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In Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, the pirates' leader is Long John Silver, a cunning and fearsome cook with a buccaneering past.

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African-American soul singer Otis Redding died tragically in a plane crash on December 10, 1967, at the age of 26.

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Springtime of the Peoples or Spring of Nations is a set of revolutions that Europe experienced in 1848. Although repressed, these crises were often decisive for the development of the countries concerned, particularly in Germany which, despite the failure of the Treaty of Frankfurt, set out on the road to unification in 1871.

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The Victory of Samothrace represents Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, often associated with military glory and the triumphs of gods and heroes.

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The Rolling Stones is the debut album of the eponymous English rock band, released in the UK in April 1964 on the Decca label.

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The famous battle fought by Charles Martel in 732 was the Battle of Poitiers. This decisive victory halted Muslim expansion in Western Europe.

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Attila's Huns invaded Roman Gaul in 451 AD, culminating in the Battle of the Catalaunic Fields.

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The Portrait of a Man with a Red Turban is a painting by the primitive Flemish painter Jan van Eyck, painted in 1436. It has been exhibited at the National Gallery in London since 1851.

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The first radiograph in history was taken on December 22, 1895 on the hand of Anna Bertha Röntgen, the wife of Dr. Röntgen, the discoverer of X-rays.

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Kylian Mbappé became world champion at 19 years and 6 months old at the 2018 World Cup, scoring in the final and equaling historic records.

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