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At first I wanted to give you this one from my home, but I think even for Germans it would not be too easy to get (if I would remove the year and other easy to get information).
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So I have looked for something different and found the following. What has happened today (15.01.) some when in the past related to this picture?
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PS: If somebody wants to guess the first one, they're welcome but the second one ifs the real question.
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Here's another picture:

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Here's another hint:

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The Aswan Dam on the Nile River in Egypt is officially opened by Anwar Sadat on January 15, 1971.
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You're totally right, Hlaoroo! Congratulations!

It's your turn again.
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So out of curiosity, what was the first one?
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CosmicCoyote wrote:So out of curiosity, what was the first one?
Oh, yeah, sure. Sorry, forgot about it.

That has been the Grote Mandrenke (Middle Dutch / Lower German for "Great Drowning of Men"), also called the 2nd Saint Marcellus' flood. A storm tide that started on January 15th 1362, reached the highest point on the 16th (the day of Saint Marcellus) and ended on the 17th.
Some chronicles say that about 100,000 people died during this flooding, but it is assumed that this figure is way too high. The flooding had some impact and changed coastlines not only where I am from (the picture I already posted) but mostly also in North Frisia where it removed islands islands completely.
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Huh. I'm actually familiar with the second one in the early-mid 1600s because of family ties (the van Nordstrandts), but yeah, I'd be stuck guessing pretty much forever on that one.
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This will be dead easy but I can't resist. What happened today, February 6, relating to this picture?

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Heh.

Rick Astley, of "Never Gonna Give You Up" fame, turns 50 today!
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Hehe, yup. Well done. You got rickrolled, CC! Your turn!
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Alright, I think I got one.

What does this little guy have to do with February 9th?
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He's got something to do with it, too.

EDIT: Found another image, since the other one wasn't working
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Alright, this'll probably give it away.

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Well, that one was a lot easier than the ones I saw the last time.

The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA.
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Yeah, that's it.

Your turn!
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HAHAHA! Nice one!
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I'm looking for an event that happened in 29th February:
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Anyone? :|
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Yes. Wanted to solve it yesterday already, but forgot... xD

Piedra Movediza, the shifting stone, in Tandil, Argentina fell and broke 104 years ago in 1912.
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Correct! Now is your turn.

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Ah, finally found something.

What has happened today, 09 March?

These little comic strips are your first hint:

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Little translation of the texts:
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2. "I don't doubt your past is impeccable - it's just too short for me."
3. In Italy // "Oh my dog, all Italian words I know from hit songs in Germany seem to be some kind of declaration of love."
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The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. (I was excepting something serious :P )
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You're right! That was 1959.

Did you identify the woman in the comics?
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She's Bild Lilli.
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Yeah, that's right!

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What happened 23rd May? This guy is your first hint...
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This was a fun game. Let's get it going again!
I can't find anything on that guy, sadly, beyond him being an Argentinian architect, thanks to my lack of Spanish skills...

Anyway, here's an easier one to get us going again. What happened today, January 27, related to this picture?

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Oh, nice idea to revive this game!
Hlaoroo wrote:Anyway, here's an easier one to get us going again.
Yeah, that was an easy one. The solution was basically written on the picture. ^^

Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart was born 27.01.1756 in Salzburg.
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Yup! Well done, Render! Your turn!
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I'll continue with something easy too.

What happened today, January 30th, but in an earlier year?

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Nobody yet? Okay, here's the 2nd hint for Jan 30th:

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...some sort of band that have terrible haircuts and dress way to formally? what kind of hint is that supposed to be?
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I think I know what it is, but if I answer then I have to come up with one.
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Buster wrote:...some sort of band that have terrible haircuts and dress way to formally? what kind of hint is that supposed to be?
Wooow. Kids these days. No taste. :P
That's The Beatles, Buster, and Render's puzzle was that that was the day they did their last public performance on top of the Apple Records building in London. ^^
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Hlaoroo wrote:
Buster wrote:...some sort of band that have terrible haircuts and dress way to formally? what kind of hint is that supposed to be?
Wooow. Kids these days. No taste. :P
That's The Beatles, Buster, and Render's puzzle was that that was the day they did their last public performance on top of the Apple Records building in London. ^^
Fully correct. I only have the year to add here, it was 1969 - the year with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon.

Okay, maybe I can add something more: The concert was aborted after just 42 minutes because of the traffic chaos it has caused.
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What happened today, March 22, related to this picture?

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I don't know anything that has happened today, March 21, that is related that picture.
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Try searching for March 22 then. Time zones are fun, aren't they? ;)
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World Mime Day?
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