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Una biografía , o simplemente bio , es una descripción detallada de la vida de una persona. Implica más que datos básicos como educación, trabajo, relaciones y muerte; retrata la experiencia de una persona en estos eventos de la vida. A diferencia de un perfil o currículum vitae , una biografía presenta la historia de vida de un sujeto, destacando varios aspectos de su vida, incluidos detalles íntimos de su experiencia , y puede incluir un análisis de la personalidad del sujeto.

Las obras biográficas suelen ser de no ficción , pero la ficción también puede utilizarse para retratar la vida de una persona. Una forma de cobertura biográfica en profundidad se denomina escritura de legado. Las obras en diversos medios, desde la literatura hasta el cine, forman el género conocido como biografía.

Una biografía autorizada se escribe con el permiso, la cooperación y, en ocasiones, la participación de un sujeto o de sus herederos. Una autobiografía la escribe la propia persona, a veces con la ayuda de un colaborador o escritor fantasma . ( Artículo completo... )

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Grabado de 1845

Rufus Wilmot Griswold (13 de febrero de 1815 - 27 de agosto de 1857) fue un antólogo , editor, poeta y crítico estadounidense. Nacido en Vermont , Griswold se fue de casa cuando tenía 15 años. Trabajó como periodista, editor y crítico en Filadelfia , Nueva York y otros lugares. Se ganó una sólida reputación literaria, en parte debido a su colección de 1842 The Poets and Poetry of America . Esta antología, la más completa de su tiempo, incluía lo que él consideraba los mejores ejemplos de poesía estadounidense . Produjo versiones revisadas y antologías similares durante el resto de su vida, aunque muchos de los poetas que promovió han caído en el olvido desde entonces. Muchos escritores esperaban que su trabajo se incluyera en una de estas ediciones, aunque comentaron con dureza el carácter abrasivo de Griswold. Griswold se casó tres veces: su primera esposa murió joven, su segundo matrimonio terminó en un divorcio público y controvertido, y su tercera esposa lo abandonó después de que el divorcio anterior casi fuera revocado.

Edgar Allan Poe , cuya poesía había sido incluida en la antología de Griswold, publicó una respuesta crítica que cuestionaba qué poetas estaban incluidos. Esto inició una rivalidad que creció cuando Griswold sucedió a Poe como editor de Graham's Magazine con un salario más alto que el de Poe. Más tarde, los dos compitieron por la atención de la poeta Frances Sargent Osgood . Nunca reconciliaron sus diferencias, y después de la misteriosa muerte de Poe en 1849, Griswold escribió un obituario poco comprensivo. Afirmando ser el albacea literario elegido por Poe , comenzó una campaña para dañar la reputación de Poe que duró hasta su propia muerte ocho años después. ( Artículo completo... )
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Murray M Chotiner (October 4, 1909 – January 30, 1974) was an American political strategist, attorney, government official, and close associate and friend of President Richard Nixon during much of the 37th President's political career. He served as campaign manager for the future president's successful runs for the United States Senate in 1950 and for the vice presidency in 1952, and managed the campaigns of other California Republicans. He was active in each of Nixon's two successful runs for the White House in low-profile positions.

Chotiner was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; his father moved the family to California and then abandoned his wife and children. Murray Chotiner attended UCLA, and graduated from the Southwestern School of Law. He practiced law in Los Angeles, and branched out into public relations. Involving himself in Republican politics, he played an active part in several political campaigns and made an unsuccessful run for the California State Assembly in 1938. (Full article...)
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Dudley Clarke, by war artist Patrick Phillips (1945)

Brigadier Dudley Wrangel Clarke, CB, CBE (27 April 1899 – 7 May 1974) was an officer in the British Army, known as a pioneer of military deception operations during the Second World War. His ideas for combining fictional orders of battle, visual deception and double agents helped define Allied deception strategy during the war, for which he has been referred to as "the greatest British deceiver of WW2". Clarke was also instrumental in the founding of three famous military units, namely the British Commandos, the Special Air Service and the US Rangers.

Born in Johannesburg and brought up near London, Clarke joined the Royal Artillery as an officer in 1916 but transferred to the Royal Flying Corps after finding he was too young to fight in France. He spent the First World War learning to fly, first in Reading and then Egypt. Clarke returned to the Royal Artillery in 1919 and had a varied career doing intelligence work in the Middle East. In 1936 he was posted to Palestine, where he helped organise the British repression of the 1936 Arab uprising. During the Second World War, Clarke joined John Dill's staff, where he proposed and helped to implement an idea for raids into France – an early form of the British Commandos. (Full article...)
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Bacon, from a 1942 publication

Daisy Sarah Bacon (May 23, 1898 – March 1, 1986) was an American pulp fiction magazine editor and writer who was best known as the editor of Love Story Magazine from 1928 to 1947. She moved to New York in 1917, working at several jobs before being hired in 1926 by Street & Smith, a major pulp magazine publisher, to assist with "Friends in Need", an advice column in Love Story Magazine. Two years later, she was promoted to editor of the magazine, retaining that role for nearly twenty years. Love Story was one of the most successful pulp magazines, and Bacon was frequently interviewed about her role and her opinions of modern romance. Some interviews commented on the contrast between her personal life as a single woman, and the romance in the stories she edited; she did not reveal in these interviews that she had a long affair with a married man, Henry Miller, whose wife was the writer Alice Duer Miller.

Street & Smith gave Bacon other magazines to edit: Ainslee's in the mid-1930s and Pocket Love in the late 1930s; neither lasted until 1940. In 1940, she took over as editor of Romantic Range, which featured love stories set in the American West, and the following year she was also given the editorship of Detective Story. Romantic Range and Love Story ceased publication in 1947, but in 1948, she became the editor of both The Shadow and Doc Savage, two of Street & Smith's hero pulps. However, Street & Smith shut down all their pulps the following April, and she was let go. (Full article...)
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The Viscount of Inhaúma around the age of 56, c. 1864

Joaquim José Inácio, Viscount of Inhaúma (Portuguese: [iɲaˈũmɐ]; 1 August 1808 – 8 March 1869), was a naval officer, politician and monarchist of the Empire of Brazil. He was born in the Kingdom of Portugal, and his family moved to Brazil two years later. After Brazilian independence in 1822, Inhaúma enlisted in the Brazilian navy. Early in his career during the latter half of the 1820s, he participated in the subduing of secessionist rebellions: first the Confederation of the Equator, and then the Cisplatine War, which precipitated a long international armed conflict with the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.

Throughout the chaos that characterized the years when Emperor Dom Pedro II was a minor, Inhaúma remained loyal to the government. He helped quell a military mutiny in 1831 and was involved in suppressing some of the other rebellions that erupted during that troubled period. He saw action in the Sabinada between 1837 and 1838, followed by the Ragamuffin War from 1840 until 1844. In 1849, after spending two years in Great Britain, Inhaúma was given command of the fleet that was instrumental in subduing the Praieira revolt, the last rebellion in imperial Brazil. (Full article...)
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Denmark, c. 1942

Annie Dove Denmark (September 29, 1887 – January 16, 1974) was an American music educator and academic administrator who was the fifth president of Anderson College (now Anderson University) in Anderson, South Carolina, from 1928 to 1953.

A talented musician in her youth, Denmark attended the Baptist University for Women (now Meredith College) and graduated with an artist's diploma in piano in 1908. She began her teaching career later the same year. For a period of eight years thereafter, she taught piano at Buies Creek Academy, the Tennessee College for Women, and Shorter College. She continued her studies as her career began; she spent the summer of 1909 in New York City studying under Rafael Joseffy, the 1916–1917 academic year studying under Alberto Jonás, and many successive summers during her time at Anderson attending the Chautauqua Institute. She began teaching at Anderson at the start of the 1917–1918 academic year. After the resignation of Anderson president John E. White in September 1927, her name was put forward as a potential successor and she had gained the full support of the trustees by December of that year. (Full article...)
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Bradley in 2001

Edward Rudolph Bradley Jr. (June 22, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American broadcast journalist and news anchor who is best known for reporting with 60 Minutes and CBS News.

After graduating from Cheyney State College, Bradley became a teacher and part-time radio disc jockey and reporter in Philadelphia, where his first major story was covering the 1964 Philadelphia race riot. He moved to New York City in 1967 and worked for WCBS as a radio news reporter. Four years later, Bradley moved to Paris, France, where he covered the Paris Peace Accords as a stringer for CBS News. In 1972, he transferred to Vietnam and covered the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War, coverage for which he won Alfred I. duPont and George Polk awards. Bradley moved to Washington, D.C. following the wars and covered Jimmy Carter's first presidential campaign. He became CBS News' first African American White House correspondent, holding the position from 1976 to 1978. During this time, Bradley also anchored the Sunday night broadcast of the CBS Evening News, a position he held until 1981. (Full article...)
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De Leon at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival

Dolly Earnshaw de Leon (born April 12, 1969) is a Filipino actress. Known primarily for her work in independent films and theater, she has received numerous accolades, including a FAMAS Award, a Guldbagge Award, and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, in addition to nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award. British Vogue named her one of the 31 most famous stars in the world in 2023.

After studying theater at the University of the Philippines Diliman, De Leon began acting on stage. Her earliest performances include local productions of The Merchant of Venice, Waiting for Godot, Old Times, and Medea. She made her film debut in Peque Gallaga's horror anthology Shake, Rattle & Roll III (1991) and was cast in small and uncredited roles throughout the 1990s and 2000s. De Leon made brief appearances in films and took on guest parts in television shows. Her breakthrough came in the crime drama Verdict (2019), for which she won a FAMAS Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2021, she portrayed an aging sex worker in Lav Diaz's period drama History of Ha to positive reviews. She followed it with more assertive parts in Erik Matti's HBO television projects On the Job and Folklore. (Full article...)
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Portrait by Godfrey Kneller, 1690

Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694. She was also Princess of Orange following her marriage on 4 November 1677. Her joint reign with William over Britain is known as that of William and Mary.

Mary was born during the reign of her uncle King Charles II. She was the eldest daughter of James, Duke of York (the future James II of England), and his first wife, Anne Hyde. Mary and her sister Anne were raised as Anglicans at the behest of Charles II, although their parents both converted to Roman Catholicism. Charles lacked legitimate children, making Mary second in the line of succession. At the age of 15, she married her cousin William of Orange, a Protestant. Charles died in 1685 and James became king, making Mary heir presumptive. James's attempts at rule by decree and the birth of his son from a second marriage, James Francis Edward (later known as "the Old Pretender"), led to his deposition in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the adoption of the English Bill of Rights. (Full article...)
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Gold dinar minted in the name of Nizar at Alexandria in 1095

Abu Mansur Nizar ibn al-Mustansir (Arabic: أبو منصور نزار بن المستنصر, romanized: Abū Manṣūr Nizār ibn al-Mustanṣir; 1045–1095) was a Fatimid prince, and the oldest son of the eighth Fatimid caliph and eighteenth Isma'ili imam, al-Mustansir. When his father died in December 1094, the powerful vizier, al-Afdal Shahanshah, raised Nizar's younger brother al-Musta'li to the throne in Cairo, bypassing the claims of Nizar and other older sons of al-Mustansir. Nizar escaped Cairo, rebelled and seized Alexandria, where he reigned as caliph with the regnal name al-Mustafa li-Din Allah (Arabic: المصطفى لدين الله, romanized: al-Muṣṭafā li-Dīn Allāh). In late 1095 he was defeated and taken prisoner to Cairo, where he was executed by immurement.

During the 12th century, some of Nizar's actual or claimed descendants tried, without success, to seize the throne from the Fatimid caliphs. Many Isma'ilis, especially in Persia, rejected al-Musta'li's imamate and considered Nizar as the rightful imam. As a result, they split off from the Fatimid regime and founded the Nizari branch of Isma'ilism, with their own line of imams who claimed descent from Nizar. This line continues to this day in the person of the Aga Khan. (Full article...)
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Hoffs performing in 2006

Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She, Debbi Peterson, and Vicki Peterson founded the Bangles in 1981. Their debut album, All Over the Place, (1984) was acclaimed by critics but sold poorly. Their second album, Different Light, (1986) was also warmly received by critics and was certified double-platinum in 1987 and triple-platinum in 1994. It contained the US number two single "Manic Monday" written by Prince and the number one single "Walk Like an Egyptian". The group's third album, Everything (1988), included the US top ten charting "In Your Room" and number one "Eternal Flame", both written by Hoffs with Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. Hoffs was lead vocalist on five of the seven Columbia singles by the Bangles, which contributed to a public perception that she was a lead singer, even though all four members took lead vocals across their output. Following tensions including resentment at Hoffs's perceived leadership and the stress of touring, the band split in 1989. It reformed in 1999 and released the albums Doll Revolution (2003) and Sweetheart of the Sun (2011).

Hoff's first solo album, When You're a Boy (1991), was followed by Susanna Hoffs (1996). Neither of the releases proved to be as popular as the Bangles' albums, although they yielded two charting singles in the US, the top 40 hit "My Side of the Bed", and "All I Want". She recorded several songs for films and formed the faux-British 1960s band Ming Tea with Mike Myers and Matthew Sweet. Hoffs teamed with Sweet to produce Under the Covers, a series of cover song albums. Her 2012 album Someday was followed by two more cover albums Bright Lights (2021) and The Deep End (2023). (Full article...)
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A gold solidus bearing the image of Basiliscus and his son and co-emperor Marcus

Basiliscus (Greek: Βασιλίσκος, translit. Basilískos; died 476/477) was Eastern Roman emperor from 9 January 475 to August 476. He became magister militum per Thracias in 464, under his brother-in-law, Emperor Leo I (r. 457–474). Basiliscus commanded the army for an invasion of the Vandal Kingdom in 468, which was defeated at the Battle of Cape Bon. There were accusations at the time that Basiliscus was bribed by Aspar, the magister militum; many historians dismiss this, instead concluding that Basiliscus was either incompetent or foolish for accepting Vandal King Gaiseric's offer of a truce, which the latter used to construct fireships. Basiliscus's defeat cost the Eastern Empire 130,000 pounds (59,000 kg) of gold, causing the empire to hover above bankruptcy for 30 years. When Basiliscus returned to Constantinople, he sought refuge in the Hagia Sophia. His sister, Empress Verina, secured him a pardon and he left the church to retire in Neapolis.

When Emperor Leo died in 474, his grandson Leo II (r. 474) took power, but soon died; his father, Zeno (r. 474–475, 476–491) ascended the throne in the same year, in a politically precarious position. Verina conspired to install the magister officiorum Patricius, her lover, as emperor. This plot was supported by Basiliscus, who succeeded in recruiting Isaurian brothers Illus and Trocundes, as well as Verina's nephew Armatus. Zeno fled on 9 January 475, either after learning of the plot or after Verina warned him that his life was in danger. Although Patricius was Verina's intended successor, Basiliscus convinced the Eastern Roman Senate to acclaim him instead. (Full article...)
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Imaginary depiction by Lambert Barnard

Cædwalla (/ˈkædˌwɔːlə/; c. 659 – 20 April 689) was the King of Wessex from approximately 685 until he abdicated in 688. His name is derived from the Welsh Cadwallon. He was exiled from Wessex as a youth and during this period gathered forces and attacked the South Saxons, killing their king, Æthelwealh, in what is now Sussex. Cædwalla was unable to hold the South Saxon territory, however, and was driven out by Æthelwealh's ealdormen. In either 685 or 686, he became King of Wessex. He may have been involved in suppressing rival dynasties at this time, as an early source records that Wessex was ruled by underkings until Cædwalla.

After his accession, Cædwalla returned to Sussex and won the territory again. He also conquered the Isle of Wight, gained control of Surrey and the kingdom of Kent, and in 686 he installed his brother Mul as king of Kent. Mul was burned in a Kentish revolt a year later, and Cædwalla returned, possibly ruling Kent directly for a period. (Full article...)
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Bush in the 1940s

Vannevar Bush (/væˈniːvɑːr/ van-NEE-var; March 11, 1890 – June 28, 1974) was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator, who during World War II headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), through which almost all wartime military R&D was carried out, including important developments in radar and the initiation and early administration of the Manhattan Project. He emphasized the importance of scientific research to national security and economic well-being, and was chiefly responsible for the movement that led to the creation of the National Science Foundation.

Bush joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1919, and founded the company that became the Raytheon Company in 1922. Bush became vice president of MIT and dean of the MIT School of Engineering in 1932, and president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington in 1938. (Full article...)
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Rindt at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix

Karl Jochen Rindt (German: [ˈjɔxn̩ ˈʁɪnt]; 18 April 1942 – 5 September 1970) was a racing driver, who competed under the Austrian flag in Formula One from 1964 to 1970. Rindt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1970 with Lotus, and remains the only driver to have won the World Drivers' Championship posthumously, following his death at the Italian Grand Prix; he won six Grands Prix across seven seasons. In endurance racing, Rindt won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1965 with NART.

Born in Germany and raised in Austria, Rindt started motor racing in 1961. Switching to single-seaters in 1963, he was successful in both Formula Junior and Formula Two. In 1964, Rindt made his debut in Formula One at the Austrian Grand Prix, before securing a full drive with Cooper for 1965. After mixed results with the team, he moved to Brabham for 1968 and then Lotus in 1969. It was at Lotus that Rindt found a competitive car, although he was often concerned about the safety of the notoriously unreliable Lotus vehicles. He won his first Formula One race at the 1969 United States Grand Prix. He had a very successful 1970 season, mainly racing the revolutionary Lotus 72, and won five of the first nine races. In practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, he spun into the guardrails after a failure on his car's brake shaft, and a poorly installed crash barrier gave way. Rindt was pronounced dead while on the way to hospital. As his closest competitor Jacky Ickx was unable to score sufficient points in the remaining races of the season, Rindt was awarded the World Championship posthumously. Rindt left behind his wife, Nina, and a daughter, Natasha. (Full article...)

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... que el escritor irlandés Dave Rudden ha escrito una trilogía de fantasía juvenil así como varias historias en el universo de Doctor Who ?
...que la música británica Nieve Ella tiene una peluquería que lleva su nombre?
... ¿que la actriz Lisa Coleman asistió al estudio del artista Euan Uglow una a tres veces por semana entre 1993 y 1996 para modelar para Articulation ?
... que el autor Ron Chernow se mostró reacio a escribir una biografía de John D. Rockefeller hasta que le mostraron una transcripción de 1.700 páginas de tres años de entrevistas privadas con él?
... que Walkelin , obispo de Winchester , comenzó la construcción de la moderna catedral de Winchester en 1079?
... ¿que la escritora Eliza Bland Smith Erskine Norton se casó con dos hombres diferentes que perdieron un brazo en batalla?
... que el actor que interpretó a Screech en Salvados por la campana interpretó a Harvey Weinstein en un video musical de la canción " Kill All the Things "?
... que la científica panameña Erika Podest utiliza la teledetección para ver cómo el cambio climático ha afectado la humedad del suelo global?
... que siendo estudiante universitaria, la ingeniera de baterías Celina Mikolajczak descubrió una supernova ?
... que Drew Golz , quien fue Académico All-American del Año en Béisbol y Académico All-American del Año en Fútbol , se convirtió en el primer estudiante atleta masculino en ser nombrado Académico All-American del Año en dos deportes al mismo tiempo?
... que el escritor de la miniserie de cómics de 2022 Poison Ivy , protagonizada por el villano homónimo de Batman , la describió como una "historia de amor" que presenta "horror corporal basado en plantas"?
... que Paul Dini fue escritor tanto de la serie de televisión animada Batman: The Animated Series como de la serie de videojuegos Batman: Arkham ?

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Image 1Los victorianos eminentes establecieron el estándar para la escritura biográfica del siglo XX, cuando se publicó en 1918. (de Biografía )
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Image 3Einhard como escriba (de la biografía )
Image 4James Boswell escribió lo que muchos consideran la primera biografía moderna, La vida de Samuel Johnson , en 1791. (de Biografía )
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Image 6San Agustín de Hipona escribió Confesiones , la primera autobiografía occidental jamás escrita, alrededor del año 400. Retrato de Philippe de Champaigne , siglo XVII. (de Autobiografía )
Image 7El libro de los mártires de John Foxe fue una de las primeras biografías en lengua inglesa. (de Biografía )
Image 8Portada de la primera edición en inglés de la autobiografía de Benjamin Franklin , 1793 (de Autobiografía )

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Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Crédito de la fotografía: Familia real de Bután
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Mumtaz Ahmed Khan
Photograph: Muhammad Mahdi Karim
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Enrico Caruso
Photo: Bain News Service; Restoration: Michel Vuijlsteke
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Photo credit: NASA
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Jeremy Doyle
Photo: Sport the Library
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Image credit: The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
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Frances Densmore
Photo: Harris & Ewing; Restoration: Michel Vuijlsteke
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Nataliya Gotsiy
Photo credit: Peter Duhon
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Zishe Breitbart
Photo: National Photo Co.
Restoration: Michel Vuijlsteke
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Sitting Bull
Photo credit: D.F. Barry
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Robin Hunicke
Photo: Charlie Chu
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Painting: Vasily Perov
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T206 Honus Wagner
Image credit: American Tobacco Company
The T206 Honus Wagner is a rare baseball card depicting Honus Wagner (February 24, 1874 – December 6, 1955), a dead-ball era shortstop considered one of the best players of all time. The card was designed and issued by the American Tobacco Company from 1909 to 1911. Only 50 to 200 cards were ever distributed to the public, and as a result of the card's rarity and popularity, prices have soared. In 2007, a collector paid $2.8 million for one, making it the most valuable baseball card in history. This specimen belongs to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.
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Célestine Galli-Marié
Photograph credit: Nadar; restored by Adam Cuerden
Célestine Galli-Marié (1837–1905) was a French mezzo-soprano who is most famous for creating the title role in the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. It was said that, during the opera's 33rd performance on 2 June 1875, Galli-Marié had a premonition of Bizet's death while singing in the third act, and fainted when she left the stage; the composer in fact died that night and the next performance was cancelled due to her indisposition. This photograph by Nadar depicts Galli-Marié as the titular character in Carmen.

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En este día – 26 de octubre

Nacimientos

1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim , empresario estadounidense (f. 1912 ) ( en la foto )
1911 : Mahalia Jackson , cantante estadounidense (f. 1972 )
1914 - Jackie Coogan , actor estadounidense (f. 1984 )
1946 : Pat Sajak , presentador de un programa de juegos estadounidense
1947 - Hillary Clinton , Primera Dama de los Estados Unidos y Senadora de los Estados Unidos
1947 - Jaclyn Smith , actriz estadounidense
1962 - Cary Elwes , actor británico
1967 - Keith Urban , cantante neozelandés

Fallecidos

899 - Alfredo el Grande
1902 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton , feminista y sufragista estadounidense (n. 1815 )
1952 - Hattie McDaniel , cantante estadounidense (n. 1895 )
1972 - Igor Sikorsky , inventor nacido en Ucrania (n. 1889 )

En las noticias

13 de febrero de 2024 – Relaciones entre Estonia y Rusia: Según se informa, la primera ministra de Estonia, Kaja Kallas, ha sido incluida en el registro de personas buscadas del Ministerio del Interior ruso debido a la eliminación de los monumentos de guerra soviéticos en el país , lo que convierte a Kallas en el primer líder gubernamental conocido en ser añadido a una lista de personas buscadas por las autoridades rusas . (The Guardian)
4 de febrero de 2024 – 66.ª edición de los premios Grammy: Taylor Swift gana el premio Álbum del año por Midnights , convirtiéndose en la primera artista en ganar el premio cuatro veces. También anuncia el lanzamiento de un nuevo álbum, The Tortured Poets Department , el 19 de abril. (Variety)
27 de enero de 2024 –: El Tribunal Supremo de Justicia de Venezuela ratifica la inhabilitación para ejercer cualquier cargo político durante 15 años para María Corina Machado , líder opositora apoyada por Estados Unidos . (Le Monde) (The Economist)
24 de enero de 2024 –: El Tribunal Constitucional de Tailandia absuelve al ex líder del Partido Avanzar Pita Limjaroenrat por poseer acciones en la extinta empresa de medios iTV , lo que le permite a Limjaroenrat volver a ejercer como miembro del Parlamento en la Cámara de Representantes . (AP)
23 de enero de 2024 –: Corea del Norte derriba el Arco de la Reunificación en Pyongyang después de que el líder norcoreano Kim Jong Un descartara una reunificación pacífica con Corea del Sur . (NDTV); El comité de mujeres del Senado de Filipinas lleva a cabo una audiencia pública sobre los presuntos abusos en el Reino de Jesucristo . Tres mujeres, dos ciudadanas ucranianas y una filipina, acusan al líder de la iglesia Apollo Quiboloy de abusar sexualmente de ellas. (CNN Filipinas)

Actualizado: 6:33, 14 de febrero de 2024

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Cita de la semana

"Sabe que por feas que parezcan las partes,
el todo sigue siendo bello...
... la totalidad de la vida y de las cosas, la belleza divina
del universo. Ama eso, no al hombre.
Si no lo haces, compartirás las lamentables confusiones del hombre
o te ahogarás en la desesperación cuando sus días se oscurezcan."

—Robinson Jeffers

En la respuesta , 1936

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