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25 years ago today, Pope John Paul II inaugurated the restored 15th century fresco cycle in the Sistine Chapel. (en.wikipedia.org)
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225 years ago today, the French National Assembly specified the platinum metre bar, presented on 22 June 1799 and deposited in the National Archives, as the final standard of the metre. (en.wikipedia.org)
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90 years ago today, Judi Dench, an English actress, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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200 years ago today, the Battle of Ayacucho, a decisive military encounter during the Peruvian War of Independence, took place between Royalist and Independentist forces at Pampa de Ayacucho. (en.wikipedia.org)
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160 years ago today, Camille Claudel, a French sculptor, was born. She is known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. (en.wikipedia.org)
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75 years ago today, UNRWA, a UN agency, was formed. It supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees. (en.wikipedia.org)
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75 years ago today, Tom Waits, an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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75 years ago today, Mary Margaret O'Reilly, an American civil servant, died. She served as the assistant director of the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1924 until 1938. (en.wikipedia.org)
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55 years ago today, the Altamont Free Concert, a counterculture rock concert in the United States, was held at the Altamont Speedway outside of Tracy, California. (en.wikipedia.org)
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40 years ago today, the American buddy cop action comedy film Beverly Hills Cop was released in 1,532 theaters. (feddit.nl)
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125 years ago today, Henry Tate, an English sugar merchant and philanthropist, died. He is noted for establishing the Tate Gallery in London. (en.wikipedia.org)
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30 years ago today, the Budapest Memorandum was signed. As a result of other agreements and the memorandum, between 1993 and 1996, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons. (en.wikipedia.org)
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80 years ago today, the American musician Chris Hillman was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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385 years ago today, Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree made the first successful observation of a transit of Venus from Earth. (en.wikipedia.org)
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125 years ago today, Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler, a German painter of the avant-garde, was born. Her works were banned as "degenerate art", and in some cases destroyed, in Nazi Germany. (en.wikipedia.org)
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130 years ago today, Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer, died. (en.wikipedia.org)
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10 years ago today, the session saxophonist Bobby Keys died. (en.wikipedia.org)
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70 years ago today, the US Navy dedicated its Naval Ordnance Research Calculator (NORC) at the Naval Surface Weapons Center in Dahlgren, Virginia. (en.wikipedia.org)
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125 years ago today, a 60-man Filipino rearguard was defeated at the Battle of Tirad Pass, but delayed the American advance long enough to ensure President Emilio Aguinaldo's escape. (en.wikipedia.org)
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80 years ago today, Eric Bloom, a singer & guitarist in Blue Öyster Cult, was born. (en.wikipedia.org)
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180 years ago today, Edwin Francis Jemison, an American Confederate soldier, was born. He served in the 2nd Louisiana Infantry Regiment. (en.wikipedia.org)
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60 years ago today, Don Redman, an American jazz musician, arranger, bandleader, and composer, died. (en.wikipedia.org)
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70 years ago today, Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges was struck by a meteorite and lived through the encounter. (en.wikipedia.org)
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90 years ago today, Flying Scotsman became the first steam locomotive officially to exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h). (en.wikipedia.org)
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150 years ago today, Winston Churchill, a British statesman, military officer, and writer, was born. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. (en.wikipedia.org)
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