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History features from Cyprus and abroad, covering archives, anniversaries, people and events, with reporting that examines the past and its significance.

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On this day: Bobby Hatfield, the tenor half of the Righteous Brothers, died, in 2003

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 5: 1912 - Democrat Woodrow Wilson won the...
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On this day: Kylie Minogue became the first woman to win Music Industry Trusts award, in 2007

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 29: 1923 - Turkey became a republic under...
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On this day: NASA launched Ares I-X rocket, in 2009

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 28: 1919 - The Volstead Prohibition Act was...
Events & Activities

‘Voices and Memories of Asia Minor and Cyprus’ presented in Nicosia on November 5

The first volume of ‘Voices and Memories of Asia Minor and Cyprus. They Do Not Fade, They Are Not...
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On this day: Catalonia declared independence from Spain in 2017

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 27: 1922 - The Italian government resigned under...
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On this day: Revolutionary Russian workers in St Petersburg formed the first Soviet assembly, in 1905

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 26: 1905 - Revolutionary Russian workers in St...
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On this day: The Irish Republican Army (IRA) said it had begun to disarm, in 2001

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 23: 1942 - British and Commonwealth forces led...
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On this day: Paul Cezanne, French Post-Impressionist painter, died in 1906

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 22: 1906 - Paul Cezanne, French Post-Impressionist painter,...
Opinion

October 1931, 95 years on

The anniversary risks passing unnoticed, 95 years on. Our collective memory has let it slip, and the state and...
World

On this day: Women in France voted for the first time, in 1945

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 21: 1945 - Women vote for the first...
World

On this day: Jackie Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis after 5 years of widowhood, in 1968

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 20: 1944 - In World War Two, Russian...
World

On this day: At least 350, mostly asylum seekers, died after boat sank of Java in 2001

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 19: 1912 - Tripoli ceases to be under...
World

On this day: Poland’s Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pontiff in 456 years, in 1978

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 16: 1946 - A number of top German...
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