Mario Party DS is a 2007 party video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It is the second handheld game in the Mario Party series, as well as the last game in the series to be developed by Hudson Soft, as all subsequent games have been developed by NDcube. Like most installments in the Mario Party series, Mario Party DS features characters of the Mario franchise competing in a board game with a variety of minigames, many of which utilize the console's unique features, including its built-in microphone, dual screen and touch screen mechanics, and motion sensitivity. Up to four human players can compete at a time, though characters can also be computer-controlled. Although Mario Party DS received mixed reviews, with general praise for its minigame variety and criticism for its absence of an online multiplayer mode, the game has sold more than nine million units worldwide, making it the 11th-best-selling game for the Nintendo DS.

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1965:

Vietnam War: In the Battle of Gang Toi, one of the earliest battles between the two sides, Viet Cong forces repelled an Australian attack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gang_Toi

1966:

Former Massachusetts attorney general Edward Brooke became the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Brooke

1974:

British peer Lord Lucan disappeared without a trace, a day after allegedly murdering Sandra Rivett, his children's nanny. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bingham,_7th_Earl_of_Lucan

2006:

Israeli artillery shelled a row of houses in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, killing at least 19 Palestinians and wounding more than 40 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_shelling_of_Beit_Hanoun

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set about: 1. Used with the adverb sense of about. 2. (transitive, archaic except chiefly Northern England) To circulate or spread (news, a rumour, etc.) 3. Used with the preposition sense of about. 4. (transitive) 5. (archaic) To plant trees or other vegetation in (a place). 6. (passive voice, archaic) To encircle or surround (something) with other things. 7. (UK, informal) To attack (someone); to set upon. 8. (intransitive) To start doing or to devote oneself to some task; to set upon. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/set_about

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