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USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
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the Beatles. Publicity still from Help! (1965) directed by Richard Lester starring The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) a British musical quartet. film rock music movie
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Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men, oil on canvas by Gerard Terborch, 1667-1668. (Baroque Art)
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Aerial view of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Mobile, Ala., May 6, 2010. Photo by U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft. BP spill
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
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Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company
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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.
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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
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Víctor Jara: References & Edit History

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

  • Adam Augustyn
    Adam Augustyn was a senior editor at Encyclopædia Britannica.

Other Contributors

  • Michael Dear
    Graduate of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, School of Applied Linguistics and Cultural Studies in Germersheim, Germany. Translator, reviser and editor at the Deutsche Bundesbank since 1997.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
First paragraph modernization. May 07, 2024
Anniversary information added. Nov 12, 2023
Noted that Pedro Pablo Barrientos Nuñez was arrested. Oct 17, 2023
Anniversary information added. Sep 24, 2023
Noted that the eight retired army officers charged with Jara's murder were convicted in 2018. Nov 26, 2018
Modified title of Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Victor Jara. Mar 16, 2016
Added photograph. Aug 10, 2015
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Victor Jara. Jul 21, 2014
In discussion of the planning of Pinochet's coup, changed "sites" to "sights." Aug 29, 2013
New article added. Aug 28, 2013
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