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DJ AM (A. M. Goldstein; March 30, 1973 – August 28, 2009) was an American disc jockey (DJ). Obsessed with deejaying as a child, Goldstein developed a drug addiction as a teenager and was sent to the controversial rehabilitation center Straight, Incorporated. His drug problems worsened until a failed suicide attempt in 1997. He became sober, and later sponsored other addicts through Alcoholics Anonymous. He began deejaying and joined the band Crazy Town in 1999 before focusing on a career as a solo DJ. In 2006, he accepted a million-dollar contract to perform weekly at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. In 2008, Goldstein and Travis Barker formed the duo TRV$DJAM. They were the only two survivors of a Learjet 60 crash later that year. Goldstein hosted the 2009 drug intervention television series Gone Too Far, and appeared to be struggling with his addiction during filming. In August 2009, he was found dead from a drug overdose. The DJ AM Memorial Fund was launched that year for people recovering from drug addiction. (Full article...)

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SS Princess Anne

... that when it entered service in 1936, the ferry SS Princess Anne (pictured) was considered "svelte" and "ultra-modern"?
... that ProRodeo Hall of Fame steer roper Guy Allen's record streak of 11 consecutive world titles was ended by Buster Record?
... that despite its "tasty flesh" and abundance, the southern cuttlefish Sepia australis is currently of little interest to fisheries?
... that the English radiographer Ethel Armstrong has worked for the National Health Service since the day it was founded in 1948?
... that several composers of the 18th century used Paul Gerhardt's hymn "Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld" to begin their Passion music?
... that Susan O'Malley was the first female president of an NBA franchise?
... that deliberately stopping a phone call before it is answered can be a form of communication in its own right?
... that Willem Ravelli was the voice of Christ in Bach's St Matthew Passion more than 400 times, including the first complete recording of the work conducted by Mengelberg?

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Steve Smith

Cricket Australia bans Steve Smith (pictured), David Warner and Cameron Bancroft from international and Australian domestic cricket for nine to twelve months over a ball tampering scandal.
More than 20 countries announce the expulsion of Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal.
At least 64 people die in a shopping complex fire in Kemerovo, Russia.
March for Our Lives rallies are held across the United States and worldwide in support of tighter gun control.
The Boat Race is held in London, with Cambridge winning both the men's and the women's events.

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March 30: Land Day (Palestinians)

Usmar Ismail

1822 – The United States merged East Florida and West Florida to create the Florida Territory.
1918 – Fighting began during the March Days revolt in Baku, Azerbaijan, resulting in over 14,000 deaths.
1950 – Usmar Ismail began filming Darah dan Doa, formally recognised as the first Indonesian film.
1972 – Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces began the Easter Offensive in an attempt to gain as much territory and destroy as many units of the South Vietnamese Army as possible.
2009 – Twelve gunmen attacked the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan, and held it for several hours before security forces could retake it.

Anna Sewell (b. 1820) · Stefan Banach (b. 1892) · Philip Showalter Hench (d. 1965)

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Charlize Theron

South African-born American actress Charlize Theron made her film debut in an uncredited role as a follower of a cult in the 1995 horror film Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest. Theron followed this with appearances as a hitwoman in 2 Days in the Valley, and a woman suffering with schizophrenia in the mystery thriller The Devil's Advocate (1997) with Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino. For her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in the crime drama Monster (2003), Theron received the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. Theron played the eponymous rebel assassin in the science fiction action film Æon Flux and a miner fighting sexual harassment in the drama North Country (both in 2005). The latter role earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards. In 2015, she played rebel soldier Imperator Furiosa in George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road. (Full list...)

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Kue gapit is an Indonesian kue kering (dry snack) which originates from Cirebon, West Java. Generally made from tapioca flour, its name comes from the cooking process, in which it is grilled between iron molds. The snack comes in a variety of shapes and flavors. Though it is a popular souvenir among visitors to Cirebon, residents of the region rarely eat it.

Shown here is a whole and partial kue gapit. The upper scale mark shows 1 cm while the lower one is 1 inch.

Photograph: Chris Woodrich

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