On 2 November the Poznan newspaper Courier Zachodni received a red-ink letter quoting Stefan Zeromsky's 1928 novel 'Popioli': "Only tears of sorrow can wash out the stain of shame, only pangs of suffering can blot out the fires of lust." (1 November 1965)
There are 3376 births, 3943 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5732 people in 6441 places until today.
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Wednesday 12th of October 1492 (x) — Explorer, navigator, cartographer and captain Christophorus Columbus discovers and lands on the first land in the New World and calls it San Salvador.