Nikiforos Lytras (Greek, 1832-1904)
Παιδί που καπνίζει (Boy Smoking), 1894
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On this day in Wikipedia: Monday, 22nd April
Welcome, witamy, mirë se vjen, velkommen 🤗
What does @Wikipedia say about 22nd April through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?
22nd April 2023 🗓️ : Death - Len Goodman
Len Goodman, English ballroom dancer and television personality (b. 1944)
"Leonard Gordon Goodman (25 April 1944 – 22 April 2023) was an English professional ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance competition adjudicator. He appeared as head judge on the UK television programme Strictly Come Dancing, where various celebrities compete for the glitter ball trophy, from..."
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22nd April 2017 🗓️ : Death - Donna Williams
Donna Leanne Williams, Australian writer, artist, and activist (b. 1963)
"Donna Leanne Williams, also known by her married name Donna Leanne Samuel and as Polly Samuel (born Donna Keene; 12 October 1963 – 22 April 2017), was an Australian writer, artist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, and sculptor. In 1965, aged two, Williams was assessed as "psychotic". During the..."
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22nd April 2014 🗓️ : Death - Oswaldo Vigas
Oswaldo Vigas, Venezuelan painter (b. 1926)
"Oswaldo Vigas (August 4, 1923 – April 22, 2014) was a Venezuelan artist, best known as a self-taught painter and muralist. His work includes paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, ceramics and tapestries. He worked in France and Venezuela. He had over one hundred solo exhibitions, and is..."
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22nd April 1974 🗓️ : Event - Pan Am Flight 812
Pan Am Flight 812 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, killing all 107 people on board.
"Pan Am Flight 812 (PA812), operated by a Pan American World Airways Boeing 707-321B registered N446PA and named Clipper Climax, was a scheduled international flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, California, with intermediate stops at Denpasar, Sydney, Nadi, and Honolulu. The airplane briefly..."
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22nd April 1924 🗓️ : Birth - Nam Duck-woo
Nam Duck-woo, South Korean politician, 12th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2013)
"Nam Duck-woo (22 April 1924 – 18 May 2013) was the 12th prime minister of South Korea from 1980 to 1982. Nam received his PhD in economics from Oklahoma State University. He served as finance minister from 1969 to 1974 under the presidency of Park Chung-hee. He was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister..."
22nd April 1821 🗓️ : Death - Gregory V of Constantinople
Gregory V of Constantinople, Greek patriarch and saint (b. 1746)
"Gregory V (Greek: Γρηγόριος; 1746 – 22 April 1821), born Georgios Angelopoulos (Γεώργιος Αγγελόπουλος), was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1797 to 1798, from 1806 to 1808, and from 1818 to 1821. He was responsible for much restoration work to the Patriarchal Cathedral of St George,..."
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22nd April 🗓️ : Holiday - Christian feast day: Arwald
"Arwald (died 686 AD) was the last King of the Isle of Wight and last pagan king in Anglo-Saxon England. ..."
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Antigone in front of dead Polynikes (1865)
Nikiforos Lytras (Greek: Νικηφόρος Λύτρας; 1832 – 13 June 1904)
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