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The Russian ballerina Anna Sobeshchanskaya for whom the role of Odette was intended was pulled from the première performance when a governing official in Moscow complained about her, stating that she had accepted several pieces of expensive jewelry from him only to then marry a fellow danseur and sell the pieces for cash.
(4 March 1877)
There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 24th of January 1966 58 Years Ago |
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 117 Die in Air India Boeing 707-437 Flight 101 crash in Rochers de la Tournette, Mont Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France. In September 2013 a French alpinist found a metal box containing the Air India logo at the site of the plane crash on Mont Blanc containing rubies, sapphires, and emeralds worth more than $300.000, which he handed in to the police to be returned to the rightful owners. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_101 |
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