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Video: April 15 in history: da Vinci, Titanic, Pugacheva, Lomonosov, "Miss World" and more
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
April 15 is a wonderful spring day that gave the world the great artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci, the "snow queen of Hollywood" and the "La Gioconda of the Screen" Greta Garbo, the founder of Moscow State University Mikhail Lomonosov, the prima donna of the Russian stage Alla Pugacheva. The list of wonderful people born on this day and bright events that took place on April 15 can be continued.
April 15th in history
1912 - The Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Already known today incredible facts of the century shipwreck.
1951 - The first Miss World beauty pageant took place in London. More than half a century has passed since that time. The competition has grown and transformed. Today even beauty pageant for women affected by old mines.
Were born on this day
1452 - Leonardo da Vinci - Italian artist, scientist, inventor, universal genius of the Renaissance. These works are still very popular today. Confirmation of this review of parodies and recreations of the famous painting by Da Vinci.
1684 - Catherine I - Russian Empress (1725-1727), second wife of Peter I. It should be said that among some historians there is an opinion that Catherine is one of 10 great failures of Peter I.
1886 - Nikolai Gumilev - Russian poet, founder of the school of acmeism, literary critic, traveler
1912 - Kim Il Sung - Korean politician, founder and first chapter North Korea - one of the most closed countries in the world.
1933 - Boris Strugatsky Soviet and Russian science fiction writer, screenwriter, translator. 10 philosophical thoughts of Soviet science fiction writers Strugatsky brothers about life and people are still relevant today.
1949 - Alla Pugacheva - Russian pop singer, prima donna of the national stage, People's Artist of the USSR
Died on this day
1764 - Marquise de Pompadour - French aristocrat, official favorite of King Louis XV.
1765 - Mikhail Lomonosov - the first Russian natural scientist, founder of Moscow State University, Russian man who overtook enlightened Europe.
1990 - Greta Garbo - Swedish and American film actress
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