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Died. 8 March 1942. (1942-03-08) (aged 53) New York City, US. World Champion. 1921–1927. José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was the third world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy, he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play.
The Lei Áurea ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈlej ˈawɾiɐ]; English: Golden Law ), officially Law No. 3,353 of 13 May 1888, is the law that abolished slavery in Brazil. It was signed by Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846–1921), an opponent of slavery, who acted as regent to Emperor Pedro II, who was in Europe. [1] [2]
Films. Believed to be the world's earliest surviving motion-picture film. Roundhay Garden Scene, Accordion Player and Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge, filmed by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince in Leeds, United Kingdom, using paper "stripping" film and paper negative film. Horse and Rider Jumping Over an Obstacle [1] (Pferd und Reiter Springen ...
Gabriel Fauré composed his Requiem in D minor, Op. 48, between 1887 and 1890. The choral - orchestral setting of the shortened Catholic Mass for the Dead in Latin is the best-known of his large works. Its focus is on eternal rest and consolation. Fauré's reasons for composing the work are unclear, but do not appear to have had anything to do ...
1 oktober – I orten Stanford i delstaten Kalifornien i USA öppnas universitetet "Stanford University". 9 oktober – Hotell Knaust i Sundsvall står färdigt och invigs. 11 oktober – Världens äldsta friluftsmuseum, Skansen, öppnas av Artur Hazelius i Stockholm. Skansen har som mål att visa byggnader, växter och djur från hela Sverige.
Silent film. The 1896 version of La Fée aux Choux ( The Fairy of the Cabbages) is a lost film directed by Alice Guy-Blaché (then known as Alice Guy) that, according to her, featured a honeymoon couple, a farmer, pictures of babies glued to cardboard, and one live baby. The 1900 La Fée aux Choux and the 1902 Sage-Femme de Première Classe ...
Box office. $14.3 million. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ( Japanese: 風の谷のナウシカ, Hepburn: Kaze no Tani no Naushika) is a 1984 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his 1982–94 manga series of the same name.
