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Terracotta statuette of a veiled dancer

3rd century BCE

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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

1907

Pablo Picasso

Oil on canvas

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On This Day

• 2014 The World Health Organization declared the Western African Ebola epidemic, which began in December 2013, to be a public health emergency of international concern.
World Health OrganizationWestern African Ebola epidemicPublic health emergency of international concern
• 2010 A massive mudslide in the Chinese province of Gansu killed at least 1,471 people.
2010 Gansu mudslideGansu
• 2009 Nine people died when a tour helicopter and a small private airplane collided over the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey.
2009 Hudson River mid-air collisionHudson RiverHoboken, New Jersey
• 2008 A EuroCity train en route to Prague struck a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the track near Studénka station and derailed, killing 8 people and injuring 64 others.
EuroCity2008 Studénka train wreckStudénka
• 1998 The Iranian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, was raided by Taliban leading to the death of 10 Iranian diplomats and an Iranian journalist.
Mazar-i-Sharif1998 killing of Iranian diplomats in AfghanistanTalibanMahmoud Saremi
• 1991 Hudson Volcano in Chile began to erupt, depositing volcanic ash over 150,000 square kilometres (58,000 sq mi).
Hudson VolcanoChileVolcanic ash
• 1991 The Warsaw radio mast (pictured), then the tallest structure ever built, at 646.38 metres (2,120.7 ft), collapsed due to an error in exchanging the guys on the highest telecommunications equipment of the mast.
Warsaw radio mastList of tallest structuresGuy-wire
• 1988 Tropical Storm Beryl formed over southeastern Louisiana, making it one of the few tropical cyclones to form over land.
Tropical Storm Beryl (1988)Louisiana
• 1988 A series of marches, demonstrations, protests, and riots, which became known as the 8888 Uprising, began against the one-party state of the Burma Socialist Programme Party.
8888 UprisingOne-party stateBurma Socialist Programme Party
• 1969 At a zebra crossing (pictured) on Abbey Road in London, Iain Macmillan took the photograph that was used for the cover of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
Zebra crossingAbbey Road, LondonIain MacmillanThe BeatlesAbbey Road
• 1969 At a zebra crossing in London (pictured), photographer Iain Macmillan took the photo that was used for the cover of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
Zebra crossingIain MacmillanThe BeatlesAbbey Road
• 1956 A mining disaster killed 262 workers, mainly Italian nationals, at the Bois du Cazier coal mine in Belgium.
Marcinelle mining disasterBois du Cazier
• 1929 The German airship Graf Zeppelin departed Lakehurst, New Jersey, on a flight to circumnavigate the world.
LZ 127 Graf ZeppelinLakehurst Maxfield FieldCircumnavigation
• 1919 The Third Anglo-Afghan War ended with the United Kingdom signing a treaty to recognise the independence of the Emirate of Afghanistan.
Third Anglo-Afghan WarAnglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919Emirate of Afghanistan
• 1918 The Battle of Amiens began in northern France, marking the start of the Allies' Hundred Days Offensive through the German front lines that ultimately led to the end of World War I.
Battle of Amiens (1918)Allies of World War IHundred Days OffensiveWorld War I
• 1914 The Endurance departed Plymouth, England, on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
Endurance (1912 ship)PlymouthImperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
• 1695 The foundation for what is now known as the Wren Building, the oldest surviving college building in the United States, was laid in a ceremony at Middle Plantation, Virginia.
Wren BuildingMiddle Plantation, Virginia
• 1576 The cornerstone of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe's observatory Uraniborg was laid on the island of Hven.
CornerstoneTycho BraheUraniborgVen (Sweden)
• 1264 Reconquista: In the early stages of the Mudéjar revolt, Muslim rebels captured the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera in present-day Spain, holding it for about two months.
ReconquistaMudéjar revolt of 1264–1266Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera
• -685 Spring and Autumn period: Amid a succession dispute, the forces of Duke Zhuang of Lu, who was attempting to install a claimant to the Qi throne, were defeated at the Battle of Qianshi.
680s BCSpring and Autumn periodLu (state)Qi (state)Battle of Qianshi