History · March 8, 1926

Giselle

Name: Giselle
Start: 1926-03-08

100 years ago

100th anniversary

Giselle ( jiz-EL, French: ), originally titled Giselle, ou les Wilis (French:; Giselle, or The Wilis), is a romantic ballet (ballet-pantomime) in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam.

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The 101st anniversary falls on March 8, 2027.

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1929–2012

Hebe Camargo

Hebe Maria Monteiro de Camargo Ravagnani (Portuguese pronunciation:; 8 March 1929 – 29 September 2012) was a Brazilian television host, singer and actress. She is considered the "Queen of Brazilian Television" (Portuguese: Rainha da Televisão Brasileira).

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1847–1912

Bram Stoker

Abraham Stoker (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) was an Irish writer, barrister, literary critic, and theatre manager. He was the author of the Gothic horror novel Dracula (1897) and the creator of the fictional character Count Dracula.

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b. 1982

Marjorie Estiano

Marjorie Dias de Oliveira (born 8 March 1982), known professionally as Marjorie Estiano (Brazilian Portuguese:), is a Brazilian actress and singer-songwriter. She became nationally known for her role in TV Globo's teen soap opera Malhação.

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1879–1968

Otto Hahn

Otto Hahn (German:; 8 March 1879 – 28 July 1968) was a German chemist who was a pioneer in the field of radiochemistry. He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and discoverer of nuclear fission, the science behind nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.

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1917

February Revolution

The February Revolution (Russian: Февральская революция), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution, and sometimes as the March Revolution, was the first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917.

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