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100 years ago today, Lena Mukhina, a Russian woman, was born. She wrote a diary about her experiences as a teenage schoolgirl during the Siege of Leningrad. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The English version of the diary is available at Anna's Archive.

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70 years ago today, Frank Marino, a Canadian guitarist and singer, was born. He is best known as the leader of Canadian hard rock band Mahogany Rush. (en.wikipedia.org)
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1,740 years ago today, Diocletian became Roman emperor, eventually establishing reforms that ended the Crisis of the Third Century. (en.wikipedia.org)
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45 years ago today, armed insurgents attacked and took over the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, declaring that one of their leaders was the Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam. (en.wikipedia.org)
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80 years ago today, Billy Bond, an Italian-Argentine rock singer, producer, and businessman, was born. (es.wikipedia.org)
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120 years ago today, Nathan Leopold was born. Together with Richard Albert Loeb, he kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on May 21, 1924. (en.wikipedia.org)
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230 years ago today, the United States and Great Britain signed the Jay Treaty, the basis for ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations. (en.wikipedia.org)
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75 years ago today, James Ensor, a Belgian painter and printmaker, died. He was an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for most of his life. (en.wikipedia.org)
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25 years ago today, the annual Aggie Bonfire at Texas A&M University collapsed during its construction, killing 12 people and injuring 27. (en.wikipedia.org)
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10 years ago today, two Palestinian men attacked the praying congregants of a synagogue in Jerusalem with axes, knives, and a gun, resulting in eight deaths, including the attackers themselves. (en.wikipedia.org)
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85 years ago today, Margaret Atwood, a Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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80 years ago today, Gene Clark, a Singer/songwriter and member of The Byrds, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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90 years ago today, Lyndon B. Johnson married Claudia Alta Taylor, better known as "Lady Bird." (en.wikipedia.org)
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35 years ago today, the Velvet Revolution began. It was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia. (en.wikipedia.org)
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920 years ago today, Nikephoros Melissenos, a Byzantine general and aristocrat, died. (en.wikipedia.org)
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60 years ago today, Diana Krall, a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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1,490 years ago today, the second edition of the Code of Justinian, a codification of Roman law by Byzantine emperor Justinian I, was published. (en.wikipedia.org)
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90 years ago today, Carl von Linde, a German scientist, engineer, and businessman, died. (en.wikipedia.org)
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50 years ago today, the Arecibo message was broadcast into space a single time via frequency modulated radio waves. It carries basic information about humanity and Earth. (en.wikipedia.org)
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70 years ago today, the US drummer Tony Thompson was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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165 years ago today, sponsored by Greek businessman Evangelos Zappas, the first modern revival of the Olympic Games took place in Athens. (en.wikipedia.org)
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140 years ago today, the Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 met. It concluded with the signature of a General Act regulating European colonization and trade in Africa. (en.wikipedia.org)
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180 years ago today, John Abercrombie, a Scottish physician, author, philosopher and philanthropist, died. (en.wikipedia.org)
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70 years ago today, Condoleezza Rice, an American diplomat and political scientist, was born. She serves since 2020 as the 8th director of Stanford University's Hoover Institution. (en.wikipedia.org)
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90 years ago today, Ellis Marsalis Jr., an American jazz pianist and educator, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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