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Nelson's Pillar was a large granite column capped by a statue of Horatio Nelson, erected in the centre of O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland, in 1809. It was severely damaged by explosives in March 1966 and demolished a week later. The monument was erected after the euphoria following Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It proved a popular tourist attraction but provoked aesthetic and political controversy, and there were frequent calls for it to be removed, or replaced with a memorial to an Irish hero. Nevertheless it remained. Its destruction just before the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising was, on the whole, well received by the Irish public. The police could identify no one responsible; when in 2000 a former republican activist admitted planting the explosives, he was not charged. Relics of the Pillar are found in various Dublin locations, and its memory is preserved in numerous works of Irish literature. (Full article...)

Did you know ...

... that some song choices by Regine Velasquez in her concert series Solo were viral hits from TikTok?

... that in 2008, Grafton Street had the fifth-highest property rental prices in the world for retailers?

... that Claude Vivier was inspired to compose Shiraz after hearing two blind singers in a market?

... that the programming language Acorn System BASIC was so non-standard that one commenter suggested that using it on the BBC Micro would be a disaster?

... that Hussein Kamel Bahaeddin tried to pass a decree in 1994 that would have prohibited wearing hijab in Egyptian schools?

... that Kainé from the video game series Nier was created in response to a female staff member's vague wish for a "male heroine"?

... that Stan Robb played professional football for the team coached by his brother?

... that Russell Court in Bloomsbury, London, has more than 500 "bachelor flats"?

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The World Baseball Classic concludes with Japan defeating the United States for the championship.

Swiss bank UBS announces its intention to acquire its competitor Credit Suisse in a government-brokered deal.

The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Russian president Vladimir Putin and Russian official Maria Lvova-Belova for the abduction of children from Ukraine.

At the Academy Awards, Everything Everywhere All at Once wins seven awards, including Best Picture.

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March 24: World Tuberculosis Day

1603 - James VI of Scotland succeeded to the thrones of England and Ireland as James I, uniting the realms under a single monarch.

1860 - Japanese chief minister Ii Naosuke was assassinated by ronin samurai upset with his role in opening Japan to foreign powers.

1946 - The British Cabinet Mission arrived in New Delhi to discuss the transfer of power from the colonial government to Indian leadership.

1980 - One day after making a plea to Salvadoran soldiers to stop carrying out the government's repression, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.

2008 - Led by Jigme Thinley, the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party won 45 of 47 seats in the country's first National Assembly election.

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The Civilization franchise is composed primarily of a series of turn-based strategy video games and associated media. The core of the franchise is a series of six titles for personal computers, released between 1991 and 2016. Sid Meier developed Civilization (1991), the first game in the series and has had creative input for most of its sequels. The official titles of the Civilization series, core games, and most spin-offs include his name, as in Sid Meier's Civilization. The first game in the series was created by MicroProse co-founder Meier and Bruce Shelley. MicroProse continued the series for several years, but beginning with Civilization III (2001) through the latest title, Civilization VI (2016), it has been developed by Firaxis Games. In addition to video games, the franchise includes several board games, artbooks, and music albums. (Full list...)

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