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Charles Chaplin, actor and film director, was born in London

136

years ago

16 April 1889,

Charles Chaplin, an actor and film director, was born in London. With Charlot's role, it became popular worldwide. He belonged to a family of poor origin and left-wing thinking. With his films he criticized the capitalist system during the Great Depression. His best-known film is The Great Dictator, a harsh criticism of Nazism.

Source:

Wikipedia – Charlie Chaplin

1746The Scots lost the Battle of Culloden against the British, the beginning of repression

1797The sailors mutated in sixteen boats of the king of England

1873Kizkitza was born in San Sebastian, an important Basque writer and politician

1985ETAren armak gordetzeko lehen zulo handia aurkitu zuen Poliziak Senperen

1995At age 12, Iqbal Masih, child anti-slave symbol, was murdered

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1889-04-16

Charles Chaplin, actor and film director, was born in London

1889-08-14

The dockers of the London ports started a major strike

1889-10-18

Death in New York Antonio Meucci, a man who invented the phone but didn't take credit

1889-12-19

The Basque Country Nemesio Etxaniz Aranbarri was born in Azkoitia

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10

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2015-04-13

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10

years ago

2015-04-08

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30

years ago

1995-04-19

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30

years ago

1995-04-16

At age 12, Iqbal Masih, child anti-slave symbol, was murdered

35

years ago

1990-04-26

Seven members of the Basque Country were arrested by the Spanish Police in Euskal Herria for erasing traffic signs in Spanish

35

years ago

1990-04-06

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35

years ago

1990-04-01

Strangeways rebellion begins in the English city of Manchester

40

years ago

1985-04-22

Trial against the Argentine dictatorship in Buenos Aires begins

40

years ago

1985-04-16

ETAren armak gordetzeko lehen zulo handia aurkitu zuen Poliziak Senperen

40

years ago

1985-04-13

A group of Belgian pacifists manage to enter the military base of Florennes

40

years ago

1985-04-13

Danuta Danielsson hits a neonazi bag in Sweden

45

years ago

1980-04-26

Spanish police kidnapped newspaper Egin

45

years ago

1980-04-25

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45

years ago

1980-04-19

Basque Spanish Battalion Killed Hernaniarra Felipe Sagarna Ormazabal 'Zapa'

45

years ago

1980-04-04

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50

years ago

1975-04-29

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50

years ago

1975-04-24

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50

years ago

1975-04-22

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50

years ago

1975-04-13

Lebanon’s extreme right storms a Palestinian bus and Lebanese Civil War starts

50

years ago

1975-04-12

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55

years ago

1970-04-17

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55

years ago

1970-04-08

A nuclear submarine suffered an accident in the Gulf of Bizkaia

60

years ago

1965-04-28

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60

years ago

1965-04-26

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60

years ago

1965-04-02

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70

years ago

1955-04-18

29 countries in Africa and Asia underpinned the creation of the Non-Aligned Movement

70

years ago

1955-04-18

Albert Einstein fisikaria hil zen

75

years ago

1950-04-20

For writing in Basque, an article in the press was censored by José Artetxe

75

years ago

1950-04-08

Josep Lluís Faceras, a member of the CNT, exploits a police station in Barcelona

80

years ago

1945-04-30

Hitlerrek bere buruaz beste egin zuen, sobietarrek harrapa ez zezaten

80

years ago

1945-04-29

U.S. soldiers released Dachaus concentration camp next to Munich

80

years ago

1945-04-28

Italian partisans executed fascist dictator Benito Mussolini

80

years ago

1945-04-27

Partisans arrested fascist leader Benito Mussolini in Italy

80

years ago

1945-04-14

The Gernika Battalion started in France the battle against the Nazis at the Point of Grave

85

years ago

1940-04-04

The first Basques reached the Gurs concentration camp

95

years ago

1930-04-23

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110

years ago

1915-04-24

Anti-Armenian genocide begins in the Ottoman Empire

110

years ago

1915-04-22

The Germans first used toxic gases in the war

155

years ago

1870-04-22

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245

years ago

1780-04-02

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