📰 TODAY IN HISTORY

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📜 Historical Events
🌍 • 1484 — Portuguese navigator Diogo Cão reaches the mouth of the Congo River, expanding European exploration of the African coast.
💉 • 1885 — Louis Pasteur successfully administers his rabies vaccine to Joseph Meister, marking one of the greatest advances in medical history.
✈️ • 1919 — The British airship R-34 completes the first transatlantic crossing by air.
📖 • 1942 — Anne Frank and her family enter the famous "Secret Annex" in Amsterdam, where they would remain hidden during the Nazi occupation.
🔫 • 1947 — The AK-47 enters production in the Soviet Union, becoming one of the most widely manufactured rifles in history.
🎸 • 1957 — John Lennon meets Paul McCartney in Liverpool. This meeting would give rise to one of the greatest bands of all time: The Beatles.
🛫 • 1998 — Hong Kong International Airport opens, replacing the historic Kai Tak Airport.
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⭐ Births
🎩 • 1781 — Thomas Stamford Raffles, British administrator and founder of modern Singapore.
🎼 • 1864 — Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and pioneer of nationalism in classical music.
🎨 • 1887 — Marc Chagall, renowned Franco-Russian painter.
🌺 • 1907 — Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and one of the greatest icons of Latin American art.
🇺🇸 • 1946 — George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States.
🥊 • 1946 — Sylvester Stallone, American actor, director, and screenwriter.
🎶 • 1946 — Toquinho, Brazilian singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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🕊️ Deaths
🔥 • 1415 — Jan Hus, Czech religious reformer, burned at the stake.
⚖️ • 1535 — Thomas More, English humanist, statesman, and saint.
🖋️ • 1871 — Castro Alves, the eternal "Poet of the Slaves."
📚 • 1893 — Guy de Maupassant, French master of the modern short story.
🏅 • 1962 — William Faulkner, American writer and Nobel Prize laureate in Literature.
🎺 • 1971 — Louis Armstrong, jazz legend worldwide.
🎼 • 2020 — Ennio Morricone, Italian composer responsible for unforgettable film scores.
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🎉 Holidays and Events
🌎 International
💋 International Kissing Day.
🦠 World Zoonoses Day.
🇰🇲 Comoros — Independence Day.
🇲🇼 Malawi — Independence Day.
🐂 Start of the traditional San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, Spain.
🇧🇷 Brazil
🏞️ Anniversary of Teresópolis (RJ).
🌿 Anniversary of Mocajuba (PA).
☀️ Anniversary of Curaçá (BA).
🏛️ Anniversary of Piratini (RS).
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