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Salvador Dalí
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Salvador Dalí

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Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, marqués de Dalí de Púbol – hiszpański malarz, grafik, rzeźbiarz, pisarz i teoretyk sztuki, jeden z najbardziej znanych surrealistów.

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Chrystianizacja
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Chrystianizacja – proces wypierania religii etnicznych, osiadłego w określonym rejonie ludu, przez religię chrześcijańsk…

Eugeniusz Bodo
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Eugeniusz Bodo
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Eugeniusz Bodo, właśc. Bohdan Eugène Junod – polsko-szwajcarski aktor filmowy, rewiowy i teatralny, reżyser, scenarzysta…

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On This Day

10 wydarzeń
2021
Tatmadaw
The Burmese military and police forces killed at least 65 civilians during the Hlaingthaya massacre in Yangon, including those protesting a recent coup d'état.
1988
Johnson_South_Reef_skirmish
China defeated Vietnam in a naval altercation while attempting to establish oceanographic observation posts on the Spratly Islands.
1984
Gerry_Adams
Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Féin, was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by Ulster Freedom Fighters in central Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1973
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: After having been captured by North Vietnamese forces five and a half years earlier, U.S. Navy pilot John McCain was released with 108 other prisoners of war.
1972
Giangiacomo_Feltrinelli
Italian publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, known for his translation of Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago after it had been smuggled out of the Soviet Union, died in an explosion.
1945
Royal_Air_Force
The Royal Air Force first used the Grand Slam, a 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) earthquake bomb, on a strategic railway viaduct in Bielefeld, Germany.
1931
Alam_Ara
Alam Ara, the first Indian sound film, premiered at the Majestic Cinema in Bombay.
1885
The_Mikado
The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan's most frequently performed Savoy opera, debuted at the Savoy Theatre in London.
1864
Petite_messe_solennelle
The Petite messe solennelle by Gioachino Rossini (pictured) was first performed in Paris, 34 years after his retirement as a composer.
1757
Royal_Navy
Royal Navy Admiral John Byng was executed by firing squad for failing to "do his utmost" during the Battle of Minorca at the start of the Seven Years' War.

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