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150 years ago Napoleon III died.

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@ponderable said
150 years ago Napoleon III died.
I just learned Napoleon died 150 years ago today! 🙂

-VR

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Jacinda Adern ended her term as New Zealand's prime minister.

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1606 Guy Fawkes was executed

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@ponderable said
1606 Guy Fawkes was executed
Guy Fawkes with his knight.

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Today is Sami National day, celebrating that people, living in Norway and Sweden.

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@ponderable said
Today is Sami National day, celebrating that people, living in Norway and Sweden.
Why are they celebrating the People living in Norway and Sweden?

-VR

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@ponderable said
Today is Sami National day, celebrating that people, living in Norway and Sweden.
They were still called Laplanders when I went to school, even though we couldn't find Lapland on a map.

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@kewpie said
They were still called Laplanders when I went to school, even though we couldn't find Lapland on a map.
They are called Sami now. Lappland is a province in northern Sweden.

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@kewpie said
They were still called Laplanders when I went to school, even though we couldn't find Lapland on a map.
Likewise for Eskimos, now called Inuinnaq. 👍