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On September 12, 1933, it occurred to Leo Szilard how a nuclear chain reaction would work. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 590
On this day, August 12, 1985, the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Sep 2024 0 964
On this day, September 12, 2009, agronomist and Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 508
World Trade Center and Tall Ships, New York City, Bicentennial Day 1976: 1 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 760
On December 24, 1994, terrorists hijacked an Air France Airbus A300, intending to blow it up over the Eiffel Tower. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 759
On September 8, 1944, a V-2 rocket came down in London for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 691
On September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 627
On September 5, 1972, Palestinian extremists killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympics. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 699
On September 6, 1952, the 1952 Farnborough Airshow crash occurred 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 629
Checking out the Writing in Historical Writing Can Be a Real Joy: Ian Toll. 1 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 10 789
Polish Thermopylae, with Panzers 0 sarisataka Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 858
How the Atlantic Ocean made the modern world - CaspianReport 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 957
Zyklon B was used on 3 September 1941 in Auschwitz 2 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 811
On September 1, 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down after the aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 561
On September 1, 2004, the Beslan school siege began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 526
On this day, September 3, 1878, SS Princess Alice sank in the River Thames. 600 to 700 died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 587
.." the Germans began the construction of Stutthof camp" Auschwitz twitter 1 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 896
Nazi Gustav Wagner, Sadist 'Beast' of Sobibor Camp; T4 Euthanasia Prog Killed 300K Unworthy of Life 3 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Sep 2024 5 888
1 September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland " The Second World War began in Europe 3 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 971
On this day, August 30, 1910, Roger Bushell, of the "Great Escape," was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 672
'I couldn't believe it was my son who did it': boy, 4, smashes bronze age jar in Israel museum 3 BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 899
On this day, August 29, 1944, troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 747
On this day, August 29, 1533, Pizarro Executed Atahuallpa, Last Emperor of the Incas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 699
Remains of the ancient Roman city under the modern road in Verona, close to Porta Leoni, Italy. 0 elleng Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 44328
On this date 26 August 1905 Rudolph von Mayer was born- from @Auschwitz twitter 0 irisblue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 42052
On August 25, 1944, Paris was liberated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 571
Non-Fiction I'm reading: The Dragon from Chicago 2 bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 773
Aug 19, 1934 Hitler Becomes President of Germany, Unlimited Power Dictator, Turning Pt World History 🇩🇪 7 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 986
50 years ago: CBS News report from Vietnam sparked U.S. outrage 3 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 13 930
On this day, August 23, 1944, the deadliest aircraft accident to occur in Britain during World War II occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 728

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On this day, August 23, 1973, the bank robbery that led to the Stockholm syndrome started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 571
On this day, August 22, 1961, Ida Siekmann became the first person to die at the Berlin Wall. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 572
On this day, August 21, 2015, there was an attack on board an Amsterdam-to-Paris Thalys train. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 631
On this day, August 20, 1858, Charles Darwin first published his theory of evolution through natural selection. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 618
On this day, August 20, 1968, "Operation Danube," the invasion of Czechoslovakia, began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 582
On this day, August 20, Finnish architects Eliel Saarinen (1873) and Eero Saarinen (1910) were born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 659
Fascism: Is Italy's Government Allowing The Past To Live On? BBC News 0 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 860
On August 19, 2002, 127 people died when a Russian Mil Mi-26 was shot down in the deadliest helicopter crash in history. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 642
On this day, August 19, 1942, the disastrous Allied amphibious attack Operation Jubilee, or the Dieppe Raid, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 637
On August 18, 1977, Steve Biko was arrested. He never saw another day of freedom. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 824
On August 17, 1962, Peter Fechter was killed trying to get over the Berlin Wall. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 518
I find this way cool. Recent and not so recent historical finds 0 mitch96 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 834
Lost wreck of WW1 warship found in 'remarkable' condition 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 825
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL Remembering the Iraq War Vote PBS 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 651
On this day, August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito broadcast his declaration of surrender. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 524
On this day, August 15, 1961, E. German border guard Conrad Schumann leaped into the French Sector of West Berlin. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 657
WW2 Italian Campaign 1943-45; End Fascist Rule, Dictator Mussolini 'Il Duce' Executed, April 28 1945 4 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 924
On this day, August 14, 1961, East Berliners awoke to see a wall going up between them and W. Berlin. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 634
Obama, Netanyahu bash each other's Iran plans 2 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 834
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 6: 'Masks of Eternity' 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 637
On this day, August 12, 1944, German troops ended the week-long Wola massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 680
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 5: 'Love and the Goddess' 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 608
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 4: 'Sacrifice and Bliss' 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 623
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 3: 'The First Storytellers' 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 615
Operation Beluga 0 Bayard Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 764
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On this day, August 5, 2010, the 2010 Copiapo mining accident occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 561

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On this day, August 4, 1944, Anne Frank, her family, and four others were discovered by the Gestapo, following a tip. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 695
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1st Genocide 20th C: Herero, Nama Conc Camps 1904-08, German Empire SW Africa, Racism; Ethnic Cleansing 0 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 616
On July 25, 2000, Air France flight 4590 crashed on takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 784
On July 25, 2019, heat records were set in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 510
On this day, July 25, 1920, Rosalind Franklin was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 652
On this day, July 25, 1943, the Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 744
On this day, July 20, 1944, Adolf Hitler survived an assassination attempt led by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 742
On this day, July 17, 1918, the RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, was sunk. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 650
On this day, July 17, 1918, Anastasia screamed in vain. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 803
On this day, July 14, 1902, an expedition led by Agustin Lizarraga discovered the Incan city of Machu Picchu. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 841
On July 12, 1916, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper, was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 668
July 14, 1789 - Storming of Bastille - Paris, France 🇫🇷 Key to Bastille on Display GW Home Mount Vernon 2 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 804
WW2 Occupation - Norway Teachers Resisted, Refused To Teach Nazism - Arrested, Forced Labor Camps 7 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 974
'NUTS!' US Gen. McAuliffe Refused To Surrender to Germans - Bastogne, The Bulge, Dec. 22, 1944 12 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 1793
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On this day, July 6, 1942, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 586
On this day, July 3, 1938, LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard set the world speed record for a steam locomotive. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 507
On June 24, 1954, de Havilland Comet airframe G-ALYU burst open during water tank testing. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 517
On this day, June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 591
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