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Tropic Thunder is a 2008 American action satire comedy film written, produced, and directed by Ben Stiller, and starring Stiller, Robert Downey, Jr., and Jack Black. The main plot revolves around a group of three prima donna actors who are making a Vietnam War film. When their frustrated writer and director decide to drop them in the middle of a jungle, they are forced to rely on their acting skills in order to survive the real action and danger. Stiller's idea for the film originated while playing a small part in Empire of the Sun. After the film was greenlit in 2006, filming took place in 2007 on the

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1704:

Led by the Duke of Marlborough , the combined forces of England, the Holy Roman Empire, and the United Provinces defeated France and Bavaria in the Battle of Blenheim, one of the turning points of the War of the Spanish Succession. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim

1898:

Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engaged in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_%281898%29

1942:

Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized the construction of facilities that would house the Manhattan Project. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project

1954:

The complete version of Qaumī Tarāna, the national anthem of Pakistan, was broadcast for the first time on Radio Pakistan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaum%C4%AB_Tar%C4%81na

1962:

The Holy See agreed to refrain from denouncing Communism in exchange for having Russian Orthodox Church representatives attend the forthcoming Second Vatican Council. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metz_Accord

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hebdomadal (adj): Happening once a week; weekly http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hebdomadal

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Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. --Alfred Hitchcock http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock