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  • 1957: Milovan Đilas Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Opposing Tito

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    1957: Milovan Đilas Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Opposing Tito

    1957: Milovan Đilas Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Opposing Tito

    Milovan Đilas, one of the main ideologues of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and Josip Broz Tito's poss ...

    Milovan Đilas, one of the main ideologues of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and Josip Broz Tito's possible successor was was sentenced to seven years imprisonment due to opposing Tito and the commu ...

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  • 1865: The Hungarian Baroness Orczy who Became a Famous Writer in England

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    1865: The Hungarian Baroness Orczy who Became a Famous Writer in England

    1865: The Hungarian Baroness Orczy who Became a Famous Writer in England

    Hungarian Baroness Emma Orczy, who later became a famous writer in the UK, was born on this day in 1865. ...

    Hungarian Baroness Emma Orczy, who later became a famous writer in the UK, was born on this day in 1865. Her birth name was Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Joseph Borbála Orczy de Orczi, and her Hungarian ...

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  • 1939: Sigmund Freud’s Death Was Caused by Smoking Cigars

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    1939: Sigmund Freud’s Death Was Caused by Smoking Cigars

    1939: Sigmund Freud’s Death Was Caused by Smoking Cigars

    Sigmund Freud died in exile in London on this day in 1939. He had lived there since 1938, when the Nazis ...

    Sigmund Freud died in exile in London on this day in 1939. He had lived there since 1938, when the Nazis had come to power in Austria. Then, he left the city of Vienna where he had spent most of his l ...

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  • 1982: History of the Smiley (Emotiocons)

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    1982: History of the Smiley (Emotiocons)

    1982: History of the Smiley (Emotiocons)

    The emoticons :-) and :-( were used for the first time on this day in 1982 (the first documented case). S ...

    The emoticons :-) and :-( were used for the first time on this day in 1982 (the first documented case). Scott Fahlman, who was a scientist (Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh), proposed the use ...

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  • 1819: Léon Foucault – Inventor of the Famous Foucault Pendulum

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    1819: Léon Foucault – Inventor of the Famous Foucault Pendulum

    1819: Léon Foucault – Inventor of the Famous Foucault Pendulum

    Léon Foucault, the French scientist after whom the famous Foucault pendulum was named, was born on this d ...

    Léon Foucault, the French scientist after whom the famous Foucault pendulum was named, was born on this day in 1819. The British Queen Victoria was also born in 1819. Futhermore, Léon Foucault was a c ...

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  • 1613: Birth of François de La Rochefoucauld – the Writer of the Highest Noble Origin

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    1613: Birth of François de La Rochefoucauld – the Writer of the Highest Noble Origin

    1613: Birth of François de La Rochefoucauld – the Writer of the Highest Noble Origin

    This day in 1613 marked the birth of François de La Rochefoucauld, the famous French writer of aristocrat ...

    This day in 1613 marked the birth of François de La Rochefoucauld, the famous French writer of aristocratic origin. He had extraordinarily high status among the French nobility, because he was a membe ...

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  • 1814: The Text of the Anthem of the United States of America was Written by an Amateur Poet

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    1814: The Text of the Anthem of the United States of America was Written by an Amateur Poet

    1814: The Text of the Anthem of the United States of America was Written by an Amateur Poet

    On this day in 1814, the national anthem of the United States was written. It is the work of an amateur p ...

    On this day in 1814, the national anthem of the United States was written. It is the work of an amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, who was inspired by the American defense of the Fort McHenry in Marylan ...

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  • 1321: Death of the Famous Dante Alighieri

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    1321: Death of the Famous Dante Alighieri

    1321: Death of the Famous Dante Alighieri

    This day in 1321 marked the death of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. He was born in the city of Florenc ...

    This day in 1321 marked the death of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. He was born in the city of Florence, the central point of Italian history and culture at the time. But Dante was exiled from Flor ...

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