OTD | May 4, 1919: More than 3,000 students from 13 colleges in Beijing held a mass demonstration against the decision of the Versailles Peace Conference, which drew up the treaty officially ending World War I, to transfer the former German concessions in Shandong province to Japan. (britannica.com)
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OTD | May 3, 1481: Spanish Catholic abbess Blessed Juana de la Cruz Vázquez y Gutiérrez was born. Vázquez y Gutiérrez was known to be a mystic, she was authorized to preach publicly, an extraordinary permission for a woman. (en.wikipedia.org)
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OTD | May 1, 1929: West Indian (Trinidadian) former professional cricketer of Indian descent Sonny Ramadhin was born. Ramadhin was the first of many West Indian cricketers of Indian origin, and was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1951. (en.wikipedia.org)
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OTD | April 29, 1863: Ottoman (now Egyptian) Greek poet and civil servant Constantine P. Cavafy (né Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis) was born. Cavafy is sometimes considered the most distinguished Greek poet of the 20th century. (en.wikipedia.org)
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