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Claude E. Shannon
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Claude E. Shannon

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Claude Elwood Shannon – amerykański matematyk i inżynier, profesor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Laureat Nagrody Kioto w dziedzinie nauk podstawowych (1985).

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Język amharski
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Język amharski – język semicki z grupy etiopskiej, rodziny języków afroazjatyckich (chamito-semickich) z silnym wpływem …

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Święto Pracy
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Święto Pracy, popularnie zwany 1 Maja – międzynarodowe święto klasy robotniczej, obchodzone od 1890 roku corocznie 1 maj…

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On This Day

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2021
2021_Meron_crowd_crush
A crowd crush killed 45 people during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Israel.
2009
2009_attack_on_the_Dutch_royal_family
A Dutch man drove his car at high speed into a parade in an attempt to kill the Dutch royal family.
2004
The_New_Yorker
The New Yorker published an online article and photographs detailing accounts of torture and abuse by American military personnel of Iraqi prisoners held at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.
2000
Faustina_Kowalska
Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun whose apparitions of Jesus inspired the Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy, was canonized by Pope John Paul II.
1994
Riverdance
Riverdance was performed for the first time, as the interval act for the Eurovision Song Contest.
1982
Ananda_Marga
Sixteen monks and a nun of the Hindu organisation Ananda Marga were beaten to death and set on fire in Calcutta, India.
1975
Operation_Frequent_Wind
American forces completed a helicopter evacuation (aircraft and evacuees pictured) of U.S. citizens, South Vietnamese civilians and others from Saigon, just before North Vietnamese troops captured the city and ended the Vietnam War.
1963
Bristol_Omnibus_Company
A refusal by the Bristol Omnibus Company and the Transport and General Workers' Union to permit the employment of black bus crews led to a bus boycott in Bristol, England.
1945
World_War_II
World War II: As Allied forces closed in on Berlin, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the Führerbunker with Eva Braun one day after their marriage.
1943
World_War_II
Second World War: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Seraph began Operation Mincemeat to deceive Germany about the upcoming invasion of Sicily.

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