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Events (300 years ago today): 1725 – The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
Events (100 years ago today): 1925 – The opera Doktor Faust, unfinished when composer Ferruccio Busoni died, is premiered in Dresden.[8]
Births (250 years ago today): 1775 – Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician (d. 1840)
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Anthony Mundine, Australian rugby league player and boxer
Deaths (950 years ago today): 1075 – Richeza of Poland, queen of Hungary (b. 1013)
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1925 – Hidesabur? Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachik? (b. 1871)
Commemorations:
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
History Quote of the Day
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