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December 07, 2013
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Inauguration day of the operatic season 2013-2014 of theopera house La Scala, Milan
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8 years ago
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September 21, 2013
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In Munich, Bavaria, the 180th edition of the Oktoberfest starts
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8 years ago
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August 16, 2013
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In Siena the traditional Palio dell'Assunta, a horse race, is held
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8 years ago
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July 23, 2013
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The 28th edition of the World Youth Day starts in Rio de Janeiro
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8 years ago
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July 02, 2013
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In Siena the traditional Palio di Provenzano, a horse race, is held
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8 years ago
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July 01, 2013
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Lithuania assumes the chair of the presidency of the Council of the European Union
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8 years ago
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July 01, 2013
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Croatia joins the European Union
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8 years ago
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January 12, 2013
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Inauguration of Marseille-Provence as European Capital of Culture 2013
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8 years ago
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January 24, 2003
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Gianni Agnelli, Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of FIAT, died in Torino |
18 years ago
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January 16, 2003
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In Italy the new anti-smoking law prohibits smoking in public places |
18 years ago
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October 30, 1988
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The pilot Ayrton Senna won for the first time Formula 1 World Championship
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33 years ago
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September 09, 1988
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Ermanno Olmi won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for the film The Legend of the Holy Drinker
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33 years ago
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May 18, 1988
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Birth of the Salone del Libro of Turin, the most important Italian publishing event
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33 years ago
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April 30, 1988
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World Expo '88 opens in Brisbane (Australia). The main theme will be Leisure in the age of technology
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33 years ago
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April 11, 1988
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The movie Last Emperor, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, wins nine Oscars
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33 years ago
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October 09, 1963
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The water overflowed from the Vajont's hydroelectric dam caused the destruction of the villages in the valley below |
58 years ago
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August 28, 1963
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Martin Luther King delivers his famous speech "I Have a Dream" at the end of a march for civil rights |
58 years ago
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July 30, 1963
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American actress Lisa Kudrow was born in Encino
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58 years ago
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June 21, 1963
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Pope Paul VI succeeds Pope John XXIII |
58 years ago
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June 16, 1963
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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereškova is the first woman to have flown in space |
58 years ago
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March 22, 1963
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Please Please Me, the Beatles fist album, is edited
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58 years ago
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March 21, 1963
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The Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closes
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58 years ago
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January 14, 1963
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Steven Andrew Soderbergh, film producer and director, screenwriter and cinematographer was born in Atlanta
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58 years ago
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January 10, 1963
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Paola Antonelli, curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the MoMa, was born in Sassari
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58 years ago
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January 10, 1963
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Francesco Panetta, former Italian long-distance runner, specialist in steeplechase and 10K, was born in Siderno
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58 years ago
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