Images depicting NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are projected onto the Washington Monument as part of an event to kick off the nation’s 250th birthday year, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in Washington.
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A 2-week-old baby hamster with red eyes. Today is voice actress Haruna Ikezawa’s birthday. She voiced Laruna Haruna, the owner of the titular hamster, in the 2000 anime adaption of Hamtaro.
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U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Today is the United States Marine Corps birthday on which it turns 250 years old.
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American actress Margaret Qualley at 70th Berlin International Film Festival. Today is her birthday.
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Mural Kinderfreuden by German painter Dieter M. Weidenbach. Today is his 80th birthday.
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Gabrielle Aplin performing live at The Troubadour in Los Angeles, California. Today is her birthday.
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Basketball, European Qualifiers, match between Germany and Poland in July 2022: Dennis Schröder (GER, 17). Today is his birthday.
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U.S. President Barack Obama’s official photograph in the Oval Office on 6 December 2012. Today is his birthday.
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Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama, is the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. In 1959, he escaped from Tibet to India following the Tibetan uprising against Chinese occupation of Tibet, and established the Tibetan government-in-exile, which continues to function in Dharamsala, India, where he resides. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. Today is his 90th birthday.
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Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy, briefs Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin on celestial objects in 1965 in Washington, D.C.
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