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- ... that American John Trumbull's The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 (pictured) was painted in the London studio of Benjamin West?
- ... that among the babies born at the Parsi Lying-in Hospital was the Indian politician Feroze Gandhi?
- ... that Wolfgang Unger was director of music at the University of Leipzig, where he founded two instrumental ensembles named after the original Paulinerkirche?
- ... that the Romanian destroyers Mărăști and Mărășești both changed owners three times and were renamed four times during their careers?
- ... that the 1923 World Congress of Jewish Women in Vienna unanimously resolved to support the settlement of Jews in Palestine?
- ... that A Summer in a Sea Shell was the first Slovenian coming-of-age film to have popular music and dancing?
- ... that the year before he first played in baseball's National Association, Marty Swandell umpired the game that decided the league's championship?
- ... that Peng Shilu, the "father of China's nuclear submarines", was jailed at age eight?