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Kirsten Dunst (born 1982) is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories. At the age of 12, Dunst gained widespread recognition playing the role of vampire Claudia in Interview with the Vampire. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for this performance. That year she appeared in Little Women, to further acclaim. Dunst achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy. Since then her films have included the romantic comedy Wimbledon, the science fiction drama Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Cameron Crowe's tragicomedy Elizabethtown. She played the title role in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, and she starred in the comedy How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. In 2001, Dunst made her singing debut in the film Get Over It, in which she performed two songs. She also sang the jazz song "After You've Gone" for the end credits of the film The Cat's Meow. (more...)

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March 11: Independence Day in Lithuania (1990)

1649 – The Peace of Rueil was signed, signaling an end to the opening episodes of the Fronde, France's civil war, after little blood had been shed.
1879 – Japan annexed the Ryūkyū Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa Prefecture.
1941 – World War II: The Lend-Lease Act was signed into law, allowing the United States to supply the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material.
1966 – President Sukarno of Indonesia (pictured) was essentially ousted by Suharto and the military after being forced to sign the Presidential Order Supersemar, giving Suharto authority to take whatever measures he deemed necessary to restore order during the Indonesian killings.
2004 – A series of simultaneous bombings on Cercanías commuter trains killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800 in the Spanish capital of Madrid.

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