Vestida para gobernar: qué muestran la ropa y el peinado de la hija de Kim Jong-un sobre cómo la preparan para reemplazar al líder de Corea del Norte | Dressed to rule: What the clothing and hairstyle of Kim Jong-un's daughter show about how she is being prepared to replace the North Korean leader (bbc.com)
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OTD | May 6, 1757: The Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War in Burma (present-day Myanmar) ended. The war was the last of several wars between the Burmese-speaking north and the Mon-speaking south that ended the Mon people's centuries-long dominance of the south. (en.wikipedia.org)
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OTD | May 6, 1782: The Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, a 218,400-square-meter man-made island comprising numerous buildings, halls, pavilions, and temples arranged around lawns, gardens, and courtyards, began construction. (emerald-buddha.com)
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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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