@valimahlouji I've got a mystery I hope you can solve! I've seen your name pop up as an expert on Lebanese art so I'm hoping you can tell me what this is. It's on the old LL1 banknote that has #Baalbek as a theme.
#OTD in 1951 Baudouin became King of Belgium after his father abdicated. He is said to have had foreknowledge of the brutal murder of Patrice Lumumba carried out by Belgian soldiers in Congo.
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#OTD in 1929 King Hassan II of #Morocco was born. His rule was so brutal it was known as the Years of Lead. Due to his anti-communist rhetoric, however, he was a close ally of the West, even working covertly with Israel to undermine his neighbors.
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#OTD in 1906 Abdylas Maldybaev was born. He is the most well known Kyrgyz composer and was one of the authors of the national anthem of #Kyrgyzstan. He was also known as an actor, a singer, and an educator.
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#OTD in 1940 Nursultan Nazarbayev was born. He is the longest serving president of #Kazakhstan and one of the longest serving non-royals in the world. He still holds the reigns of power as permanent Chairman of the Security Council.
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#OTD in 1801 David Farragut was born. He began his service in the US Navy at the age of 9 and became the first Admiral in US Navy history. He fought in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the US Civil War.
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#OTD in 1904 Saïd Mohamed Cheikh was born. He was a foundational figure for #Comoros, separating it from nearby Madagascar and laying the foundation a future independence from France.
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#OTD in 1911 George V was coronated. He reigned over the British Empire at its greatest size while the empires of his first cousins Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II disappeared from history.
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#OTD in 1798 František Palacký was born in the future #Czechia. He is considered one of the Fathers of the Nation for his advocacy of Czech nationalism and his sweeping history of the Czech state.
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#OTD in 1793 Diego Portales was born in #Chile. As the power behind the presidency in the early 19th century, he was deeply unpopular, but his image was redeemed after his 1837 assassination by a mutinous general.
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#OTD in 1868 Karl Landsteiner was born in #Austria. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery of the blood types. He was also on the team that isolated the polio virus.
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#OTD in 980 Vladimir the Great became ruler of the Kievan Rus after killing his brother Yaropolk. He ruled until his death in 1015.
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