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ON THIS DAY: The U.S. space shuttle program ended (2011)

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Atlantis returned to Earth for the final time On this day in 2011, the U.S. space shuttle program came to an end when Atlantis landed...

ON THIS DAY: Apollo 11 lands on the Moon in historic first (1969)

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On 20 July 1969, NASA achieved one of the greatest milestones in human history when the Apollo 11 lunar module successfully landed on the...

ON THIS DAY: Cinema legend, Ingmar Bergman is born (1918)

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On 14 July 1918, Ernst Ingmar Bergman was born in Uppsala, Sweden. He would become one of the most influential directors in the history...

ON THIS DAY: Mary Quant and the miniskirt revolution (1964)

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On 10 July 1964, fashion history remembers Mary Quant’s role in transforming the way a generation dressed, as the miniskirt emerged as one of...

ON THIS DAY: The 9th of July massacre and Archbishop Kyprianos’ hanging (1821)

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Today, 9 July, marks the 204th anniversary of the horror of the hanging of Archbishop Kyprianos and the beheading of the three Metropolitan bishops,...
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Netherlands withdraws from Eurovision 2027 over Israel

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ON THIS DAY: Cuban Missile Crisis Black Saturday (1962)

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On 27 October 1962, the Cold War came perilously...

“Nicosia is not a neutral background for contemporary art”

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PSI Foundation’s Art Director, Danila Parniouk, talks about the...
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