The CMLL World Middleweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship of the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. While lighter weight classes are regularly ignored in wrestling promotions in the United States, more emphasis is placed on the lighter classes in Mexico. The middleweight division range in Mexico is between 82 kg (181 lb) and 87 kg (192 lb), but the weight limits are not strictly adhered to. As it is a professional wrestling championship, it is not won by actual competition, but by a scripted ending to a match or storyline. Dragón Rojo Jr., the longest reigning CMLL champion, was defeated on March 25, 2017, by Ángel de Oro, the current champion. Since its creation in 1991, the championship has been held by 12 wrestlers for a total of 17 individual reigns. El Dandy is the only three-time champion; Apolo Dantés had the shortest reign, at 77 days.

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553:

The Second Council of Constantinople, considered by many Christian churches to have been the fifth Christian Ecumenical Council, began to discuss the topics of Nestorianism and Origenism, among others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Council_of_Constantinople

1654:

Cromwell's Act of Grace, which pardoned the people of Scotland for any crimes they may have committed during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, was proclaimed in Edinburgh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromwell%27s_Act_of_Grace

1940:

World War II: A squad of 250 Norwegian volunteers in Hegra Fortress finally surrendered to a vastly superior Nazi force after a 25-day siege. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hegra_Fortress

1961:

Project Mercury: Aboard the American spacecraft Freedom 7, Alan Shepard made a sub-orbital flight, becoming the second person to travel into outer space. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Shepard

2010:

A series of demonstrations in Athens and general strikes across Greece began in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the debt crisis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-austerity_movement_in_Greece

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tabulate: 1. (transitive) To arrange in tabular form; to arrange into a table. 2. (transitive) To set out as a list; to enumerate, to list. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tabulate

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