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50 years ago today, Preity Zinta, an Indian actress and entrepreneur, was born. She is primarily known for her work in Hindi films. (en.wikipedia.org)
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5 years ago today, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). (en.wikipedia.org)
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435 years ago today, Lady Anne Clifford, an English peeress, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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10 years ago today, Colleen McCullough, an Australian author, died. She is known for her novels, her most well-known being The Thorn Birds and The Ladies of Missalonghi. (en.wikipedia.org)
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80 years ago today, Tom Selleck, an American actor, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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80 years ago today, the Soviet Red Army liberated about 7,000 prisoners left behind by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp. (en.wikipedia.org)
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40 years ago today, the West German Bundestag declared the People's Court to be an instrument of judicial murder. It was a Sondergericht ("special court") of Nazi Germany. (en.wikipedia.org)
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German Sources:

  • https://dserver.bundestag.de/btp/10/10118.pdf (page 8761 to 8767, Nichtigkeit der Entscheidungen der als „Volksgerichtshof" und „Sondergerichte" bezeichneten Werkzeuge des nationalsozialistischen Unrechtsregimes (English: Invalidity of the decisions of the tools of the National Socialist regime of injustice known as the “People's Court” and “Special Courts”))

  • Kalenderblatt (Deutschlandfunk)

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140 years ago today, the siege of Khartoum ended as Mahdist forces defeated the Egyptian garrison and captured the city. (en.wikipedia.org)
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110 years ago today, Alexander Graham Bell made the first ceremonial transcontinental telephone call. (en.wikipedia.org)
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65 years ago today, Diana Barrymore, an American film and stage actress, died. (upload.wikimedia.org)
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30 years ago today, in an away match against Crystal Palace, professional footballer Eric Cantona launched a 'kung-fu' style kick into the crowd, directed at Palace supporter Matthew Simmons. (en.wikipedia.org)
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510 years ago today, Francis I, a great-great-grandson of Charles V, was crowned king of France in the Reims Cathedral. (en.wikipedia.org)
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160 years ago today, British troops invaded south Taranaki, New Zealand. (nzhistory.govt.nz)
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30 years ago today, the murder trial of O. J. Simpson started. (en.wikipedia.org)
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100 years ago today, Maria Tallchief, an American ballerina, was born. She was America's first major prima ballerina and the first Osage Tribe member to hold the rank. (en.wikipedia.org)
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980 years ago today, Edward the Confessor, King of England, married Edith, daughter of Godwin, Earl of Wessex. (en.wikipedia.org)
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110 years ago today, rebels led by John Chilembwe attacked local plantation owners, beginning an uprising regarded as a key moment in the history of Malawi. (en.wikipedia.org)
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20 years ago today, Johnny Carson, an American television host, comedian, and writer, died. He is best known as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). (en.wikipedia.org)
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115 years ago today, Django Reinhardt, a Belgian-French Manouche or Sinti jazz guitarist and composer, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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185 years ago today, the New Zealand Company’s first settler ship, the Aurora, arrived at Petone to found the settlement that would become Wellington. (nzhistory.govt.nz)
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35 years ago today, Kelly Rohrbach, an American actress and model, was born. She is best known for her role as C. J. Parker in the film Baywatch. (en.wikipedia.org)
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70 years ago today, Jeff Koons, an American artist, was born. He is recognized for his work dealing with popular culture and his sculptures depicting everyday objects. (en.wikipedia.org)
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250 years ago today, Yemelyan Pugachev, an ataman of the Yaik Cossacks and the leader of the Pugachev's Rebellion, was executed. In Moscow, he was decapitated and then drawn and quartered in public. (en.wikipedia.org)
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50 years ago today, the album Blood on the Tracks by American folk and rock singer, songwriter & musician Bob Dylan was released. (feddit.nl)
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80 years ago today, Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn-in for an unprecedented (and never to be repeated) 4th term as US President. (en.wikipedia.org)
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