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Do you know what the 'shepherd's little stars' were?

They had this curious name, as a kind of metaphor from the author's childhood, but they were simply shooting stars seen on summer nights, once referred to by children as 'shepherd's'.

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1933: The Constitution of the Estado Novo is approved by national plebiscite, formally establishing António de Oliveira Salazar's authoritarian corporatist regime that would govern Portugal for over four decades, until the Carnation Revolution of 1974.
1812: The Cortes of Cádiz promulgates the liberal Spanish Constitution of 1812, which profoundly influences Portuguese liberal thought and becomes a model for the Portuguese Constitution of 1822.

Elsewhere

1920: The U.S. Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the final time, preventing American entry into the League of Nations and reshaping the postwar international order.

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Do you know what the 'shepherd's little stars' were?

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