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| The rock band The Sidewinders changed their name to the Sand Rubies after being sued by a cover band over the use of their name. |
| Dutch publisher Emanuel Querido published 110 works between 1933 and 1940 by German writers in exile. |
| The Shtyki Memorial (pictured), which honors the defenders of Russia in the Battle of Moscow, is depicted on the flag and coat of arms of Zelenograd. |
| The Secret Battle (1919) was the first novel by A. P. Herbert, and the first war novel to deal with the soldiers "shot at dawn" during World War I. |
| Ben Abell provided the St. Louis area with more than 120,000 weather forecasts. |
| The Bangalore based SELCO company, which promotes solar power in rural India, has twice won an Ashden Award. |
| The third of four expeditions sent in the late 19th century by French nobleman Marquis de Rays to an imaginary majestic colony called New France in present day Papua New Guinea, saw 123 Italian settlers perish of disease and famine. |
| The Salerno Mutiny of 1943 saw the largest number of men charged with mutiny at any one time in all of British military history. |
| Introitus et Exitus, a financial record of the Apostolic Camera from 1279 to 1524, has been used to authenticate the provenance of artworks and study past European exchange and interest rates. |
| The City and Town Hall (pictured) in Rochelle, Illinois was constructed in 1884 following an 18-year disagreement over cost between the city and Flagg Township. |
| The Greek Phlyax plays of South Italy might have been an influence on Roman comedies of Plautus. |
| The New Zealand Railways Department dumped tank locomotives of the WB class in the Mokihinui River to protect against erosion beside the route of the Seddonville Branch line. |
| Vancouver police Chief Jamie Graham apologized for leaving a paper target riddled with bullet holes on the desk of the city manager, his boss, as a joke. |
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