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Оглавление1851 Mary Shelley, who at 21 wrote Frankenstein, died aged 54.
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1874 Hugo von Hofmannsthal, poet, dramatist and librettist (Der Rosenkavalier), was born in Vienna.
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1884 publication of the first fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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1896 the world premiere of Puccini’s opera La Bohème took place in Turin, with Arturo Toscanini conducting.
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1910 the first British labour exchange opened.
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1915 Stanley Matthews, footballer, was born in Stoke-on-Trent.
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1924 Britain formally recognised the Soviet Union.
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1974 Ronald Biggs, one of the Great Train Robbers, was arrested by Brazilian police in Rio de Janeiro.
