28 January: Tribute to William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and...
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28 January: Remembering Luz Jiménez on Birthday
Luz Jiménez (28 January 1897 – 11 August 1956) was an Indigenous Mexican model and Nahuatl-language linguistic informant, Luz Jiménez. Known as la mujer más pintada de México (the most painted woman of Mexico), Luz is depicted in countless works by Mexican artists of the early 20th century.
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28 January in Indian and World History
28 January in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various...
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28 January: Remembering Robert William Holley on his Birth Anniversary
Robert William Holley (28 January 1922 – 11 February 1993) was an American biochemist. He received...
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28 January: Remembering Jackson Pollock on Birthday
Jackson Pollock (28 January 1912 – 11 August 1956) was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. He was widely noticed for his “drip technique” of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles
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28 January: Remembering Hidetsugu Yagi on Birthday
Hidetsugu Yagi (28 January 1886 – 19 January 1976) was a Japanese electrical engineer from Osaka, Japan. When working at Tohoku Imperial University, he wrote several articles that introduced a new antenna designed by his assistant Shintaro Uda to the English-speaking world
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28 January: Celebrating Largest Snowflake
Image Courtesy: Google Doodle The largest snowflake ever recorded was reported to have fallen in...
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28 January: Remembering Jim Wong-Chu on Birthday
Jim Wong-Chu (28 January 1949 – 11 July 2017) was a Canadian activist, community organizer, poet, author, editor, and historian. Wong-Chu is one of Canada’s most celebrated literary pioneers. He also co-edited several anthologies featuring Asian Canadian writers.
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28 January: Tribute to Zora Neale Hurston on Death Anniversary
Zora Neale Hurston (7 January 1891 – 28 January 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American South. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, published in 1937. She also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, and essays.
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