Anniversary of the Week
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Anniversary of the Week
Painter Mikuláš Medek, born 95 years ago
The communists banned him from staging exhibitions. Today, he is considered among the most important Czech painters of late 20th Century, and his works sell for millions.
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October 24, 1941: Czechoslovaks in the Siege of Tobruk
On October 24th 1941 members of the 11th Czechoslovak infantry battalion assisted the defenders of Tobruk in North Africa.
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October 1896: The first film is screened in Prague
The first ever film screening in Prague took place at the hotel U černého koně 125 years ago, on 18 October 1896.
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Wimbledon winner and ice hockey world champion Jaroslav Drobný born 100 years ago
Jaroslav Drobný was part of the Czechoslovak ice hockey team that won the World Championships in 1947. He would go on to win Wimbledon in 1954 – as a citizen of Egypt.
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Václav Havel, dissident playwright turned statesman, born 85 years ago
Václav Havel came of age after the Communist coup. The dissident playwright's criticism of the regime landed him in prison, and eventually to Prague Castle as president.
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September 1941: “Butcher” Heydrich becomes Nazi governor of Czech lands
Senior Nazi Reinhard Heydrich became acting governor of Bohemia and Moravia on a symbolic date, 28th September – St. Wenceslas’ Day – 1941.
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