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If I were to recommend a highly perceptive and original book on the Second World War, it would be... 3 NNadir Nov 2024 Dec 2024 8 1284
On this date, December 27, 1571, Johannes Kepler was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 681
One this day, December 27, 1923, Gustave Eiffel died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 630
'Really incredible' sixth-century sword found in Kent 5 Jilly_in_VA Dec 2024 Dec 2024 32 2158
WW2 Christmas 1944, Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne & the Legendary 'Nuts!' That Changed the War ⭐ 8 appalachiablue Dec 2024 Dec 2024 9 1252
On this day, December 26, 1944, the siege of Bastogne was lifted. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 6 752
This Day in Labor History: December 25, 1831. The Baptist Rebellion began in Jamaica. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 526
On this day, December 26, 2004, an earthquake and tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 557
The story of "Carol of the Bells" and its relevance to the Russian invasion of Ukraine 1 erronis Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 783
On December 21, 2024, at least 41 people were killed in a traffic accident in Brazil. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 538
On December 17, 2023, Maureen Sweeney, weather watcher who influenced D-Day plans, died at 100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 591
On this day, December 23, 1888, Vincent van Gogh severed part of his ear and gave it to a woman in a brothel. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 550
On this day, December 18, 1981, the Tupolev Tu-160 "White Swan" first took to the skies. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 669
On this day, December 17, 1961, over 500 were killed in the Niteroi circus fire in Brazil. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 606
The Argentine dictatorship's dirty war 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 712
The Revolt of 1381 2 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 20 1376
The French Resistance 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 692
Jewish Partisans Against Nazis 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 627
How Norwegians Resisted Nazi Occupation 4 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 14 1383
The Polish Resistance 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 650
On this day, December 13, 1937, the Nanjing Massacre started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 8 849
Henri Borlant, French survivor who endured Auschwitz as a teen, dies at 97 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 860
On this day, December 12, 1988, the Clapham Junction rail crash occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 604
Spinoza's God: The Mind-Blowing Philosophy That Inspired Einstein - Baruch Spinoza 1 Uncle Joe Dec 2024 Dec 2024 8 824
80 Years After December 1, 1944, Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 700
On this day, December 4, 1872, Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 1084
On December 2 and 3, 1984, the Bhopal disaster occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 851
The world gets its first glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years under wraps 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 13 875
On November 27, 1835, James Pratt and John Smith became the last people to be executed in England for sodomy. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 709
On November 26, 1914, the second most catastrophic accidental explosion in the history of the United Kingdom occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 612

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On this day, November 26, 2003, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 673
On this day, November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was first published. It sold out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 592
On this day, November 14, 1974, the Australopithecus afarensis skeleton nicknamed "Lucy" was discovered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 594
On this day, November 24, 2012, the Tazreen Fashion factory fire, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 1408
Truth & Conviction: The Helmuth Hubener Story. Youth Resistance To Nazi Germany, Executed at 17 0 appalachiablue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 638
Madeleine Riffaud, 'the Girl Who Saved Paris,' Dies at 100 1 Omaha Steve Nov 2024 Nov 2024 13 39914
USA uber alles???!! 2 Montauk6 Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 906
Stanislaw Ryniak was born this date in 1915, he was the first Polish prisoner registered in Auschwitz 1 irisblue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 636
On this day, November 18, 1947, the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 629
On this day, November 16, 1938, LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 911
On this day, November 16, 1920, Qantas was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 543
On this day, November 15, 1907, Claus von Stauffenberg was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 630
On this day, November 13, 2015, ISIL conducted an array of terror attacks in Paris. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 587
On this day, November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 586
On November 8, 1923, the Beer Hall Putsch, the failed coup d'etat by the Nazi Party, began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 641
"Eat the rich" 2 multigraincracker Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 673
The Deportation Campaigns of the Great Depression. It has happened here 2 irisblue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 599
On this day, November 6, 1986, the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 403
"Remember, remember, the 5th of November." On this day, November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes's plot was thwarted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 705
On this day, November 4, 2010, Qantas did not have a fatal accident. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 802
Lily Ebert, Holocaust Survivor Who Found Fame on TikTok, Dies at 100 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 781
On this day, November 3, 1982, the world's deadliest traffic accident, the Salang Tunnel fire, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 41957
On this day, October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX crashed after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 565
I'm looking for ageneral info book on the Battle for Manila Feb-Mar 1945 6 irisblue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 856
On this day October 28, 4004 BCE land animals including humans were made. 5 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 1275
Disabled Adults, Children 'Unworthy of Life' 1st Nazi Murder Victims 1939, Jews, Gypsys, Gays, JehovWit 4 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 1092
On this day October 27, 4004 BCE all fish and birds were made. 7 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 1270
On this day October 26, 4004 BCE the moon, sun and stars were made. 7 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 1391
On this day October 25, 4004 BCE land was separated from water and plants were made. 3 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 980
Not long ago not far away from twitter 2 irisblue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 742

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Germany Honors Plotters Who Tried to Kill Hitler July 1944, Operation Valkyrie, Resistance 80 Yrs Ago 5 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 1065
On this day October 24, 4004 BCE, Heaven was created. 3 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 1132
On this day October 23, 4004 BCE at 9 AM @ the 45th Meridian the six-day creation of the universe started. 7 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 1434
On this day, October 23, 1906, Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first powered heavier-than-air flight outside of the US. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 609
On October 21, 1944 the HMAS Australia became the first Allied ship attacked by a kamikaze attack. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 548
On this day, October 17, 2000, four people died in a rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 556
British explorer Sandy Irvine's foot discovered 100 years after he vanished on Everest 1 Bayard Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 927
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Bayard Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 708
On this day, October 8, 1952, the worst peacetime rail crash in British history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 637
Anyone remember? 11 elleng Oct 2024 Oct 2024 19 1740
On this day, September 30, 1941, the first Babi Yar massacre came to an end. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 788
The Greatest Scot, Alexander Fleming, Changed History - Discovered Penicillin, Antibiotic Resistance 0 appalachiablue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 756
On this day, September 26, 1905, Albert Einstein introduced the special theory of relativity. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 634
On this day, September 26, 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 728
Western allies abandon Poles to Nazis, chance for early end to WW2 slips away 1 sarisataka Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 744
September 19, 1941, wearing the Star of David became compulsary in the German Reich. from twitter 2 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 749
SRIN Grinblatt, Senior Advisor Kushner Meet with Israeli PM May 30 2019 🇺🇸 1 Uncle Joe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 631
On this day, September 15, 1935, The Nurnberg Laws were passed in Germany. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 577
On this day, September15, 1940, the Luftwaffe failed to draw out the RAF into a battle of annihilation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 617
On September 12, 1977, Steve Biko died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 688
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