17 April
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Chavela Vargas: The Defiant Voice of Mexican Ranchera Music
Chavela Vargas (17 April 1919 – 5 August 2012) was a Mexican singer. She was especially known for her rendition…
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Karen Blixen: Storyteller of the African Landscape
Karen Blixen (17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote works in Danish and English.…
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17 April in Indian and World History
17 April in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various reasons. 17 April is the birth…
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Breaking Barriers: Inji Aflatoun’s Artistic Journey
Inji Aflatoun (16 April 1924 – 17 April 1989) was an Egyptian painter and activist in the women's movement. She…
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Anniversary of the Atomium
The Atomium is a unique modernist building located in Brussels, Belgium. It was built for the 1958 World Exposition, also…
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Unmasking a Legend: The Story of Georges J. F. Kohler
Georges J. F. Kohler (17 April 1946 – 1 March 1995) was a German immunologist who made significant contributions to…
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Jorge Isaacs: The Heartbeat of Colombian Literature”
Jorge Isaacs (1 April 1837 – 17 April 1895) was a Colombian writer, politician, and soldier. His only novel, María,…
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Henrik Dam: Discoverer of Vitamin K and Pioneer in Biochemistry
Henrik Dam (21 February 1895 – 17 April 1976) was a Danish biochemist and physiologist who received the Nobel Prize…
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Guan Moye: Exploring the Soul of Contemporary Chinese Literature
Guan Moye (17 February 1955), better known by the pen name Mo Yan, is a Chinese novelist and short story…
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Jean Baptiste Perrin: Pioneering Physicist and Nobel Laureate
Jean Baptiste Perrin (30 September 1870 – 17 April 1942) was a French physicist. In 1926, Jean Baptiste Perrin was…
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Roger Wolcott Sperry: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Split Brain
Roger Wolcott Sperry (20 August 1913 – 17 April 1994) was a renowned American neuroscientist and psychologist. In 1981, Roger…
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