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Tag: Switzerland

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24th May 1956: 1st Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Switzerland

24th May 2019
Tagged as: Entertainment, Europe, Eurovision, Israel, Music, Switzerland, Television

On the 24^th May 1956, the first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano, Switzerland.

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16th April 1917: Lenin arrives back in Russia in the sealed train after a decade in exile

16th April 2018
Tagged as: Bolshevik, Communism, Communist, Exile, Finland, First World War, Germany, Lenin, Nicholas II, Politics, Provisional Government, Revolution, Russian Revolution, Saint Petersburg, Switzerland

Vladimir Lenin arrived in Russia after a decade of self-imposed exile.

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9th January 1349: Jews massacred in Basel during the Black Death persecutions

9th January 2018
Tagged as: Anti-Semitism, Basel, Black Death, Judaism, Plague, Rhine, Switzerland

The Jewish population of Basel were massacred amidst accusations that they were responsible for causing the Black Death.

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