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Twilight Struggle: 20 Years of Cold War Gameplay

The board game Twilight Struggle, celebrating its 20th anniversary, held an international convention in Vitoria, Spain with 128 games played, highlighting its enduring popularity and success stemming from its realistic depiction of the Cold War and use in educational settings.

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Madrid Event Honors Journalists Who Defied Franco

A June 9th event at Madrid's Larra 14, a building with a rich journalistic history, honored 20 journalists who resisted Franco's dictatorship through various methods, highlighting the struggle for press freedom and its eventual restoration after the transition to democracy.

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Gatekeeper's Suicide: A Nazi Occupation's Tragic Consequence

Joseph Meister, the first human recipient of Pasteur's rabies vaccine in 1885, committed suicide in 1940 upon the Nazi occupation of Paris, unable to prevent their entry into the Pasteur Institute where he worked as a gatekeeper, highlighting the lasting impact of Nazism.

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Record-Breaking Sale of Alan Turing Papers Highlights His Enduring Legacy

A collection of rare Alan Turing papers, including his PhD dissertation and seminal work "On Computable Numbers," sold for a record £465,400 at auction in Lichfield, UK, highlighting Turing's lasting impact on computer science. The papers were nearly destroyed during a house clearance but were recov...

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Villingen Fire Causes Millions in Damage, Injures Six

A large fire in Villingen, Germany, injured six people, including two firefighters, and caused millions of euros in damage after spreading to four buildings and collapsing three roofs; police are investigating the cause.

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Trump Hosts Costly D.C. Military Parade

President Trump is hosting a $25-45 million military parade in Washington D.C. on Saturday, celebrating the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary; this is the capital's first such event in over three decades and coincides with Trump's birthday.

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AIIMS Doctor Recounts Indira Gandhi's Final Moments

Dr. Sneh Bhargava, former director of AIIMS, details in her memoir the events of October 31, 1984, when she treated Indira Gandhi after her assassination, revealing the deception maintained at AIIMS to manage the political fallout until Rajiv Gandhi's swearing in, and the ensuing deadly riots.

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Soviet Music Repression: Political Factors Outweighed Ideology

Michel Krielaars's "Al son de la utopía" explores the Soviet regime's repression of musicians, revealing that political factors and economic crises, rather than ideology, primarily drove the persecution of composers like Shostakovich and Prokofiev, along with lesser-known artists and popular singers...

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The Monster Within: Exploring the Psychological and Societal Implications of 'Monstrosity'

Following a homophobic attack by his father, a patient questions the meaning of 'monster', prompting an exploration of the concept's psychological and societal implications, historical representations, and inherent human 'horror'.

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Gender Equality
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British Travelers' Accounts of 19th- and 20th-Century Spain

William Chislett's book, "Los curiosos impertinentes," collects writings by 20 British travelers in Spain from the 19th and 20th centuries, revealing their diverse experiences and perspectives on Spanish culture and society, with many accounts shaped by political and social contexts.

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This Is the Shang" Exhibition Validates Historical Records, Reveals Dynasty's Profound Impact

The "This Is the Shang" exhibition at Beijing's Grand Canal Museum, running until October, showcases 338 artifacts illuminating the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century BC), validating Sima Qian's historical records with oracle bone inscriptions and demonstrating the dynasty's profound impact...

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Origins and Global Celebrations of Father's Day

Father's Day, celebrated on the third Sunday of June, is believed to have originated in 1910 in the US with Sonora Smart Dodd, gaining official recognition in the US in 1966 and 1972; it's celebrated with varying traditions across countries, including the use of red and white roses.

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