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Julianne Moore (born 1960) is a British–American actress and children's author. A prolific cinema actress for more than 20 years, Moore's career has involved both art house and Hollywood films, and she is known for her emotional portrayals of ordinary women. She began on television in the 1980s, as a regular in As the World Turns, and then played supporting roles in films throughout the early 1990s. Critically acclaimed performances in Short Cuts (1993) and Safe (1995), followed by starring roles in Nine Months (1995) and The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), established her as a leading Hollywood actress. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Moore earned four Academy Award nominations, for Boogie Nights (1997), The End of the Affair (1999), Far from Heaven (2002), and The Hours (2002). Other notable appearances include The Big Lebowski (1998), Magnolia (1999), Hannibal (2001), and Children of Men (2006). She has continued to work regularly in the 2010s, including acclaimed performances in The Kids Are All Right (2010) and the television film Game Change (2012), where she portrayed Sarah Palin. Moore has also written a successful series of children's books. (Full article...)

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... that the chronicler Robert Fabyan recorded the arrival in England in 1502 of three men from Newfoundland?

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China's first lunar rover mission, Chang'e 3, launches successfully.
Clashes between anti-government protesters and government supporters leave four people dead and fifty-seven injured in Bangkok.
Following the suspension of a tentative European Union Association Agreement by Ukraine, anti-riot police forcefully break up pro-European Union protests in Kiev.
The Rugby League World Cup concludes with Australia defeating New Zealand in the final.
LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 crashes in Namibia, killing all thirty-three people on board.

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December 3: International Day of People with Disability

1800 – War of the Second Coalition: French forces under General Jean Moreau defeated the Austrians and Bavarians under Archduke John in Hohenlinden, near Munich, forcing the Austrians to sign an armistice.
1910 – Modern neon lighting was first seen publicly after installation by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
1959 – The current flag of Singapore was adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
1967 – Cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
1999 – NASA lost contact with the Mars Polar Lander (artist's impression pictured) moments before it reached the atmosphere of Mars and disappeared.

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Tachina praeceps, one of more than 600 species in the fly genus Tachina, part of the suborder Brachycera. The suborder is best differentiated from other fly suborders by the reduced antenna segmentation.

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