#OnThisDay Today is International Day of #Sport for Development and Peace.

[kzoneind@mstdn.social]

#OnThisDay Today is International Day of #Sport for Development and Peace.

First modern summer #Olympics opened (1896).

Robert Peary and Matthew Henson reached North Pole (1909).

Birth Anniversary of Raphael (1483) - Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.

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hmm, Peary may have not reached the pole. Modern history research may have no final proof. Neither for his claim nor for finally contradict his claim. There are many evidences how he could have faked his presence on the pole. See Wikipedia