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60 years ago today, Jeux sans frontières ("Games Without Frontiers"), an international television competition, was broadcast for the first time. It was organised by the European Broadcasting Union. (en.wikipedia.org)
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90 years ago today, Jesse Owens, an American track and field athlete, battled through a lower back injury and set five world records and tied a sixth in a span of 45 minutes from 3:15–4 p.m. (en.wikipedia.org)
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20 years ago today, the album Demon Days by the virtual band Gorillaz created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett was released in the United States, after it was already released in Japan and the UK. (infosec.pub)
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170 years ago today, Lady Florence Dixie, a Scottish writer, war correspondent, and feminist, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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300 years ago today, after a suicide attempt, Jonathan Wild, an English thief-taker and a major figure in London's criminal underworld, was hanged at Tyburn before a massive crowd. (en.wikipedia.org)
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75 years ago today, Bernie Taupin, an English lyricist and visual artist, was born. He is best known for his songwriting partnership with Elton John. (en.wikipedia.org)
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100 years ago today, the opera Doktor Faust, unfinished when composer Ferruccio Busoni died, was premiered in Dresden. (en.wikipedia.org)
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135 years ago today, Ho Chi Minh, a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician, was born. He served as the founder and first president of the DRV from 1945 until his death in 1969. (en.wikipedia.org)
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100 years ago today, Malcolm X, an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist, was born. He was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. (en.wikipedia.org)
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100 years ago today, Pol Pot, a Cambodian politician, revolutionary and dictator, was born. He ruled the communist state of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 until his overthrow in 1979. (en.wikipedia.org)
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115 years ago today, Pauline Viardot, a French dramatic mezzo-soprano, composer and pedagogue of Spanish descent, died. (en.wikipedia.org)
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45 years ago today, students in Gwangju, South Korea began demonstrations calling for democratic reforms. (en.wikipedia.org)
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