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Hal Hanson

... that while picking his Minnesota "team of the century", Dick Cullum said that Hal Hanson (pictured) "made brave men wince"?
... that Soviet trophy brigades systematically looted art and even moved entire factories from Central and Eastern Europe during and after World War II?
... that the only copy of El Apóstol, widely considered to be the first animated feature film, was lost in a fire?
... that colonial-era Yogyakartan bureaucrat Tan Jin Sing's close relationship with Europeans led to him saying that he was "no longer a Chinese, not yet a Dutchman, a half-baked Javanese"?
... that one candidate in the 1990 United States Senate election in Tennessee began the campaign with $3,000 in campaign funds, while the other began with $1 million?
... that Solomon Islands at the 2024 Summer Olympics were represented by the only all-female delegation at the games?
... that after the pilot of Somali Airlines Flight 40 was reportedly threatened with jail following his refusal to take off, the flight took off and crashed a few minutes later?
... that Indonesian radio presenters Muhammad Farhan and Indy Barends co-hosted a 32-hour nonstop radio show in 2001, setting a national record which they held until 2019?
... that in one year, 166,000 people visited a three-bedroom house with a garage that stood amid New York City's skyscrapers?

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Nicușor Dan

Author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi win the International Booker Prize for Heart Lamp: Selected Stories.
Nicușor Dan (pictured) is elected as president of Romania.
In the Portuguese legislative election, the Democratic Alliance wins the most seats in parliament.
Austria, represented by JJ with the song "Wasted Love", wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
A tornado outbreak leaves at least 27 people dead in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States.

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