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1987: Van Gogh’s Sunflowers Sold for over $39 Million

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1987: Van Gogh’s Sunflowers Sold for over $39 Million

In 1987, on this day, the birthday of the famous painter Van Gogh, his painting Still Life - Vase with Fi ...

In 1987, on this day, the birthday of the famous painter Van Gogh, his painting Still Life - Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers was sold for what was then the record price of 39,921,750 dollars. The buyer w ...

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1885: The Panjdeh Incident: Russian Empire and Britain Brought to Brink of War

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1885: The Panjdeh Incident: Russian Empire and Britain Brought to Brink of War

On this day in 1885 there was an incident in the area of contact of two great empires – the Russian Empir ...

On this day in 1885 there was an incident in the area of contact of two great empires – the Russian Empire and the British colonial empire. This so-called Panjdeh Incident occurred at a place where th ...

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1930: The City of Constantinople Renamed to “Istanbul”

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1930: The City of Constantinople Renamed to “Istanbul”

On this day in 1930, a law was enacted in Turkey, according to which the city of Constantinople was renam ...

On this day in 1930, a law was enacted in Turkey, according to which the city of Constantinople was renamed Istanbul. Namely, that city had many names throughout history. The Ancient Greeks called the ...

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1968: Death of Yuri Gagarin

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1968: Death of Yuri Gagarin

On this day in 1968 Soviet astronaut (“cosmonaut”) Yuri Gagarin was killed in an accident. He was famous ...

On this day in 1968 Soviet astronaut (“cosmonaut”) Yuri Gagarin was killed in an accident. He was famous for being the first man launched into space (12 April 1961). Gagarin reached the rank of colone ...

March 27, 2020
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1975: Prince Faisal Murders the Saudi King during an Audience

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1975: Prince Faisal Murders the Saudi King during an Audience

On this day Saudi Arabia an unusual assassination of the reigning king occurred. Namely, King Faisal was ...

On this day Saudi Arabia an unusual assassination of the reigning king occurred. Namely, King Faisal was killed by none other than his younger nephew of the same name – Faisal. The young Prince Faisa ...

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809: Harun al-Rashid: The Powerful Islamic Ruler from the One Thousand and One Nights

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|Date: March 24, 2020
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809: Harun al-Rashid: The Powerful Islamic Ruler from the One Thousand and One Nights

One of the most famous Islamic rulers throughout history – the renowned Harun al-Rashid – died on this da ...

One of the most famous Islamic rulers throughout history – the renowned Harun al-Rashid – died on this day. He ruled over a vast expanse from India in the east to about present-day Algeria in the west ...

March 24, 2020
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2001: Space Station Mir Deorbited after 5,519 Days around the Earth

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2001: Space Station Mir Deorbited after 5,519 Days around the Earth

On this day in 2001 the Russian space station Mir was taken out of the Earth’s orbit deliberately and in ...

On this day in 2001 the Russian space station Mir was taken out of the Earth’s orbit deliberately and in a controlled manner. Interestingly, the Mir station is the largest man-made celestial body take ...

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1747: The French Count who Became an Ottoman Pasha

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1747: The French Count who Became an Ottoman Pasha

Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, a very interesting person with an unusual fate, died on this day in 1747. H ...

Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, a very interesting person with an unusual fate, died on this day in 1747. He was born into an aristocratic French family. He became a soldier and eventually progressed th ...

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