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Noc Kupały
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Noc Kupały

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Noc Kupały – święto przesilenia letniego w religii Słowian, w późniejszym okresie zaadaptowanego na drodze inkulturacji przez chrześcijaństwo i powiązanego z postacią świętego Jana Chrzciciela. Jedno z głównych świąt ludowych Słowian wschodnich. W tradycji ludowej pierwotnie obchodzone było w terminie przesilenia, jedn…

Jan Pietrzak
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Jan Stefan Pietrzak – polski satyryk, kabareciarz, aktor, piosenkarz i publicysta. Twórca Kabaretu Hybrydy oraz Kabaretu…

Agnieszka Krukówna
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Agnieszka Barbara Krukówna (Kruk) – polska aktorka teatralna, filmowa i telewizyjna, laureatka Orła za pierwszoplanową r…

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2010
John_Isner
John Isner defeated Nicolas Mahut at the Wimbledon Championships, concluding the longest match in tennis history, which lasted 11 hours and 5 minutes over three days.
2010
Julia_Gillard
Julia Gillard (pictured) was sworn in as the first female prime minister of Australia after incumbent Kevin Rudd declined to contest a leadership spill in the Labor Party.
1989
1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre
Following the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre the 13th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party appointed Jiang Zemin (pictured) as general secretary in place of Zhao Ziyang.
1943
United_States_Army
Amid racial tensions, U.S. Army military police shot and killed a black serviceman after a confrontation at a pub in Bamber Bridge, England.
1940
World_War_II
Second World War: The British Army carried out Operation Collar, its first commando raid into German-occupied France.
1939
Thai_cultural_mandates
The first of the Thai cultural mandates was issued, officially changing the country's name from Siam to Thailand.
1937
Fast_battleship
The U.S. Navy's first two fast battleships, North Carolina and Washington, of the North Carolina class, were respectively ordered from the New York and Philadelphia Naval Shipyards.
1932
Siamese_revolution_of_1932
A group of military officers and civilians engineered a bloodless coup in Siam, ending the absolute rule of the Chakri dynasty.
1880
O_Canada
"O Canada", the present-day national anthem of Canada, was first performed in Quebec City during a Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day banquet.
1812
Napoleonic_Wars
Napoleonic Wars: Led by Napoleon, the French Grande Armée crossed the Neman, beginning their invasion of Russia.

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