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Did you know?

On this day ...

Painting of an empty chair by Kefah Ali Deeb

... that Syrian artist Kefah Ali Deeb painted an empty chair (pictured) as her vision of victims and refugees?
... that three of the four Richmond Theatres were destroyed by fire, of which the 1811 fire was described as "early America's first great disaster"?
... that Claude Hamilton Verity, a grandson of Doncaster mayor Charles Verity, was an early pioneer of the synchronisation of sound with silent films?
... that one of the "plushest" nightclubs in northern Florida turned into studios for a TV station in Jacksonville?
... that Left Socialist-Revolutionary leader Maria Spiridonova addressed her party's fourth congress in October 1918 by letter as she was in jail?
... that KT Leveston, the 254th pick in the 2024 NFL draft, is from U.S. area code 254?
... that many people with heart failure, diabetes, or ME/CFS cannot raise their heart rates sufficiently during exercise?
... that within years of Aza Arnold inventing a device to improve cotton roving, it was plagiarized across the United States and Europe?
... that Aurora Gaming's roster for Apex Legends is made up of Fire Beavers?

Monument of Branimir

879 – Pope John VIII officially recognised Croatia as an independent state, and Branimir (monument pictured) as its duke.
1628 – The Petition of Right, a major English constitutional document that set out specific liberties of individuals, received royal assent from King Charles I.
1917 – First World War: The British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines under German lines, killing perhaps 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history during the Battle of Messines.
1948 – Anti-Jewish riots broke out in the French protectorate in Morocco, during which 44 people were killed and 150 injured.
1969 – In their only UK concert, the rock supergroup Blind Faith, featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Ginger Baker, debuted in London's Hyde Park in front of 100,000 fans.

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