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Remedios Varo
1908Dec, 16

Remedios Varo

Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist (d. 1963)
María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga (16 December 1908 – 8 October 1963) was a Spanish surrealist artist working in Spain, France, and Mexico.

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    Orville Wright

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  • 27Sep

    Ford Piquette Avenue Plant

    The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
  • 1Oct

    Ford Model T

    Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of US$825.
  • 6Oct

    Bosnian crisis

    Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina, sparking a crisis.
  • 14Oct

    Detroit Tigers

    The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2-0, clinching the World Series; this would be their last until clinching the 2016 World Series.