Thursday, October 25, 2007, #204 (1471)

Today in history

1917 - The First Marxist revolution, involving the capture of the Winter Palace, Petrograd, Russia
1936 - Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini create the Rome-Berlin Axis
1945 - The Republic of China takes over administration of Taiwan following Japan's surrender to the Allies
1992 - Lithuania holds a referendum on its first post-Soviet constitution
2001 - Microsoft releases Windows XP

Birthdays

1825 - Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer (d. 1899)
1838 - Georges Bizet, French composer (d. 1875)
1881 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)
1926 - Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano
1931 - Annie Girardot, French actress
1944 - Jon Anderson, English singer (Yes)

Georgian words of the day

independence - damoukidebloba
day - dghe
celebration - aghnishvna
state - sakhelmptsipo 

Georgia celebrates its independence day on May 26
sakartvelo aghnishnavs damoukideblobis dghesastsauls otsda ekvs maiss



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