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ON THIS DAY: Celebrating the birth of Umberto Eco (1932)

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On 5 January 1932, one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th and early 21st centuries was born in Alessandria, Italy. Umberto Eco...

ON THIS DAY: First photograph of the Moon, probably (1839)

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On this day in 1839, Louis Daguerre- one of the earliest pioneers of photography- is thought to have taken the first-ever photograph of the...

ON THIS DAY: Wuhan’s “unknown pneumonia”, start of COVID-19

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First alerts from Huanan market Chinese health officials notified WHO on December 31, 2019, of a pneumonia cluster of unknown cause in Wuhan, Hubei. Patients...

ON THIS DAY: The Green Line is drawn in Nicosia (1963)

Cyprus
On 30 December 1963, a decisive and deeply symbolic moment in Cyprus’s modern history unfolded, as the so-called Green Line was drawn across Nicosia,...

ON THIS DAY: Remembering the Indian Ocean tsunami (2004)

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A disaster that unfolded without warning On 26 December 2004, a powerful undersea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra triggered a tsunami that struck coastlines...
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