#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/19/2011 #2

Vaclav Havel, a dissident playwright who was jailed by Communists and then went on to lead the bloodless “Velvet Revolution” and become Czech president, died at 75 on Dec. 18th.

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/22/2011 #5

Thousands of people have accompanied the coffin of late Czech leader Vaclav Havel en route to Prague Castle where he will lie in state. The procession marks the start of three official days of mourning for Havel who died on Sunday aged 75.

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#3 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/05/2021 #1

In 1936, Václav Havel was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. #VaclavHavel

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#4 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/18/2021 #15

In 2011, Václav Havel, 75, the dissident playwright who became Czechoslovakia’s first democratically elected president, died in the northern Czech Republic. #VaclavHavel

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#5 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/29/2021 #11

In 1989, dissident and playwright Václav Havel assumed the presidency of Czechoslovakia. #VaclavHavel

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#6 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/26/2022 #10

In 1993, Václav Havel was elected president of the newly formed Czech Republic. #VaclavHavel

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