Today is Republic Day in Portugal, a public holiday. It commemorates the establishment of a republican form of government in 1910 when the monarchy, the House of Braganca, that had been in power since the 11th century was overthrown in a bloodless revolution. The First Republic lasted for just 16 turbulent years, ending with the 28 May coup d’état of 1926. This put in place a military dictatorship known as the National Dictatorship and was followed by the fascist Estado Novo regime of António de Oliveira Salazar, which proved to be the longest serving authoritarian regime in Western Europe.
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Today is the birthday, in 1943, of Steve Miller who, with his band, had this number one hit.
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