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The inspiration for Chekhov's Three Sisters
In 1897, Paul Shishkoff lived next door to the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov
Picasso and the Surrealist summer
In 1937 some of the 20th Century's best known Surrealist artists are on holiday in France
Mstislav Rostropovich: Virtuoso cellist
In 1978, Rostropovich lost Soviet citizenship for 'unpatriotic activity'
Nelson Mandela's incarceration at Robben Island
In 1964, Nelson Mandela was put in the maximum security prison on Robben Island
Usonia: Frank Lloyd Wright鈥檚 鈥榰topian鈥� town
In 1948, a 鈥渦topian鈥� town of houses was designed by America鈥檚 greatest architect.
The creation of Inspector Montalbano
In March 1994, the first Inspector Montalbano mystery, The Shape of Water, was published
The protests that sparked the Tiananmen Square massacre
How mass student demonstrations in May 1989 led to bloodshed in Beijing
Australia's first Big Thing
In 1963, a giant sculpture of a Scotsman began one of the country's quirkiest phenomena
The first Irish language television channel
In 1996, Ireland launched its first television channel broadcasting exclusively in Irish
Recording the Eichmann interviews
In the 1950s, a journalist recorded hours of interview with the Nazi Adolf Eichmann
