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"My Man" is a song by American singer Tamar Braxton (pictured) for her fifth studio album Bluebird of Happiness (2017). Braxton and Cory Rooney wrote the song, which was produced by Bob Robinson. It was released as the album's lead single on April 27, 2017, through Tamartian Land, an independent record label Braxton created in partnership with eOne Entertainment. An R&B and soul song, it is about infidelity and was based on Braxton's parents and their divorce after her father's affair. Critics considered it a highlight of Bluebird of Happiness and praised Braxton's vocals. It peaked at number three on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs chart and number twenty-one on their Hot R&B Songs chart. Laurieann Gibson directed the music video, portraying Braxton confronting her lover with a mistress in a hotel room. Braxton's performance of the song at the BET Awards 2017 was praised as one of the event's highlights, although some critics believed that she was lip syncing. (Full article...)
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In the news
- In cricket, the Ashes concludes with Australia retaining the trophy, drawing the series against England (Compton–Miller Medal recipient Chris Woakes pictured).
- In cycling, Demi Vollering wins the Tour de France Femmes.
- IS–KP kill more than 50 people in a suicide bombing at a political rally in Khar, Pakistan.
- Emperor Nero's private theatre is discovered under the courtyard of Palazzo Della Rovere in Rome.
On this day
August 2: Roma Holocaust Memorial Day
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- 461 – Unpopular among the Senate aristocracy for his reforming efforts, Roman emperor Majorian was deposed by Ricimer and executed five days later.
- 1100 – While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men.
- 1790 – The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.
- 1920 – Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn.
- 1973 – A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.
- Pope Severinus (d. 640)
- Harriet Arbuthnot (d. 1834)
- Bertha Lutz (b. 1894)
- Simone Manuel (b. 1996)
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The San Francisco cable car system is a cable-car rail network in San Francisco, California. Conceived by Andrew Smith Hallidie, the system's first line was the Clay Street Hill Railroad, which opened on August 2, 1873. By 1890, the system had expanded to twenty-three lines, of which three remain in operation as of 2023. The cars are pulled by a cable running below the street, which is held by a grip that extends from the car through a slit in the street surface, between the rails. This 2016 photograph shows a cable car traveling on Hyde Street, with Alcatraz Island and Fisherman's Wharf visible in the background. Photograph credit: Thomas Wolf
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