Margaréta Schieferová (born
March 29
Events Pre-1600
* 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.
* 1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a ...
,
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...
in
Trstín, district
Trnava
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,
Austria-Hungary
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(today
Slovakia
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), died September 2006 in Wien) was a Slovak
athlete
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who competed for
Czechoslovakia
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in the
discus throw
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in the
1936 Olympic Games 1936 Olympics may refer to:
*The 1936 Winter Olympics, which were held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
*The 1936 Summer Olympics, which were held in Berlin, Germany
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