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50 years ago today, Josephine Baker, an American-born French dancer, singer, and actress, died. (en.wikipedia.org)
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270 years ago today, James Parkinson, an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist and political activist, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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100 years ago today, The Great Gatsby, a novel by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, was first published by Scribner's. (en.wikipedia.org)
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80 years ago today, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor, neo-orthodox theologian and anti-Nazi dissident, was executed in Flossenbürg concentration camp by hanging. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The German source for this anniversary (Deutschlandfunk) also mentions how nowadays he is used by right-wing propaganda in the USA, which even uses him to justify the storming of the Capitol.

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205 years ago today, the Venus de Milo was discovered by a Greek farmer on the island of Milos, then still part of the Ottoman Empire. (en.wikipedia.org)
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135 years ago today, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, an American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationist, was born. She was known for her staunch defense of the Everglades. (en.wikipedia.org)
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5 years ago today, at the age of 99 during the first COVID-19 national lockdown, Captain Tom Moore began to walk 100 lengths of his garden in aid of NHS Charities Together. (en.wikipedia.org)
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210 years ago today, a giant eruption of Mount Tambora occurred, followed by thunderous detonation sounds heard in Ternate on the Molucca Islands 1,400 km (870 mi) away. (en.wikipedia.org)
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50 years ago today, Chiang Kai-shek, a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and general, died. He led the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 until his death in 1975. (en.wikipedia.org)
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30 years ago today, the album Alien Lanes by the indie rock band Guided by Voices from Northridge, OH, was released. (resources.tidal.com)
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65 years ago today, William Wyler's Bible epic Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars, breaking the record of nine set the previous year by Gigi. (en.wikipedia.org)
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50 years ago today, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Microsoft. (en.wikipedia.org)
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165 years ago today, the Pony Express, an American express mail service, was founded. It used relays of horse-mounted riders between Missouri and California. (en.wikipedia.org)
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85 years ago today and onwards, 21,857 Polish internees and prisoners were executed during the Katyn massacre, according to Soviet documents declassified in 1990. (en.wikipedia.org)
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150 years ago today, Edgar Wallace, a British writer of sensational detective, gangster, adventure, and sci-fi novels, plays and stories, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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95 years ago today, the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America agreed it would abide by the Hays Code, a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content. (en.wikipedia.org)
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25 years ago today, Gisèle Freund, a German-born French photographer and photojournalist, died. She was famous for her documentary photography and portraits of writers and artists. (en.wikipedia.org)
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185 years ago today, Beau Brummell, an important figure in Regency England, died. For many years he was the arbiter of British men's fashion. (en.wikipedia.org)
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80 years ago today, Eric Clapton, an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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100 years ago today, Bajram Curri, an Albanian chieftain, politician and activist, died. He struggled for the independence of Albania, later struggling for Kosovo's incorporation into it. (en.wikipedia.org)
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40 years ago today, Marc Chagall, a Russian and French artist, died. (en.wikipedia.org)
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25 years ago today, Ian Dury, an English singer, songwriter and actor, died. He rose to fame in the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. (en.wikipedia.org)
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185 years ago today, George Smith, a pioneering English Assyriologist, was born. He first discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest-known written works of literature. (en.wikipedia.org)
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30 years ago today, the Schengen Agreement became effective. It led to the creation of Europe's Schengen Area, in which internal border checks have largely been abolished. (en.wikipedia.org)
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25 years ago today, incumbent prime minister and acting president Vladimir Putin won in the first round of the Russian presidential election. (en.wikipedia.org)
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