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Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 1 March 1 : First day of Ramadan (2025); Disability Day of Mourning ; Saint David's Day ; Independence Day in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Longtaitou Festival in China (2025); Yap Day in Yap State , Federated States of Micronesia
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That same year Martha Torge's Duckster was auctioned for $5,701. [4] In 2015 the Duckster awarded to Eddie Fisher was auctioned for $1,565.44. [5] In 2009 a Duckster was awarded at the D23 Expo to Jennifer Sleeper, the winner of a contest to create the official portrait of Donald Duck for his 75th birthday. [6]
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Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 20, 2024 12th-century illustration of the use of Greek fire The first Arab siege of Constantinople in 674–678 was a major conflict of the Arab–Byzantine wars , and the first culmination of the Umayyad Caliphate 's expansionist strategy towards the Byzantine Empire .
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February 16: Day of the Shining Star in North Korea; Elizabeth Peratrovich Day in Alaska Act of Independence of Lithuania 1249 – King Louis IX dispatched André de Longjumeau as the French ambassador to the Mongol Empire .
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