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ON THIS DAY: Maximilien Robespierre faces the guillotine (1794)

On 28 July 1794, French Revolutionary figure Maximilien Robespierre was executed by guillotine in Paris alongside 22 other leading figures of the Reign of...

ON THIS DAY: Romanov family executed in Russian Revolution (1918)

The execution of the Romanov family on July 17, 1918, marked one of the most significant and controversial events of the Russian Revolution. Tsar...

ON THIS DAY: Blondin’s tightrope walk across Niagara Falls (1859)

On this day in 1859, French acrobat Jean-François Gravelet, better known by his stage name Blondin, became the first person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope. The 35-year-old crossed...

ON THIS DAY: Anne Frank was gifted her diary (1942)

A birthday gift that became history On June 12, 1942, Anne Frank received a red-and-white checkered diary as a gift for her 13th birthday in...

House Speakers Cyprus has had since 1960

Role of the House Speaker Since the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus in 1960, the Presidency of the House of Representatives has been a...

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ON THIS DAY: The September 11 attacks of 2001

Anthropic blocks AI biological weapons attempts

Anthropic says it has identified and disrupted attempts to...

85-year-old man dies after being struck by reversing vehicle in Anthoupoli

An 85-year-old man, Andreas Christou, has died after being seriously injured in...

EU aid programme allocates €34m to Turkish Cypriots

The European Commission on Friday approved an EU aid programme worth €34 million...

Bomb threat alert lifted at Larnaca Airport

A bomb threat at Larnaca Airport triggered security protocols and grounded a flight...
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