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31/12/2010
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| Giovanni Michelucci (1891-1990) |
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Italian architect (20th Death Anniversary)
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28/12/2010
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| Vladimir Tatlin (1885-c.1953) |
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Russian painter (125th Birth Anniversary)
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28/12/2010
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| Simon Henry (1910-1987) |
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French painter (100th Birth Anniversary)
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22/12/2010
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| Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) |
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American painter and Street Artist (50th Birth Anniversary)
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15/12/2010
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| Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) |
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Austrian architect (140th Birth Anniversary)
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14/12/2010
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| Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) |
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American painter and designer (120th Birth Anniversary)
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13/12/2010
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| Van Heflin (1910-1971) |
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American actor (100th Birth Anniversary)
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10/12/2010
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| Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685) |
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Dutch painter (400th Birth Anniversary)
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10/12/2010
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| Adolf Loos (1870-1933) |
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Austrian architect (140th Birth Anniversary)
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02/12/2010
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| Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810) |
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German painter (200th Death Anniversary)
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30/11/2010
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| Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) |
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Irish writer and poet (110th Death Anniversary)
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28/11/2010
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| Jean Frederic Bazille (1841-1870) |
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French painter (140th Death Anniversary)
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26/11/2010
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| Leonardo Cremonini (1925-) |
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Italian painter and draftsman (85th Birth Anniversary)
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25/11/2010
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| Maurice Denis (1870-1943) |
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French painter (140th Birth Anniversary)
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18/11/2010
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| Black Friday |
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300 suffragettes campaigned outside the House of Commons (100th Anniversary)
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14/11/2010
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| John La Farge (1835-1910) |
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American painter and decorator (100th Death Anniversary)
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14/11/2010
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| Jean-Pierre Alaux (1925-) |
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French painter (85th Birth Anniversary)
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13/11/2010
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| Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) |
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Scottish writer (160th Birth Anniversary)
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11/11/2010
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| Johan Joseph Zoffany (1733-1810) |
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German painter (200th Death Anniversary)
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November 2010
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| The Mexican Revolution breaks out |
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(100th Anniversary)
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31/10/2010
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| Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) |
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Japanese painter (250th Birth Anniversary)
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26/10/2010
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| Francesco Vanni (1563-1610) |
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Italian painter and engraver (400th Death Anniversary)
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26/10/2010
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| Meeting between Giuseppe Garibaldi & Vittorio Emanuele II |
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(150th Anniverario)
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25/10/2010
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| Giorgione (1477-1510) |
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Italian painter (500th Death Anniversary)
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22/10/2010
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| Arman (1928-2005) |
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French painter and sculptor (5th Death Anniversary)
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17/10/2010
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| Bernardo Bellotto (1721 ca.-1780) |
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Italian painter and engraver (230th Death Anniversary)
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16/10/2010
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| Paul Strand (1890-1976) |
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American photographer and videographer (120th Birth Anniversary)
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04/10/2010
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| Jean Béraud (1849-1935) |
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French painter (75th Death Anniversary)
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03/10/2010
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| Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860) |
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American painter (150th Death Anniversary)
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29/09/2010
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| Winslow Homer (1836-1910) |
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American painter (100th Death Anniversary)
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29/09/2010
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| Winslow Homer (1836-1910) |
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American painter (100th Death Anniversary)
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22/09/2010
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| Erik Gunnar Asplund (1885-1940) |
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Swedish architect (125th Birth Anniversary)
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21/09/2010
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| Ennio Morlotti (1910-1992) |
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Italian painter (100th Birth Anniversary)
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20/09/2010
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| Porta Pia Breach: the Italian army enters Rome |
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completing the Italian Unification (140th Anniversary)
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14/09/2010
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| Jack Hawkins (1910-1973) |
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American actor (100th Birth Anniversary)
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10/09/2010
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| Eric de Maré (1910-2002) |
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English photographer (100th Birth Anniversary)
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07/09/2010
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| William Holman Hunt (1827-1910) |
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English Pre-Raphaelite painter (100th Death Anniversary)
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02/09/2010
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| Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) |
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French painter (100th Death Anniversary)
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29/08/2010
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| Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) |
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French painter (230th Birth Anniversary)
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27/08/2010
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| Man Ray (1890-1976) |
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American Dadaist painter and photographer (120th Birth Anniversary)
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26/08/2010
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| Madre Teresa di Calcutta (1910-1997) |
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awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 (100th Birth Anniversary)
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25/08/2010
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| Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
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German philosopher and writer (110th Death Anniversary)
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25/08/2010
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| Dorothea Tanning (1910-) |
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American painter (100th Birth Anniversary)
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22/08/2010
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| Alexandre Gabriel Decamps (1803-1860) |
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French painter (150th Death Anniversary)
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20/08/2010
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| Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) |
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Finnish architect and designer (100th Birth Anniversary)
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18/08/2010
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| Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) |
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French writer (160th Death Anniversary)
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13/08/2010
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| Gaston Chaissac (1910-1964) |
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French painter (100th Birth Anniversary)
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08/08/2010
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| Robert Siodmak (1900-1973) |
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German director (110th Birth Anniversary)
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08/08/2010
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| Eugene Leroy (1910-2000) |
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French painter (100th Birth Anniversary)
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06/08/2010
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| Marino Marini (1901-1980) |
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Italian sculptor (30th Death Anniversary)
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05/08/2010
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| Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) |
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French writer (160th Birth Anniversary)
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03/08/2010
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| Edward Linley Sambourne (1844 ca.-1910) |
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Cartoonist (100th Death Anniversary)
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29/07/2010
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| Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) |
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Dutch painter (120th Death Anniversary)
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29/07/2010
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| Gaetano Bresci kills Umberto I of Savoy |
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King of Italy (110th Anniversary)
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24/07/2010
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| Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) |
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Painter and sculptor of Art Nouveau (150th Birth Anniversary)
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22/07/2010
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| Vicente López y Portańa (1772-1850) |
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Spanish neoclassical painter (160th Death Anniversary)
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20/07/2010
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| Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964) |
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Italian painter (120th Birth Anniversary)
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16/07/2010
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| Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573 ca.-1610) |
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Italian painter (400th Death Anniversary)
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06/07/2010
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| Louis Pasteur successfully tested |
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the rabies vaccine (125th Anniversary)
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05/07/2010
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| André Lhote (1885-1962) |
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French cubist painter (125th Birth Anniversary)
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03/07/2010
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| Alessandro Blasetti (1900-1987) |
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director of the Italian fascist cinema (110th Birth Anniversary)
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25/06/2010
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| First performance of The Fire bird |
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by Igor Stravinsky at the Opéra National de Paris (100th Anniversary)
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24/06/2010
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| Alfa Romeo was founded |
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(100th Anniversary)
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22/06/2010
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| First flight of the Zeppelin airship |
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(100th Anniversary)
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17/06/2010
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| Donated by France, the Statue of Liberty |
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arrives in New York (125th Anniversary)
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12/06/2010
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| Egon Schiele (1890-1918) |
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Austrian painter (120th Birth Anniversary)
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10/06/2010
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| André Derain (1880-1954) |
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French painter (130th Birth Anniversary)
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08/06/2010
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| Robert Schumann (1810-1856) |
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German composer and pianist (200th Death Anniversary)
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07/06/2010
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| Pietro Annigoni (1910-1988) |
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Italian painter (100th Birth Anniversary)
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30/05/2010
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| Francois Boucher (1703-1770) |
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Rococo French painter (240th Death Anniversary)
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29/05/2010
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| Yves Brayer (1907-1990) |
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French painter (20th Death Anniversary)
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28/05/2010
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| Piet Zwart (1885-1977) |
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Photographer, printer and Dutch designer (125th Birth Anniversary)
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23/05/2010
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| Franz Kline (1910-1962) |
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American painter (100th Birth Anniversary)
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19/05/2010
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| Henri Edmond Cross (1856-1910) |
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French painter (100th Death Anniversary)
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17/05/2010
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| Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) |
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Italian painter (500th Death Anniversary)
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15/05/2010
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| Jasper Johns (1930-) |
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American painter (80th Birth Anniversary)
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12/05/2010
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| Mario Sironi (1885-1961) |
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Italian painter (125th Birth Anniversary)
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06/05/2010
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| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) |
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German painter and engraver (130th Birth Anniversary)
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06/05/2010
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| George V becomes King of Britain |
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(100th Anniversary)
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05/05/2010
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| Start of the Expedition of the Thousand |
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led by Giuseppe Garibaldi (150th Anniversary)
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05/05/2010
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| Leo Lionni (1910-1999) |
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Italian painter, writer and illustrator (100th Birth Anniversary)
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05/05/2010
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| Ivan Aivazovskij (1817-1900) |
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Russian painter (110th Death Anniversary)
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25/04/2010
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| Teniers David il Giovane (1610-1690) |
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Flemish painter (320th Death Anniversary)
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23/04/2010
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| William Wordsworth (1770-1850) |
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English poet (160th Death Anniversary)
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23/04/2010
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| Paulette Goddard, Charlie Chaplin’s wife and actress |
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(100th Birth Anniversary)
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21/04/2010
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| Mark Twain (1835-1910) |
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American writer (100th Death Anniversary)
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15/04/2010
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| John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) |
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American painter (95th Death Anniversary)
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15/04/2010
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| Wilhelm Wagenfeld (1900-1990) |
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Industrial designer (110th Birth Anniversary)
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13/04/2010
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| James Ensor (1860-1949) |
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Belgian painter (150th Birth Anniversary)
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12/04/2010
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| Robert Delaunay (1885-1941) |
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French painter (125th Birth Anniversary)
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07/04/2010
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| Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) |
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American painter (110th Death Anniversary)
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05/04/2010
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| Emilio Greco (1913-1995) |
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Italian sculptor (15th Death Anniversary)
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02/04/2010
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| Napoleon marries Marie Louise of Austria |
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(200th Anniversary)
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02/04/2010
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| Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) |
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(5th Death Anniversary)
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31/03/2010
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| Giuseppe Giusti (1809-1850) |
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Italian poet (160th Death Anniversary)
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31/03/2010
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| Robert Stevenson (1905 -1986) |
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Scottish director (105th Birth Anniversary)
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28/03/2010
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| Marc Chagall (1887-1985) |
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Byelorussian painter (25th Death Anniversary)
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27/03/2010
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| Giambattista Tiepolo (1692-1770) |
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Italian painter (240th Death Anniversary)
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23/03/2010
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| Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) |
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Japanese director (100th Birth Anniversary)
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21/03/2010
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| Nadar (1820-1910) |
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French photographer (100th Death Anniversary)
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19/03/2010
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| Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1990-1958) |
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French physicist (110th Birth Anniversary)
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16/03/2010
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| At Knossos Arthur Evans uncovers a Minoan palace |
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(110th Anniversary)
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14/03/2010
|
| Spinello Aretino (1350/2-1410) |
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Italian painter (600th Death Anniversary)
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09/03/2010
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| Louis Haghe (1806-1885) |
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Painter and lithographer (125th Death Anniversary)
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01/03/2010
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| David Niven (1910-1983) |
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English actor (100th Birth Anniversary)
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01/03/2010
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| Gandhi began the campaign for the independence of India |
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(90th Anniversary)
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27/02/2010
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| Joan Bennett (1910-1990) |
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American actress (100th Birth Anniversary)
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25/02/2010
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| Thomas Worthington Whittredge (1820-1910) |
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American painter (100th Death Anniversary)
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25/02/2010
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| Mark Rothko (1903-1970) |
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American painter (40th Death Anniversary)
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23/02/2010
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| Corrado Cagli (1910-1976) |
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Italian artist and painter (100th Birth Anniversary)
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22/02/2010
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| Luis Bunuel (1900-1983) |
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Spanish director and screenwriter (110th Birth Anniversary)
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22/02/2010
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| Fréderic Chopin (1810-1849) |
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Polish composer and pianist (200th Birth Anniversary)
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13/02/2010
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| Alberto Burri (1915-1995) |
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Italian painter (15th Death Anniversary)
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08/02/2010
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| Marc Franz (1880-1916) |
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German painter (130th Birth Anniversary)
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08/02/2010
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| Max Liebermann (1847-1935) |
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German painter (75th Death Anniversary)
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26/01/2010
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| Bartolo di Fredi (1330-1410) |
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Italian painter (600th Death Anniversary)
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24/01/2010
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| Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) |
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Italian Painter (90th Death Anniversary)
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23/01/2010
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| Giovanni Antonio Guardi (1698-1760) |
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Italian painter (250th Death Anniversary)
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20/01/2010
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| Lorenzo Bartolini (1777-1850) |
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Italian sculptor (160th Death Anniversary)
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20/01/2010
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| Federico Fellini (1920-1993) |
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Italian director (90th Anniversary dalla nascita)
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20/01/2010
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| John Ruskin (1819-1900) |
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English writer and painter (110th Death Anniversary)
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08/01/2010
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| George Washington |
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gives the first State of the Union Address (220th Anniversary)
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08/01/2010
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| Serge Poliakoff (1900-1969) |
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Russian painter (110th Birth Anniversary)
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07/01/2010
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| Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries |
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fly across the English Channel in a hot-air balloon (225th Anniversary)
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06/01/2010
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| Wright Morris (1910-1998) |
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American writer and photographer (100th Birth Anniversary)
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05/01/2010
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| Yves Tanguy (1900-1955) |
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Surrealist French painter (110th Birth Anniversary)
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03/01/2010
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| The construction of Brooklyn Bridge begins |
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140th Anniversary
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2010
|
| Francesco Salviati (1510-1563) |
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Italian painter (500th Birth Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Walter Dexel (1890-1973) |
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German painter (120th Birth Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Charles B. Waite (1860-1929) |
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North American photographer (150th Birth Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Joan Rabascall (1935-) |
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French painter (75th Birth Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Bertrand Russell |
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receives the Nobel Prize in Literature (60th Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Gary Cooper |
|
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receives Academy Honorary Award (50th Anniversary)
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2010
|
| William Johnson (1901-1970) |
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African American painter (40th Death Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Francis Ford Coppola |
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|
wins the best director Golden Globe Award for Apocalypse Now (30th Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Dustin Hoffman |
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wins the best actor Golden Globe Award for Kramer vs. Kramer (30th Anniversary)
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2010
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| Meryl Streep wins the Best Supporting Actress |
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Golden Globe Award for Kramer vs. Kramer (30th Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Mikhail Gorbachev |
|
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receives the Nobel Peace Prize (20th Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Giuseppe Zimbalo (c.1617 -1710) |
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Italian architect and sculptor (300th Death Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Thomas Colman Dibdin (1810-1893) |
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English painter (200th Birth Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Felix Gaillard (1860-1927) |
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French photographer (150th Birth Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Albert Braitou-Sala (1885-1972) |
|
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French painter (125th Birth Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Slavko Kopac (1913-1995) |
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Art Brut’s painter (15th Death Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Étienne Martin (1913-1995) |
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French sculptor (15th Death Anniversary)
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January 2010
|
| Paris flood |
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100th Anniversary
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January 2010
|
| Start of the systematic slaves trade |
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from Africa to America (500th Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Sophia Loren |
|
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receives the Academy Honorary Award (20th Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Dr Crippen and Ethel le Neve |
|
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were arrested in London by Scotland Yard (100th Anniversary)
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2010
|
| William H. Bell (1830-1910) |
|
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American photographer (100th Death Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Jacqueline Lamba (1910-1993) |
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French painter 2nd wife of André Breton (100th Birth Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Giorgione (1477-1510) |
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Italian painter (500th Death Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Herbert Bayer (1900-1985) |
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Austrian graphic designer (110th Birth Anniversary)
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2010
|
| Paul-Emile Miot (1827-1900) |
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Naval officer and photographer (110th Death Anniversary)
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