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  • 1993: Why are Lamborghini Cars Named after Bulls?

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    1993: Why are Lamborghini Cars Named after Bulls?

    1993: Why are Lamborghini Cars Named after Bulls?

    Lamborghini’s fascination with bulls developed when he once visited the Seville ranch of Don Eduardo Miur ...

    Lamborghini’s fascination with bulls developed when he once visited the Seville ranch of Don Eduardo Miura, where bulls were bred to fight in the arenas. Today’s model, Gallardo, was named after a bre ...

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  • 1933: Hitler’s Meeting with Businessmen from Siemens, Allianz and BMW

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    1933: Hitler’s Meeting with Businessmen from Siemens, Allianz and BMW

    1933: Hitler’s Meeting with Businessmen from Siemens, Allianz and BMW

    Among others, Telefunken, Osram, IG Farben, AEG, and Günther Quandt gave contributions to Hitler’s electi ...

    Among others, Telefunken, Osram, IG Farben, AEG, and Günther Quandt gave contributions to Hitler’s election campaign.   On this day Adolf Hitler held a secret meeting with leading members of the ...

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  • 1798: Pope Captured and Taken from Rome

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    1798: Pope Captured and Taken from Rome

    1798: Pope Captured and Taken from Rome

    On this day the captured Pope Pius VI was taken from Rome, where a Roman Republic was proclaimed. After N ...

    On this day the captured Pope Pius VI was taken from Rome, where a Roman Republic was proclaimed. After Napoleon’s troops occupied northern Italy, the French general Louis-Alexandre Berthier entered R ...

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  • 1685: The French Colonization of Texas in the Time of Louis XIV

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    1685: The French Colonization of Texas in the Time of Louis XIV

    1685: The French Colonization of Texas in the Time of Louis XIV

    On this day in 1685 French explorer René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle founded a colony of the area of what ...

    On this day in 1685 French explorer René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle founded a colony of the area of what is now Texas. It was particularly interesting for being the westernmost French colony at the t ...

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  • 1986: First Module of the Space Station Mir Launched in Gorbachev’s Time

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    1986: First Module of the Space Station Mir Launched in Gorbachev’s Time

    1986: First Module of the Space Station Mir Launched in Gorbachev’s Time

    The first module of the space station Mir was launched on this day in 1986. When it was fully assembled, ...

    The first module of the space station Mir was launched on this day in 1986. When it was fully assembled, the space station reached a mass unsurpassed by any previous spacecraft – around 130 tons. The ...

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