During the 1940s and early 1950s prominent Soviet politician Anastas Mikoyan was forced to bring a spare suit to state dinners. Why was this?
Answer: Noticing the care with which the dapper Mikoyan looked after his appearance, fellow Soviet Lavrentiy Beria began hiding rotten tomatoes in his well-cut suits. He would then torment Mikoyan by squashing them in the middle of the dinners, ruining his appearance.
Source: Stalin – The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore
1908 – King Carlos I of Portugal and his heir, Prince Luis Filipe are assassinated by Republican sympathizers in Lisbon.
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Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
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“In Russia a man is a called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.”
Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman
Roman statesman, soldier and writer of virtue, simplicity and wisdom. He condemned the luxury of his time and was nicknamed “the censor”. He became Consul in 195BCE, took part in the defeat of Hannibal at Zama, held command in Sardinia and Spain, and in 191 BCE assisted the Greeks in overthrowing Antiochus III at Thermopolyae.
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