"Terms of Endearment" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of the American science fiction television series The X-Files, originally airing in January 1999. The show centers on FBI special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who work on cases linked to the paranormal called X-Files. In this episode, an unborn child is apparently abducted from its mother's womb by a demon after the prospective parents discover that their child has birth defects, leading Mulder and Scully to investigate. They discover that Wayne Weinsider (played by Bruce Campbell, pictured in 2011) is a child- abducting demon. The plot was criticized but Campbell, already well known as a cult film actor in several Sam Raimi horror movies, received positive comments for his performance. Critics have complimented the episode's unique representation of its antagonist, who has been classified as a sympathetic villain. Many of the episode's special effects were created without elaborate computer-generated effects. It earned a Nielsen rating of 10.5 and was watched by 18.7 million people on its initial broadcast.

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907:

Abaoji, a Khitan chieftain, was enthroned as Emperor Taizu, establishing the Liao Dynasty in northern China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Taizu_of_Liao

1812:

Manuel Belgrano raised the Flag of Argentina, which he designed, for the first time in the city of Rosario, during the Argentine War of Independence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Belgrano

1962:

Two dissident Vietnam Air Force pilots bombed the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_South_Vietnamese_Independence_Palace_bombing

1989:

A wave of protests, riots and looting known as the Caracazo resulted in a death toll of anywhere between 275 and 3,000 people in the Venezuelan capital Caracas and its surrounding towns. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracazo

2004:

The initial version of the John Jay Report, with details about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, was released. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay_Report

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dystocia: (medicine, veterinary medicine) A slow or difficult labour or delivery. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dystocia

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ἐν τούτῳ νίκα. In hoc signo vinces. In this sign, conquer.   --Constantine the Great https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Constantine_the_Great