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1976May, 24

Silje Vige

Silje Vige, Norwegian singer
Silje Vige (born 24 May 1976, in Jørpeland) is a Norwegian singer from Jørpeland outside Stavanger.

Vige won the Melodi Grand Prix with an ethno-ballad written by her father. The win allowed her to compete as Norway's entry in the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest with "Alle mine tankar" ("All my thoughts"). She finished in fifth place among the 25 participants.

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    The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
  • 13Apr

    Thomas Jefferson

    The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
  • 8May

    Six Flags Magic Mountain

    The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
  • 11Oct

    Gerald R. Ford

    George Washington's appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford.
  • 13Oct

    Ebola

    The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F. A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C.