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  • 1870: Birth of Vladimir Lenin in the City on the Longest River in Europe

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    1870: Birth of Vladimir Lenin in the City on the Longest River in Europe

    1870: Birth of Vladimir Lenin in the City on the Longest River in Europe

    Vladimir Ulyanov, the Russian revolutionary who later changed his name to Lenin, was born on this day in ...

    Vladimir Ulyanov, the Russian revolutionary who later changed his name to Lenin, was born on this day in 1870. He was born in the city of Simbirsk on the Volga River (today Ulyanovsk – the city was la ...

    April 22, 2020
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  • 1451: Isabella of Castile – Queen who Financed the First Voyage of Columbus across the Atlantic

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    1451: Isabella of Castile – Queen who Financed the First Voyage of Columbus across the Atlantic

    1451: Isabella of Castile – Queen who Financed the First Voyage of Columbus across the Atlantic

    Queen Isabella of Castile, was born on this day in 1451. She financed the first voyage of Columbus across ...

    Queen Isabella of Castile, was born on this day in 1451. She financed the first voyage of Columbus across the Atlantic. The wedding of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon united the crowns of ...

    April 22, 2020
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  • 1970: Is Earth Day Deliberately Celebrated on Lenin’s Birthday?

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    1970: Is Earth Day Deliberately Celebrated on Lenin’s Birthday?

    1970: Is Earth Day Deliberately Celebrated on Lenin’s Birthday?

    This day is celebrated as Earth Day. The tradition began on 22 April 1970 in the United States, at the in ...

    This day is celebrated as Earth Day. The tradition began on 22 April 1970 in the United States, at the instigation of Senator Gaylord Nelson, environmental activist. In those years various anti-govern ...

    April 22, 2020
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  • 1990: First Multiparty Elections in Croatia

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    1990: First Multiparty Elections in Croatia

    1990: First Multiparty Elections in Croatia

    Croatia was at that time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The first multiparty parli ...

    Croatia was at that time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The first multiparty parliamentary elections in Croatia were held on this day in 1990. Croatia was at that time part of t ...

    April 22, 2020
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  • 1868: Marie Valerie – the Youngest Child of Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Sissi

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    1868: Marie Valerie – the Youngest Child of Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Sissi

    1868: Marie Valerie – the Youngest Child of Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Sissi

    The Austrian Archduchess Marie Valerie was born on this day in 1868. She was the youngest daughter of Emp ...

    The Austrian Archduchess Marie Valerie was born on this day in 1868. She was the youngest daughter of Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Sissi. Sissi gave birth to four children, but the first of them ...

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  • 1677: Imperial Field Marshal Prince Václav Eusebius František Lobkowicz – Duke of Sagan

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    1677: Imperial Field Marshal Prince Václav Eusebius František Lobkowicz – Duke of Sagan

    1677: Imperial Field Marshal Prince Václav Eusebius František Lobkowicz – Duke of Sagan

    Lobkowicz was the president of the Court War Council, the highest military function in the Habsburg Monar ...

    Lobkowicz was the president of the Court War Council, the highest military function in the Habsburg Monarchy. Prince Václav Eusebius František Lobkowicz, one of the wealthiest aristocrats in Czech his ...

    April 22, 2020
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  • 1900: Powerful African Slave Trader and Ruler of the Bornu Empire

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    1900: Powerful African Slave Trader and Ruler of the Bornu Empire

    1900: Powerful African Slave Trader and Ruler of the Bornu Empire

    On this day in 1900, a dramatic battle took place in the heart of the African continent, bordering the pr ...

    On this day in 1900, a dramatic battle took place in the heart of the African continent, bordering the present state of Chad and Cameroon.  It happened about a hundred kilometers from the famous Lake ...

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  • 1915: First Mass use of Poison Gas in Warfare

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    1915: First Mass use of Poison Gas in Warfare

    1915: First Mass use of Poison Gas in Warfare

    On this day deadly poison gas was used en masse for the first time in the history of warfare. This happen ...

    On this day deadly poison gas was used en masse for the first time in the history of warfare. This happened during the Battle at the town of Ypres in northern France, during World War I. At 17:00 p.m. ...

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