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Fay Wray, American actress, known for american actress, died on 2004-08-08. Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow…

Fay Wray, American actress, known for american actress, died on 2004-08-08. Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong. Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attained international recognition as an actress in horror films.

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Fay Wray is American actress.

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Events Before

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  2. An estimated 6-11 million people around the world take to the streets to protest against war with Iraq

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  3. Bill Maher's political talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher" debuts on HBO

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  5. The journal Nature reports that 350,000-year-old footprints of an upright-walking human have been found in Italy

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Events After

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  2. Britain's Ellen MacArthur becomes the fastest person to sail solo around the world, taking 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes

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  3. Online video-sharing site YouTube is founded in San Mateo, California, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim

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  4. Kyoto Protocol comes into force following its ratification by Russia, committing industrialized nations to limit and red

    Kyoto Protocol comes into force following its ratification by Russia, committing industrialized nations to limit and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

  5. President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak orders the constitution changed to allow multi-candidate presidential elections, asking

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Fay Wray, American actress, known for american actress, died on 2004-08-08. Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong. Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attained international recognition as an actress in horror films.
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Fay Wray is American actress.
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