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1933: King Kong Premiere Coincides with Hitler’s Rise to Power

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|March 02, 2020
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1933: King Kong Premiere Coincides with Hitler’s Rise to Power
The hit movie King Kong premiered on this day in 1933, in New York. The movie caused a true sensation, since the animation of the huge gorilla in stop-motion was truly im...
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1792: Gioachino Rossini – The Most Famous Gourmand among Composers

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|February 29, 2020
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1792: Gioachino Rossini – The Most Famous Gourmand among Composers
Gioachino Rossini, the famous Italian composer, was born on this day in 1792. He was born in the town of Pesaro in central Italy, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Pesaro...
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1938: First Science Fiction TV Program

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|February 11, 2020
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1938: First Science Fiction TV Program
On this day in 1938 the first science fiction TV program in history was broadcast. It was an adaptation of Karl Čapek’s science fiction drama R.U.R. These initials...
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1881: Death of Russian Novelist Dostoyevsky

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|February 09, 2020
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1881: Death of Russian Novelist Dostoyevsky
This day in 1881 marked the death of famous Russian novelist Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky. The writer died in St. Petersburg, which was at that time the capital of the...
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1592 – Who was the Man who Built the Taj Mahal for his Beloved Wife?

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|January 05, 2020
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1592 – Who was the Man who Built the Taj Mahal for his Beloved Wife?
It was his third and favorite wife and she died giving birth to their 14th child. During his reign the Taj Mahal was built, and the Mughal Empire flourished, covering mos...
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1762 – Constanze Weber – Mozart’s Wife

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|January 05, 2020
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1762 – Constanze Weber – Mozart’s Wife
One of the more recent theories assumes that Constanze Weber spent a lot of money on herself, especially on her mother and sisters, which led to the fact that the poor Mo...
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335: After whom is New Year’s Eve sometimes Called Saint Sylvester’s Day?

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|December 31, 2019
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335: After whom is New Year’s Eve sometimes Called Saint Sylvester’s Day?
On this day, New Year’s Eve is celebrated to commemorate the death of St. Sylvester, who was pope during the turning point of the history of Christianity, immediately aft...
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New Year’s Eve Dinner Served in a Dinosaur’s Bowels – 1853

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|December 31, 2019
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New Year’s Eve Dinner Served in a Dinosaur’s Bowels – 1853
It was a model of an Iguanodon, whose bowels were large enough to hold 22 English dignitaries. The menu from that dinner has been preserved, and reflects the eating habit...
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