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On this day 17 July

11. 7. 2018In 1674, the English Christian hymnwriter Isaac Watts is born. In 1918, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia is executed with her family.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/17-july/460467

9. 7. 2018In 1880, Emily Howard Stowe is the first woman in Canada to receive a license to practice medicine. In 1911, the famous dancer Ginger Rogers is born. She worked a great deal with Fred Astaire.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/16-july/460283

On this day 29 June

27. 6. 2018In 1793, the Czech technician Josef Ressel, who patented the ship propeller, is born. In 1883, the Italian politician, head of the fascist party and dictator Benito Mussolini is born.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/29-june/459153

On this day 17 June

14. 6. 2018In 1818 in Paris, the French composer Charles Gounod is born. In his works he endeavoured to have his own original ethnic expression.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/17-june/458055

On this day 17 June

14. 6. 2018In 1818 in Paris, the French composer Charles Gounod is born. In his works he endeavoured to have his own original ethnic expression.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/17-june/458056

On this day 13 June

11. 6. 2018In 323 BC in Babylon, Alexander the Great dies in Macedonia.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/13-june/457706

On this day 27 May

18. 5. 2018In 427 B. C. the Greek philosopher Plato is born. In 1840 in Nice the Italian violinist and composer Niccolo Paganini dies.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/27-may/455402

On this day 21 May

18. 5. 2018In 1471 in Nuremberg German painter Albrecht Dürer is born. He secured a reputation as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/21-may/455394

On this day 6 April

4. 4. 2018In 885 St. Method, brother of St. Cyril, dies. Together they invented the Glagolithic alphabet. In 648 BC the old Greeks first describe a solar eclipse.

https://www.rtvslo.si/radio-si/on-this-day/6-april/450874