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Sigourney Weaver, who played Dana Barrett

Ghostbusters is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The comedy film stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as a trio of eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City. It also stars Sigourney Weaver (pictured) and Rick Moranis, and features Annie Potts, William Atherton, and Ernie Hudson in supporting roles. Ghostbusters was released on June 8, 1984, to critical acclaim, with Murray's performance often praised, and became a cultural phenomenon. The film earned $282.2 million during its initial run, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1984 in the United States and Canada, and the then–highest-grossing comedy ever. In 2015, the Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. With a dedicated fan following, the film's success launched a multi-billion dollar multimedia franchise, including sequels, television series, video games, and a reboot of the original. (Full article...)

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Hunga Tonga eruption

The Hunga Tonga volcano erupts (satellite animation shown), causing damage in Tonga and tsunamis across the Pacific Ocean.
An apartment fire in the Bronx, New York City, kills 17 people.
A rockfall at Furnas Lake in Capitólio, Brazil, kills 10 people.
Sidney Poitier, the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, dies at the age of 94.

On this day

January 16: World Religion Day (2022)

Frank McGee

1537 – Sir Francis Bigod began an armed rebellion of English Catholics against King Henry VIII and the English Parliament.
1780 – Anglo-Spanish War: The Royal Navy gained their first major naval victory over their European enemies in the war when they defeated a Spanish squadron in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
1905 – Despite being blind in one eye, ice hockey player Frank McGee (pictured) set the record for most goals in a Stanley Cup game when he scored 14 against the Dawson City Nuggets.
1942 – TWA Flight 3 crashed into Potosi Mountain in Nevada, killing actress Carole Lombard and all of the other 21 people on board.
2016 – After gunmen took hostages the previous night at a restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, government commandos stormed the premises to bring the situation to an end.

John C. Breckinridge (b. 1821)
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Wrocław Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław and a landmark of the city of Wrocław in Poland. The building, constructed in the Gothic and Neo-Gothic styles, is the fourth church to be built in the location between the 10th and 20th centuries. This photograph of the cathedral's interior shows the choir and sanctuary, looking towards the high altar.

Photograph credit: Diego Delso

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