Would you like to see a history themed group for steamgifts?
April 27, 1953
Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
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April 29th, 2015: A new birdlike dinosaur, Yi qi, has been discovered in China; the fossils suggest that it lived about 160 million years ago and had membranous, bat-like wings that not been seen in other dinosaur species.
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Why not, groups are always a good idea :)
26-29.04.1994 in Africa: First free elections after the end of apartheid.
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4/26, 1564- William Shakespeare's Birthday. Surprised no one else has posted that one yet :P
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The city of Guernica in the Basque Country was destroyed by Luftwaffe bombing, 80 years ago. Interestingly, the oak tree that represents the freedoms and laws of the Basque people survived this bombing and lived until 2004.
The most famous Picasso painting is based on this event.
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yes, the painting is in Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid
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Not so big event (compared to some other mentioned before) - this day in 1835 was premiere of Frederic Chopin’s ‘Grand Polonaise Brillante’ which some of you might recall from movie The Pianist (played at the end)
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yup, the director of Orchestra which made records for the movie was Tadeusz Strugala, i even had an opportunity to see him at concert with Seong-Jin Cho, the winner of 17th Chopin Competition in Warsaw...:)
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Today, 80 years ago, during the Spanish Civil War, the ancient town of Guernica was attacked by German warplanes.
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April 27, 1773
"British Parliament passes the Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and, thus, granting it a de facto monopoly on the American tea trade."
This led to the Boston Tea Party later that year.
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26 April 1945 : Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason
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Wow, I was some hours away. Now I have to read a lot. :-)
I am really impressed of all the different historical events you have posted in this short time. And nothing escalated. And imagine, you can do this for every day in the year. A big thanks for all of you!
I think it is important to learn about the history - which determines culture - of other countries. So we are able to change perspectives and can try to understand the actions of others.
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1810 Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.
You've probably heard it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mVW8tgGY_w 🤗🎵
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Probably. ;-) Had to play it when I was younger during my piano lessons.
But the melody still works. Metal Version
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Chemical Weapons Convention, its entry into force on 29 April 1997.
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On 26 April 1803 a meteoroid entered the Earth's atmosphere and air burst over L'Aigle.
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The bombing of Guernica (26 April 1937) was an aerial bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. It was carried out at the behest of the Spanish nationalist government by its allies, the Nazi German Luftwaffe's Condor Legion and the Fascist Italian Aviazione Legionaria, under the code name Operation Rügen. The town was being used as a communications center behind the frontline.
The attack gained infamy because it involved the bombing of civilians by a military air force
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The 28th of April 1877 the Willemspoorbrug was opened for public. It was dismantled years ago; only the monumental lift remains. It's currently under renovation.
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Hi all,
I try to learn more and more about steamgifts. Today I try with my first little sgtool-protected train [lvl2, ticket at the end]
But this is not my main issue. In the last days I saw a lot of giveaways created by darla13 and they often had historical events in the descriptions. We talked a bit about history and thought: Maybe history could be a topic for a new group. What do you think about this idea?
If you want to bump this thread please do it with a historical Event with its date between now an 29/4. You could post links, your own opinion about an event, gifs, Pictures and so on. All is welcome.
I will start with an event as an example: From 26/4 till 29/4/1994 the first general elections in South Africa were held. This marks the end of the Apartheid. The 4/27 is now a public holiday: the Freedom Day
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