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 February 22nd: Founder's Day (celebrated by scouts worldwide) Source: n. Caron |
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The final daily “Peanuts” comic strip ran on February 13th 2000, one day after the death of the creator, Charles M. Schulz. Published for the first time in October 1950, the comic strip was always written and illustrated only by Schulz. “Peanuts” was published in over 2,600 newspapers, translated in 21 languages and regarded as one of...
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View more »“Bloody Sunday” happened on January 30th 1972, in Bogside, a neighbourhood outside the city walls of Derry, in Northern Ireland. During this event, soldiers from the British Army attacked twenty-six bystanders and unarmed Catholic civil rights protesters: fourteen men were killed, seven of...
The American ethologist Dian Fossey, who studied the behavior of mountain gorillas, was born on January 16th 1932. She became an international celebrity after her photograph appeared on the cover of “National Geographic”. A photograph of a wild gorilla touching Fossey’s hand convinced the...
On January 7th 1611, began the trial of Elizabeth Báthory, also known as “The Blood Countess”. When she was 50, the Hungarian Countess was accused of torturing and killing hundreds of young girls. Her noble status saved her from the death penalty, but she was sentenced to life imprisonment...
