BirthOctober 41995

Mikolas Josef

Mikolas Josef, Czech singer and songwriter

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When
Wednesday, October 4 199531 years ago
Category
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Mikolas Josef

Who they were

Mikolas Josef, also known mononymously as Mikolas, is a Czech singer-songwriter and former model. He represented the Czech Republic in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Lie to Me" and finished in sixth place. This was the highest score for the Czech Republic in Eurovision history.

Early life

Early life and career Josef was born on 4 October 1995 in Prague into a musical family. [ 1 ] He is of Czech , Moravian , Austrian, German and Italian descent. [ 2 ] He has a brother named Karel and an older half-sister called Martina. He has been playing guitar since he was five years old. [ 3 ] He grew up in Znojmo and in a small village in south Bohemia . [ 4 ] [ non-primary source needed ] Between 2006 and 2008 he studied at an art school, majoring in playing the guitar,

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Mikolas Josef appears on our October 4 calendar for 1995 as a birth entry.

October 4 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

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  2. 1993Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
  3. 19931993 Russian constitutional crisis
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  5. 1997October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery
  6. 2001Siberia Airlines Flight 1812
  7. 2003Maxim restaurant suicide bombing
  8. 2004SpaceShipOne
  9. 2006WikiLeaks
  10. 2010Ajka alumina plant accident
  11. 2017United States Army Special Forces

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October 4 1995 — 31 years ago, on a Wednesday.

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