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Today is 19 November and this happened on this date in the past:
1️⃣ The man in the iron mask, a political prisoner famous in French history and legend, died in the Bastille on this date in 1703.
2️⃣ On 19 November 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the brief but renowned Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the National Cemetery in Pennsylvania during the American Civil War.
3️⃣ Brazilian football (soccer) player Pelé scored his 1,000th career goal on 19 November 1969.
4️⃣ On this day in 1975, the dramatic film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was released in American theatres, and it became the first film since It Happened One Night (1934) to win the Academy Awards for best picture, director (Miloš Forman), lead actor (Jack Nicholson), lead actress (Louise Fletcher), and screenplay.
5️⃣ On 19 November 1990, the pop duo Milli Vanilli became the first performers to be stripped of a Grammy Award (for best new artist) after it was revealed that the two men had not sung on the album Girl You Know It's True (1989).
6️⃣ Amazon began selling on this date in 2007 the Kindle, a wireless electronic reading device that played a key role in popularizing e-books.
7️⃣ After the Arab-Israeli war of 1973–74, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat began to work toward peace, and on this day in 1977 he began his historic visit to Israel, during which he offered a peace plan to its parliament.
8️⃣ American criminal and cult leader Charles Manson - whose followers carried out several notorious murders in the 1960s, notably those at the home of Sharon Tate - died in prison at age 83.
9️⃣ These people were born on this day: queen of Jhansi Lakshmi Bai (1835), prime minister of India Indira Gandhi (1917), president of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (1954), American screenwriter and director Charlie Kaufman (1958) and American actress and director Jodie Foster (1962).
Lakshmi Bai
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Jodie Foster
Today is 19 November and this happened on this date in the past:
1️⃣ The man in the iron mask, a political prisoner famous in French history and legend, died in the Bastille on this date in 1703.
2️⃣ On 19 November 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the brief but renowned Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the National Cemetery in Pennsylvania during the American Civil War.
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3️⃣ Brazilian football (soccer) player Pelé scored his 1,000th career goal on 19 November 1969.
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4️⃣ On this day in 1975, the dramatic film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was released in American theatres, and it became the first film since It Happened One Night (1934) to win the Academy Awards for best picture, director (Miloš Forman), lead actor (Jack Nicholson), lead actress (Louise Fletcher), and screenplay.
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5️⃣ On 19 November 1990, the pop duo Milli Vanilli became the first performers to be stripped of a Grammy Award (for best new artist) after it was revealed that the two men had not sung on the album Girl You Know It's True (1989).
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6️⃣ Amazon began selling on this date in 2007 the Kindle, a wireless electronic reading device that played a key role in popularizing e-books.
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7️⃣ After the Arab-Israeli war of 1973–74, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat began to work toward peace, and on this day in 1977 he began his historic visit to Israel, during which he offered a peace plan to its parliament.
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8️⃣ American criminal and cult leader Charles Manson - whose followers carried out several notorious murders in the 1960s, notably those at the home of Sharon Tate - died in prison at age 83.
9️⃣ These people were born on this day: queen of Jhansi Lakshmi Bai (1835), prime minister of India Indira Gandhi (1917), president of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (1954), American screenwriter and director Charlie Kaufman (1958) and American actress and director Jodie Foster (1962).
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Lakshmi Bai
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Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
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Jodie Foster
Thank you, @Yue_ , for mentioning the visit of Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar Sadat to Israel, so I want to talk about the topic.
On November 19, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat made a historic visit to Israel, where he addressed the Knesset and called for peace.
The visit led to the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978, which stipulated Israel's withdrawal from Sinai and the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Despite its success in achieving peace with Israel, the visit faced widespread Arab rejection, and Egypt was isolated for a period of time from the Arab League.
It was a bold step that left a significant impact on the history of the region.
Omg milli vanilli i was in love with them when i was a little girl hhhhh 😜🤗🤗pele 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰jodie foster 1 of my favorite actrisses
I never heard of milli vanilli before but i saw when i made the list today that they were not singing themselves!! So they just playback if they give a concert? That is very strange and i never heard before that happened with somebody else that way.
Thank you very much for your comment @Sarahsalah27!! I could not tag you because i was already almost too late after our lunch break!! But there was a lot of Egypt news again today! 🙂 😃
I never heard of milli vanilli before but i saw when i made the list today that they were not singing themselves!! So they just playback if they give a concert? That is very strange and i never heard before that happened with somebody else that way.
Thank you very much for your comment @Sarahsalah27!! I could not tag you because i was already almost too late after our lunch break!! But there was a lot of Egypt news again today! 🙂 😃
That's okay, thank you @Yue_ and I hope you liked my comment ❤❤
I always like your comments because EVERYBODY can learn A LOTTT from it!! You know really a lot about history so it is always nice when you write about it! 🙂
Thank youuu really ❤❤❤♥🥰
Today is 20 November and this happened on this date in the past:
1️⃣ On this date in 1815 which was the final phase of the Napoleonic Wars, Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia renewed the Quadruple Alliance to prevent further French aggression. I hope that this flag is maybe nice for @Sabri_KC and @Pennarossa2024!! 😛
2️⃣ The American whaling ship Essex was rammed by a sperm whale on 20 November 1820 and later sank, inspiring the climactic scene in Herman Melville's Moby Dick (1851).
3️⃣ Russian author Leo Tolstoy, suffering from pneumonia, died of heart failure on 20 November 1910 at the railroad station of Astapovo.
4️⃣ Native American activists began an occupation of Alcatraz Island on this date in 1969, protesting what they saw as the U.S. government's ongoing economic, social, and political neglect of Native Americans; they were forced off the island in June 1971.
5️⃣ Francisco Franco, ruler of Spain since his overthrow of the democratic government in 1939, died at age 82 on 20 November 1975.
6️⃣ On this day in 1992, a massive fire erupted at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England, causing the destruction of 115 rooms, though the priceless art collection was largely untouched; it took nearly five years to repair the damage.
7️⃣ American tobacco companies signed an agreement on 20 November 1998 with the governments of 46 U.S. states to settle the states' claims for reimbursement of Medicaid funds they had expended to treat smoking-related illnesses, the settlement costing the tobacco manufacturers $206 billion beyond the $40 billion they had agreed to pay four other states in 1997.
8️⃣ On this day in 1910, Francisco Madero launched a failed revolt that nonetheless sparked the Mexican Revolution by inspiring hope in such leaders as Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, who then mobilized their ragged armies.
9️⃣ These people were born on this day: Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf (1858), Polish-born French American mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot (1924), American politician Robert F. Kennedy (1925), president of the United States Joe Biden (1942) and president of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan (1957).
Benoit Mandelbrot
Goodluck Jonathan
I never heard of milli vanilli before but i saw when i made the list today that they were not singing themselves!! So they just playback if they give a concert? That is very strange and i never heard before that happened with somebody else that way.
Thank you very much for your comment @Sarahsalah27!! I could not tag you because i was already almost too late after our lunch break!! But there was a lot of Egypt news again today! 🙂 😃
There is a Movie about Milli Vanilli on Prime. Its called "Girl you know its true".
In Germany they are very, very famous because a german produced their songs...frank farian.
There is a Movie about Milli Vanilli on Prime. Its called "Girl you know its true".
In Germany they are very, very famous because a german produced their songs...frank farian.
Thank you very much @Jinjer I will watch that movie later if it is on youtube!! 🙂 Thank you for the nice tip! 🙏🙏
Today is 21 November and this happened on this date in the past:
1️⃣ The first crewed hot-air balloon flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d'Arlandes, traveling from the Château de la Muette across the Bois de Boulogne on the edge of Paris in a balloon made by Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier. This happened on 21 November 1783.
2️⃣ The Continental System, a blockade designed to close the entire European continent to British trade, was proclaimed on 21 November 1805 when Napoleon issued the Berlin Decree.
3️⃣ On Bloody Sunday on 21 November 1920, the Irish Republican Army killed 11 Englishmen suspected of being intelligence agents, and the Black and Tans took revenge the same afternoon, attacking spectators and players at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park, Dublin, killing 12 and wounding 60.
4️⃣ On this day in 1922, Rebecca Ann Felton of Georgia was sworn into office, becoming the first woman seated in the U.S. Senate; Felton, who was appointed to the seat, served only two days.
5️⃣ The horror classic Frankenstein, based on a stage adaptation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 1818 novel, was released in the United States, and it helped make the hulking monster, who was portrayed by Boris Karloff, one of the most recognizable characters in film history.
6️⃣ A peace agreement, known as the Dayton Accords, was reached by the presidents of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia, ending the Bosnian War. This happened on this day in 1995.
7️⃣ On 21 November 2002, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit meeting in Prague extended an official invitation to become new alliance members to Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
8️⃣ On this day in 2017, after some 37 years as leader of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe resigned from office as the parliament began impeachment proceedings against him.
9️⃣ On this day in 1620, 41 male passengers on the Mayflower, prior to landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts, signed the Mayflower Compact, by which they agreed to abide by the laws of the new government they would establish.
🔟 These people were born on this day: French philosopher and author Voltaire (1694), Belgian artist René Magritte (1898), Icelandic musician Björk (1965), American football player Troy Aikman (1966) and American baseball player Ken Griffey, Jr. (1969).
Voltaire
René Magritte
Björk
Today is 21 November and this happened on this date in the past:
1️⃣ The first crewed hot-air balloon flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d'Arlandes, traveling from the Château de la Muette across the Bois de Boulogne on the edge of Paris in a balloon made by Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier. This happened on 21 November 1783.📸️
2️⃣ The Continental System, a blockade designed to close the entire European continent to British trade, was proclaimed on 21 November 1805 when Napoleon issued the Berlin Decree.
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3️⃣ On Bloody Sunday on 21 November 1920, the Irish Republican Army killed 11 Englishmen suspected of being intelligence agents, and the Black and Tans took revenge the same afternoon, attacking spectators and players at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park, Dublin, killing 12 and wounding 60.
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4️⃣ On this day in 1922, Rebecca Ann Felton of Georgia was sworn into office, becoming the first woman seated in the U.S. Senate; Felton, who was appointed to the seat, served only two days.
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5️⃣ The horror classic Frankenstein, based on a stage adaptation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 1818 novel, was released in the United States, and it helped make the hulking monster, who was portrayed by Boris Karloff, one of the most recognizable characters in film history.
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6️⃣ A peace agreement, known as the Dayton Accords, was reached by the presidents of Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia, ending the Bosnian War. This happened on this day in 1995.
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7️⃣ On 21 November 2002, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit meeting in Prague extended an official invitation to become new alliance members to Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
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8️⃣ On this day in 2017, after some 37 years as leader of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe resigned from office as the parliament began impeachment proceedings against him.
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9️⃣ On this day in 1620, 41 male passengers on the Mayflower, prior to landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts, signed the Mayflower Compact, by which they agreed to abide by the laws of the new government they would establish.
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🔟 These people were born on this day: French philosopher and author Voltaire (1694), Belgian artist René Magritte (1898), Icelandic musician Björk (1965), American football player Troy Aikman (1966) and American baseball player Ken Griffey, Jr. (1969).
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Voltaire
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René Magritte
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Björk
Speaking of the movie Frankenstein, I want to talk about the original novel by Mary Shelley.
I really consider that novel one of my favorite novels because it is not just an ordinary horror story, but rather carries deep human meanings and philosophical ideas about life and ambition.
The novel tells the story of ambitious scientist Victor Frankenstein who creates a creature using parts of dead bodies. But he abandons him because of his terrifying appearance, causing the creature to suffer loneliness, rejection, and search for revenge.
What distinguishes the novel is that it raises important questions:
Does science have limits?
How can irresponsible decisions lead to disasters?
It also sheds light on feelings of loneliness and abandonment, and makes us sympathize with the “monster” despite his appearance. I love this novel because it combines horror and philosophy, and presents a story full of human feelings and conflicts.
It makes us think about the consequences of our actions and the meaning of humanity.