Russian journalist and activist (died 2006)

Anna Politkovskaya

Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian investigative journalist who reported on political and social events in Russia, in particular, the Second Chechen War (1999–2005). She was found murdered in the elevator of her apartment block in Moscow on 7 October 2006, Vladimir Putin's birthday.

Born

1958

August 30

Died

2006

Era

1950s

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Anna, in brief

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1958 Born
2006 Died

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1057 Elderly Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas abdicates after just one year on the throne.
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1282 Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

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The world in 1958

When Anna arrived

april 14 The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
april 21 United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
april 26 Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
april 4 The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.

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Evelyn De Morgan 1855– English painter (died 1919) Fred Hampton 1948–1969 American activist and revolutionary, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (died 1969) Huey Long 1893–1935 American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (died 1935) Jack Swigert 1931–1982 American pilot and astronaut (died 1982) John Phillips 1935–2001 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2001) Ravi Shankar Prasad 1954– Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Communications and IT Roy Wilkins 1901–1981 American journalist and activist (died 1981)

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