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| Future King Henry IV of England and Marshal of France Jean Le Maingre took part in the Lithuanian Civil War. |
| Adam Raphael was named Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards of 1973 for a Guardian series on labour conditions in South Africa. |
| Almost all Pakistani pop music videos were forbidden to air on local television after Zia-ul-Haq's military coup in 1977. |
| German politician Käte Strobel broke a taboo in 1967 by promoting sex education with a school book and the government-sponsored film Helga. |
| Boston Celtics head coaches Red Auerbach (pictured) and Bill Fitch were named to the list of the Top 10 Coaches in NBA history. |
| The journey described in Eat, Pray, Love, a memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert, was financed by an advance on the book she planned to write about the trip. |
| The painter Cuno Amiet, a pioneer of modern art in Switzerland, created more than a thousand self-portraits. |
| The Dorado Group is one of the richest galaxy clusters in the Southern Hemisphere and thought to be unvirialized which could explain its abundance of H I and spirals. |
| The title for Christian musician Matthew West’s album Something to Say had already been decided before he knew that he would have to be vocally silent for two months. |
| coffee production in Costa Rica in the 19th century created enough revenue to build the National Theater in the capital San José. |
| The first modern time capsule was Thornwell Jacobs’ Crypt of Civilization at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia, due to be opened May 28, 8113. |
| Arthur Bingham was commander of HMS Little Belt, when the Little Belt Affair (pictured) occurred in 1811. |
| Bethany Black has been described as "Britain's only goth, lesbian, transsexual comedian". |
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