1199 Moses Maimonides published ‘The Guide to the Perplexed’ in Córdoba. Been there but still perplexed.
1791 ‘Die Zauberflöte’ with that aria from the Queen of the Night premiered with Amadaus Mozart conducting the orchestra in Vienna. Been there and heard that.
1902 Rayon patented. Worn that but no more.
1938 The Munich Accords signed. (Been there.) Alas. See Robert Harris’s superb reconstruction reviewed elsewhere on this blog. Members of the Chamberlain family have said that the Prime Minister meant to say ‘peace for a time.’ The paper in his hand is not the Accord but a letter signed by Adolf Hitler pledging peace.
1953 Auguste and Jacques Piccard descended 3150 meters in a bathyscaph and returned. Not me.
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