Today in History for December 29th

Dec 29, 2012 No Comments by

Noblemen in Russia murder Gregory Rasputin; Wounded Knee massacre takes place; Texas joins the United States as the 28th state; Dissident playwright Vaclav Havel is elected president of Czechoslovakia; First YMCA opens in Boston.

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Former Czech president Vaclav Havel dies

Dec 19, 2011 No Comments by

Vaclav Havel died at 75 by lung ailments. The first Czech president in post-communist era and playwright, Vaclav Havel died at his weekend home in the northern Czech Republic. R.I.P. Mr. Havel!!!!! Vaclav Havel, dissident playwright and former Czech president, dies Vaclav Havel, a Czech writer who was imprisoned by his country’s communist rulers, only [...]

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