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	<br /><img src="//mypoeticside.com/timeline/timeline_js/images/numbers/icono-celeste.png"> Langston Hughes<span style="margin-left:45px"><img src="//mypoeticside.com/timeline/timeline_js/images/numbers/icono-rojo.png"> Historical context</span></div>




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Malone in 1923, spending six months traveling to West Africa and Europe<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1923<br />Age: 20 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The Weary Blues is published</strong><br /><br />The Weary Blues is published in 1926 by Knopf<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1926<br />Age: 23 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Fine Clothes to the Jew is pubished</strong><br /><br />Fine Clothes to the Jew is published in 1927 by Knopf<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1927<br />Age: 24 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Not Without Laughter is published</strong><br /><br />Not Without Laughter is published in 1930 by Knopf<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1930<br />Age: 27 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The Negro Mother and Other Dramatic Recitations is published</strong><br /><br />The Negro Mother and Other Dramatic Recitations is published in 1931<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1931<br />Age: 28 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Dear Lovely Death is published</strong><br /><br />Dear Lovely Death is published in 1931<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1931<br />Age: 28 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Mule Bone is released</strong><br /><br />The play "Mule Bone" is released in 1931<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1931<br />Age: 28 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Helps form the "New York Suitcase Theater"</strong><br /><br />In 1931 Hughes helps form the "New York Suitcase Theater" with playwright Paul Peters, artist Jacob Burck<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1931<br />Age: 28 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The Dream Keeper and Other Poems is published</strong><br /><br />The Dream Keeper and Other Poems is published in 1932 by Knopf<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1932<br />Age: 29 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Four Poems and a Play is publishd</strong><br /><br />Four Poems and a Play is published in 1932 by Golden Stair Press<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1932<br />Age: 29 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Popo and Fifina is published</strong><br /><br />Popo and Fifina, with Arna Bontemps is published in 1932<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1932<br />Age: 29 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Produces a Soviet film on "Negro Life"</strong><br /><br />In 1932, he was part of a board to produce a Soviet film on "Negro Life" with Malcolm Cowley, Floyd Dell and Whittaker Chambers<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1932<br />Age: 29 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The Ways of White Folks is published</strong><br /><br />The Ways of White Folks is published in 1934 by Knopf<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1934<br />Age: 31 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship</strong><br /><br />In 1935 Hughes is awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, which allowed him to travel to Spain and Russia<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1935<br />Age: 32 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Mulatto is released </strong><br /><br />Te play "Mulatto" is released in 1935<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1935<br />Age: 32 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Emperor of Haiti is released</strong><br /><br />The play "Emperor of Haiti" Is released in 1936<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1936<br />Age: 33 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Little Ham is released</strong><br /><br />The play "Little Ham" is released in 1936<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1936<br />Age: 33 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Troubled Island is released</strong><br /><br />The play "Troubled Island" is released in 1936<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1936<br />Age: 33 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Let America Be America Again is published</strong><br /><br />Let America Be America Again is published in 1938<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1938<br />Age: 35 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Dont You Want to be Free? Is released</strong><br /><br />The play "Dont You Want to be Free?" Is released in 1938<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1938<br />Age: 35 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The Big Sea is published</strong><br /><br />The Big Sea is published in 1940 by Knopf<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1940<br />Age: 37 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Awarded a fellowship from the Rosenwald Fund</strong><br /><br />In 1941 Hughes is awarded a fellowship from the Rosenwald Fund<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1941<br />Age: 38 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Shakespeare in Harlem is published</strong><br /><br />Shakespeare in Harlem is published in 1942 by Knopf<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1942<br />Age: 39 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters</strong><br /><br />In 1943 Lincoln University awards Hughes an honorary Doctor of Letters<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1943<br />Age: 40 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Freedoms Plow is published</strong><br /><br />Freedoms Plow is published in 1943<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1943<br />Age: 40 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Fields of Wonder is published</strong><br /><br />Fields of Wonder is published in 1947 by Knopf<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1947<br />Age: 44 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Street Scene is released</strong><br /><br />The play "Street Scene" is released in 1947<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1947<br />Age: 44 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>One-Way Ticket is published</strong><br /><br />One-Way Ticket is published in 1949<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1949<br />Age: 46 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Simple Speaks His Mind is published</strong><br /><br />Simple Speaks His Mind is published in 1950<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1950<br />Age: 47 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Montage of a Dream Deferred is published</strong><br /><br />Montage of a Dream Deferred is published in 1951 by Holt<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1951<br />Age: 48 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Laughing to Keep from Crying is published</strong><br /><br />Laughing to Keep from Crying is published in 1952 by Holt<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1952<br />Age: 49 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The First Book of the Negroes is published</strong><br /><br />The First Book of the Negroes is published in 1952<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1952<br />Age: 49 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Simple Takes a Wife is published</strong><br /><br />Simple Takes a Wife is published in 1953<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1953<br />Age: 50 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Wins the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award</strong><br /><br />In 1954 Hughes wins the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1954<br />Age: 51 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Famous American Negroes is published</strong><br /><br />Famous American Negroes is published in 1954<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1954<br />Age: 51 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The First Book of Jazz is published</strong><br /><br />The First Book of Jazz is published in 1954<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1954<br />Age: 51 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Marian Anderson: Famous Concert Singer, with Steven C. Tracy is published</strong><br /><br />Marian Anderson: Famous Concert Singer, with Steven C. Tracy is published in 1954<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1954<br />Age: 51 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The First Book of Rhythms is published</strong><br /><br />The First Book of Rhythms is published in 1954<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1954<br />Age: 51 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Sweet Flypaper of Life is published </strong><br /><br />Sweet Flypaper of Life is published in 1955<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1955<br />Age: 52 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>I Wonder as I Wander is published </strong><br /><br />I Wonder as I Wander is published in 1956 by Rinehart & Co<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1956<br />Age: 53 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>A Pictorial History of the Negro in America, with Milton Meltzer is published</strong><br /><br />A Pictorial History of the Negro in America, with Milton Meltzer is published in 1956<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1956<br />Age: 53 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Tambourines to Glory is released</strong><br /><br />The play "Tambourines to Glory" is released in 1956<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1956<br />Age: 53 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The First Book of the West Indies is published</strong><br /><br />The First Book of the West Indies is published in 1956<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1956<br />Age: 53 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Simple Stakes a Claim is published</strong><br /><br />Simple Stakes a Claim is published in 1957<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1957<br />Age: 54 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Selected Poems of Langston Hughes is published</strong><br /><br />Selected Poems of Langston Hughes is published in 1958<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1958<br />Age: 55 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Tambourines to Glory is published</strong><br /><br />Tambourines to Glory is published in 1958<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1958<br />Age: 55 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Famous Negro Heroes of America is published</strong><br /><br />Famous Negro Heroes of America is published in 1958<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1958<br />Age: 55 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>NAACP awards the Spingarn Medal</strong><br /><br />In 1960 the NAACP awards Hughes the Spingarn Medal for distinguished achievements by an African American<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1960<br />Age: 57 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Wins The National Institute of Arts and Letters</strong><br /><br />In 1961 Hughes is awarded The National Institute of Arts and Letters<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1961<br />Age: 58 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz is published</strong><br /><br />Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz is published in 1961 by Hill & Wang<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1961<br />Age: 58 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The Best of Simple is published</strong><br /><br />The Best of Simple is published in 1961<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1961<br />Age: 58 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Simply Heavenly is released</strong><br /><br />The play "Black Nativity" is released in 1961<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1961<br />Age: 58 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Fight for Freedom: The Story of the NAACP is published</strong><br /><br />Fight for Freedom: The Story of the NAACP is published in 1962<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1962<br />Age: 59 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Awarded an honorary degree by Howard University</strong><br /><br />In 1963 Howard University awarded Hughes an honorary doctorate<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1963<br />Age: 60 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Something in Common and Other Stories is published</strong><br /><br />Something in Common and Other Stories is published in 1963 by Hill & Wang<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1963<br />Age: 60 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Five Plays by Langston Hughes is released</strong><br /><br />The play "Five Plays by Langston Hughes" is released in 1963<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1963<br />Age: 60 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Awarded an honorary Litt.D</strong><br /><br />In 1964 Western Reserve University awards Hughes an honorary Litt.D.<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1964<br />Age: 61 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Jericho-Jim Crow is released</strong><br /><br />The play "Jericho-Jim Crow" is released in 1964<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1964<br />Age: 61 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>First Book of Africa is published</strong><br /><br />First Book of Africa is published in 1964<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1964<br />Age: 61 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Simples Uncle Sam is published</strong><br /><br />Simples Uncle Sam is published in 1965<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1965<br />Age: 62 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The Panther and the Lash: Poems of Our Times is published</strong><br /><br />The Panther and the Lash: Poems of Our Times is published in 1967<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1967<br />Age: 64 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Dies</strong><br /><br />Langston Hughes passes away on May the 22nd 1967 in<br /><br />New York City, United States<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: May 22nd, 1967<br />Age: 65 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Black Misery is published</strong><br /><br />Black Misery is published in 1969<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1969<br />Age: 66 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Awarded the first Langston Hughes Medal</strong><br /><br />In 1973 Hughes is awarded the first Langston Hughes Medal by the City College of New York.<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1973<br />Age: 70 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>New York City Landmark status Is given to his Harlem home</strong><br /><br />In 1981 New York City Landmark status is given to the Harlem home of Langston Hughes at 20 East 127th Street<br 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drop(40.734117033333, -73.984607966667,'<h3>Historical context</h3><h3 style="text-transform:uppercase">New York, United States</h3><br /><strong>Construction of the Statue of Liberty</strong><br /><br />In 1866 the Construction of the Statue of Liberty behins<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1886<br />Age: -17 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded</strong><br /><br />In 1917 the first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1917<br />Age: 14 years old<br /></span>','New York, United States','13','5','sprite-rojo.png');
drop(26.8205530, 30.8024980,'<h3>Historical context</h3><h3 style="text-transform:uppercase">Egypt, Africa</h3><br /><strong>Egyptian Revolution of 1919</strong><br /><br />The Egyptian Revolution of 1919 was a countrywide revolution against the British occupation of Egypt and Sudan<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: from 11 1918 until 07 1919<br />Age: 16 years old when started<br /></span>','Egypt, Africa','14','6','sprite-rojo.png');
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drop(48.8566140, 2.3522219,'<h3>Historical context</h3><h3 style="text-transform:uppercase">Paris, France</h3><br /><strong>Treaty of Versailles</strong><br /><br />The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: June 28th, 1919<br />Age: 17 years old<br /></span>','Paris, France','16','8','sprite-rojo.png');
drop(55.3780510, -3.4359730,'<h3>Historical context</h3><h3 style="text-transform:uppercase">United Kingdom</h3><br /><strong>United Kingdom is formed</strong><br /><br />In 1801 The Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1801<br />Age: -102 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Slavery Abolition Act</strong><br /><br />The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was an 1833 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1833<br />Age: -70 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>First televisual image created</strong><br /><br />First televisual image created by John Logie Baird in 1925<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1925<br />Age: 22 years old<br /></span>','United Kingdom','17','9','sprite-rojo.png');
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drop(40.4636670, -3.7492200,'<h3>Historical context</h3><h3 style="text-transform:uppercase">Spain</h3><br /><strong>Spanish Civil War</strong><br /><br />The Spanish Civil War widely known in Spain simply as the Civil War or The War, was a civil war fought from 1936 to 1939<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: from 1936 until 1939<br />Age: 33 years old when started<br /></span>','Spain','19','11','sprite-rojo.png');
drop(31.9524799, -102.1732882,'<h3>Historical context</h3><h3 style="text-transform:uppercase">Global</h3><br /><strong>Nine Years War</strong><br /><br />The Nine Years War often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg was a major war between 1688 and 1697<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: from 1688 until 1697<br />Age: -215 years old when started<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Napoleonic Wars</strong><br /><br />The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major conflicts pitting the French Empire led by Emperor Napoleon I against an array of European powers formed into various coalitions<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: from May 18th, 1803 until November 20th, 1815<br />Age: -99 years old when started<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The Suez Canal opens</strong><br /><br />In 1869 the Suez Canal opens linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1869<br />Age: -34 years old<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The Second Industrial Revolution</strong><br /><br />The Second Industrial Revolution, was a phase of the larger Industrial Revolution corresponding to the latter half of the 19th century<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: from 1871 until 1914<br />Age: -32 years old when started<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>The Long Depression</strong><br /><br />The Long Depression was a worldwide price recession, beginning in 1873 and running through the spring of 1879<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: from 1873 until 1879<br />Age: -30 years old when started<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Great Depression</strong><br /><br />The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the 1930s<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: from 1929 until 1938<br />Age: 26 years old when started<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>World War II</strong><br /><br />World War II, also known as the Second World War (after the recent Great War), was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: from September 1st, 1939 until September 2nd, 1945<br />Age: 37 years old when started<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>First landing on the moon</strong><br /><br />In 1969  Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on Apollo 11 became the first men on the moon<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: 1969<br />Age: 66 years old<br /></span>','Global','20','12','sprite-rojo.png');
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drop(29.2985278, 42.5509603,'<h3>Historical context</h3><h3 style="text-transform:uppercase">Middle East</h3><br /><strong>Six-Day War</strong><br /><br />The Six-Day War , also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War, or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between June 5 and 10, 1967 by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: from June 5th, 1967 until June 10th, 1967<br />Age: 65 years old when started<br /></span><br /><div style="height:1px;border-bottom:1px dashed #000"></div><br /><strong>Gulf War</strong><br /><br />The Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (2 August 1990 – 17 January 1991) for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia<br /><br /><span style="color:#777">Date: from August 2nd, 1990 until February 28th, 1991<br />Age: 88 years old when started<br /></span>','Middle East','25','17','sprite-rojo.png');
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