Anniversary of the Week
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Anniversary of the Week
August 25, 1969: Production of Škoda 100 launched
The serial production of the new Škoda 100 model began in Mladá Boleslav on August 25, 1969.
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August 19, 1902: First amateur photography club founded in Prague
World Photography Day is observed annually on August 19th and on this day in 1902 the first amateur photography club was founded in Prague.
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August 11, 1899: Birth of Jindřich Štyrský, avant-garde artist of European importance
Jindřich Štyrský, a Czech painter, photographer, graphic artist, publisher, writer, poet, and stage designer for the Liberated Theatre, was a man of boundless talent.
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August 2, 1924: Czechoslovak Radio attempts first live sports broadcast
On August 2, 1924 Czechoslovak Radio attempted its first live sports report of a boxing match from Letna.
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26 July, 2014: climber Radek Jaroš becomes first Czech to scale all peaks over 8,000 metres
On this day, Czech mountaineer Radek Jaroš climbed the world's second-highest mountain, K2, and thus completed the ascent of all 14 of the globe’s “eight-thousanders”.
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July 20, 1874: demolition of Prague fortification walls begins
Prague's fortification walls served as security barriers since the Middle Ages. Today, they are a testimony to the historical importance of the city.
