On this day in 1882, the first stone is laid for the Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí.

On this day in 1895, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière, history’s earliest filmmakers, record their first film, the 50 seconds long ‘Sortie des Usines Lumière à Lyon’.

On this day in 1911, the first International Women’s Day is marked by over a million people in Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland.

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