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Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti (12 October 1935 – 6 September 2007) was an Italian operatic tenor, who also crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most commercially successful tenors of all time. He made numerous recordings of complete operas and individual arias, and established himself as one of the finest tenors of the 20th century. He was one of …

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Lech Walesa

Lech Walesa — Biography Born: September 29, 1943, in Popowa, Poland 1967: Started as electrician at shipyard in Gdansk 1980: Becomes leader of Solidarity 1981: Arrested in government crackdown 1982: Released from internment; martial law eased 1983: Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1989: Solidarity legalized 1990: Elected President of Poland 1995: Defeated in presidential election Lech Walesa, The Fly, Feisty, Mustachioed Electrician from Gdansk, shaped the twentieth century …

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Laurel & Hardy

Laurel & Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. Composed of thin Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and heavy American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), they became well known during the late 1920s to the mid-1940s for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy and childlike friend …

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Kocheril Raman Narayanan

Kocheril Raman Narayanan (Malayalam: 27 October 1920 – 9 November 2005), also known as K.R. Narayanan, was the tenth President of India. He was the first Dalit, and the first Malayali, to have been President. Born in Perumthanam, Uzhavoor village, in the princely state of Travancore (present day Kottayam district, Kerala), and after a brief stint with journalism and then …

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