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From today's featured article  Sigourney Weaver, who played Ellen Ripley Aliens is a 1986 science fiction action film written and directed by James Cameron. Set in the far future, it is the sequel to the 1979 science fiction horror film Alien, and the second film in the Alien franchise. Sigourney Weaver (pictured) stars as Ellen Ripley, sole survivor of an alien attack on her ship, with Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, and Carrie Henn in supporting roles. Aliens was released on July 18, 1986, to critical acclaim with Weaver's performance garnering consistent praise. The film received several awards and nominations, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for Weaver at a time when the science fiction genre was generally overlooked. Aliens was one of the highest-grossing films of 1986 worldwide, earning $131.1 to 183.3 million during its theatrical run. Aliens is now considered among the greatest films of the 1980s, and among the best science fiction, action, and sequel films ever made. (Full article...)

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Ongoing: Recent deaths&#58; On this day December 27  Hagia Sophia Sviatoslav II of Kiev ( d. 1076)Agda Meyerson  ( d. 1924)Chyna  ( b. 1969)</li></ul> More anniversaries:
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 * In Afghanistan, the Taliban institute a ban on women attending university and working in non-government organisations.
 * HTMS Sukhothai, a corvette of the Royal Thai Navy, capsizes and sinks, leaving 18 crew members dead and 11 others missing.
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 * 537 – The reconstructed Hagia Sophia (pictured) in Constantinople was inaugurated; built as a church, it later became a mosque and a museum.
 * 1831 – HMS Beagle departed Plymouth, England, on a voyage to South America that established Charles Darwin's standing as a naturalist.
 * 1918 – A public speech by the Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań sparked the Greater Poland uprising against Germany.
 * 1932 – New York City's Radio City Music Hall opened with the world's largest auditorium at the time.
 * 1997 – Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright was assassinated in HM Prison Maze by members of the Irish National Liberation Army.
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