In 2019, he made his directorial debut with the war film Uri: The Surgical Strike; which became the fourth highest grossing Indian film of the year, and earned him the National Film Award for Best Direction.
A Caesar cipher is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption techniques used in cryptography. It is a type of substitution cipher in which each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions along the alphabet. For example, with a left shift of 3, D would be replaced by A, E would become B, and so on.
Major Mohit Sharma (13 January 1978 – 21 March 2009) was an Indian Army Officer who was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peace-time military decoration. Sharma was from the elite 1st Para SF. On 21 March 2009, he engaged in an encounter with militants in the Hafruda forest of the Kupwara sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
William Lawrence Muschamp (born August 3, 1971) is an American football coach and former player who is the current defensive coordinator at The University of Texas at Austin. He previously served as the Bulldogs' co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach from 2022 to 2024 and as a defensive analyst in 2025.
Jake Joseph Paul (born January 17, 1997) is an American professional boxer, influencer, actor and co-founder of boxing promotion Most Valuable Promotions, alongside adviser Nakisa Bidarian. He began his career posting videos on Vine in September 2013 and had amassed 5. 3 million followers and 2 billion views before the app was discontinued.
Michele Singer Reiner (March 3, 1955, or 1957 – December 14, 2025) was an American photographer and film producer and the wife of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner. Reiner was originally a photographer, taking the cover picture of The Art of the Deal (1987). She later worked on When Harry Met Sally. . .
Avengers: Doomsday is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. Produced by Marvel Studios and AGBO, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is intended to be the fifth installment in the Avengers film series following Avengers: Endgame (2019) and the 39th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Digger is an upcoming American black comedy film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu who co-wrote the script with Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Nicolás Giacobone. The film stars an ensemble cast including Tom Cruise, Jesse Plemons, Sandra Hüller, Riz Ahmed, Sophie Wilde, Emma D'Arcy, Robert John Burke, Burn Gorman, Michael Stuhlbarg, and John Goodman.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, marketed as FIFA World Cup 26, will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026. It will be jointly hosted by sixteen cities—eleven in the United States, three in Mexico, and two in Canada.
Lisa Marie Presley (February 1, 1968 – January 12, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter. She was the daughter of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley, and the sole heir to her father's estate after the deaths of her grandfather and great-grandmother. She was also known as the first wife of Michael Jackson, from 1994 to 1996.
Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American professor and public intellectual known for his work in linguistics, political activism, and social criticism. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science.
Brenda Song (born March 27, 1988) is an American actress. Born in Carmichael, California, Song began her career at the age of six, working as a child model. She made her screen debut with a guest appearance on the sitcom Thunder Alley (1995), and went on to roles such as the children's television series Fudge (1995) and the Nickelodeon series 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999).
George Anthony Devolder Santos (born July 22, 1988) is an American former politician and convicted felon. He served as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district from January to December 2023, before he was expelled from Congress. Santos first ran for the seat in 2020 as a Republican, but was defeated by incumbent Democratic representative Tom Suozzi.