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Ivan Pyryev was the winner of six Stalin Prizes and was the Director of Mosfilm studios. 
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| Gothabhaya of Sri Lanka banished 60 Buddhist monks from the Abhayagiri monastery for following Mahayana teachings. |
| The Bobrof Volcano is an uninhabited island in the Andreanof Islands, part of Alaska's Aleutian archipelago. |
| Richard Morningstar is the Special Envoy of the United States Secretary of State for Eurasian Energy. |
| The election in 1181 of Pope Lucius III was the first papal election held in accordance with the decree that the pope is to be elected with a two-thirds majority by the cardinals. |
| Albert Midlane wrote over 700 hymns, his best known being "There's a Friend for Little Children". |
| The Colorado-class battleships (USS Maryland pictured) did not undergo a significant modernization prior to the Second World War despite various proposals that had been circulating since 1933. |
| Photographer Fred Hartsook went from driving a mule-drawn mobile darkroom around California to taking pictures of Hollywood stars like Mary Pickford. |
| "Mr. Tambourine Man" was the first song written by Bob Dylan to reach #1 on a pop music chart. |
| After surviving almost two years in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Lise Børsum wrote a book about her experiences in the camp. |
| Unless HR 2267 passes, there will be no federal or state regulatory agency protecting US citizens or ensuring "standards of integrity and fairness" on certain interstate activities. |
| Charles Lock, British consul in Naples, hated the British ambassador's wife Emma Hamilton, and wrote widely read scabrous letters back home denouncing her and her lover Lord Nelson. |
| Hebrew National's kosher hot dogs, three-quarters of which are bought by non-Jews, have been advertised for decades under the slogan We answer to a higher authority. |
| The fall of a meteorite (pictured) was first documented in 1766 by Domenico Troili. |
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