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November 5, 1925

On November 5, 1925, secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union. Ernestina Herrera de Noble, Ernestina Herrera de Noble, Ernestina Herrera de Noble would arrive in the same year.

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1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1925th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 925th year of the 2nd millennium, the 25th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1920s decade.

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On November 5, 1925

  1. 1925 Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.

    Clandestine acquisition of confidential information

    Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering, as a subfield of the intelligence field, is the act of obtaining secret, confidential, or in some way valuable information. Such information is also referred to as intelligence. A professional trained in conducting intelligence operations by their government may be employed as an intelligence officer.

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Ernestina Herrera de Noble 1925– Argentine publisher and executive (died 2017)
Ernestina Herrera de Noble 1925– Argentine publisher and executive (died 2017)
Ernestina Herrera de Noble 1925– Argentine publisher and executive (died 2017)
Ernestina Herrera de Noble 1925– Argentine publisher and executive (died 2017)

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