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On this day, November 3, 1982, the world's deadliest traffic accident, the Salang Tunnel fire, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 42051
On this day, October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX crashed after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 658
I'm looking for ageneral info book on the Battle for Manila Feb-Mar 1945 6 irisblue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 975
On this day October 28, 4004 BCE land animals including humans were made. 5 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 1370
Disabled Adults, Children 'Unworthy of Life' 1st Nazi Murder Victims 1939, Jews, Gypsys, Gays, JehovWit 4 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 1198
On this day October 27, 4004 BCE all fish and birds were made. 7 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 1416
On this day October 26, 4004 BCE the moon, sun and stars were made. 7 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 1504
On this day October 25, 4004 BCE land was separated from water and plants were made. 3 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 1073
Not long ago not far away from twitter 2 irisblue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 832
Germany Honors Plotters Who Tried to Kill Hitler July 1944, Operation Valkyrie, Resistance 80 Yrs Ago 5 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 1260
On this day October 24, 4004 BCE, Heaven was created. 3 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 1240
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 1571
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 2 686
On October 21, 1944 the HMAS Australia became the first Allied ship attacked by a kamikaze attack. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 624
On this day, October 17, 2000, four people died in a rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 645
British explorer Sandy Irvine's foot discovered 100 years after he vanished on Everest 1 Bayard Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 1015
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Bayard Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 775
On this day, October 8, 1952, the worst peacetime rail crash in British history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 717
Anyone remember? 11 elleng Oct 2024 Oct 2024 19 1920
On this day, September 30, 1941, the first Babi Yar massacre came to an end. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 893
The Greatest Scot, Alexander Fleming, Changed History - Discovered Penicillin, Antibiotic Resistance 0 appalachiablue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 842
On this day, September 26, 1905, Albert Einstein introduced the special theory of relativity. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 724
On this day, September 26, 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 816
Western allies abandon Poles to Nazis, chance for early end to WW2 slips away 1 sarisataka Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 843
September 19, 1941, wearing the Star of David became compulsary in the German Reich. from twitter 2 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 855
SRIN Grinblatt, Senior Advisor Kushner Meet with Israeli PM May 30 2019 🇺🇸 1 Uncle Joe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 717
On this day, September 15, 1935, The Nurnberg Laws were passed in Germany. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 683
On this day, September15, 1940, the Luftwaffe failed to draw out the RAF into a battle of annihilation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 701
On September 12, 1977, Steve Biko died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 799
On September 12, 1933, it occurred to Leo Szilard how a nuclear chain reaction would work. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 662

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On this day, August 12, 1985, the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Sep 2024 0 1067
On this day, September 12, 2009, agronomist and Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 582
World Trade Center and Tall Ships, New York City, Bicentennial Day 1976: 1 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 859
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 4 857
On September 8, 1944, a V-2 rocket came down in London for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 783
On September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 710
On September 5, 1972, Palestinian extremists killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympics. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 848
On September 6, 1952, the 1952 Farnborough Airshow crash occurred 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 719
Checking out the Writing in Historical Writing Can Be a Real Joy: Ian Toll. 1 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 10 904
Polish Thermopylae, with Panzers 0 sarisataka Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 948
How the Atlantic Ocean made the modern world - CaspianReport 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 1057
Zyklon B was used on 3 September 1941 in Auschwitz 2 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 909
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 4 655
On September 1, 2004, the Beslan school siege began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 606
On this day, September 3, 1878, SS Princess Alice sank in the River Thames. 600 to 700 died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 668
.." the Germans began the construction of Stutthof camp" Auschwitz twitter 1 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 986
Nazi Gustav Wagner, Sadist 'Beast' of Sobibor Camp; T4 Euthanasia Prog Killed 300K Unworthy of Life 3 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Sep 2024 5 1010
1 September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland " The Second World War began in Europe 3 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 1151
On this day, August 30, 1910, Roger Bushell, of the "Great Escape," was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 780
'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 1 980
On this day, August 29, 1944, troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 835
On this day, August 29, 1533, Pizarro Executed Atahuallpa, Last Emperor of the Incas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 788
Remains of the ancient Roman city under the modern road in Verona, close to Porta Leoni, Italy. 0 elleng Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 44407
On this date 26 August 1905 Rudolph von Mayer was born- from @Auschwitz twitter 0 irisblue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 42126
On August 25, 1944, Paris was liberated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 644
Non-Fiction I'm reading: The Dragon from Chicago 2 bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 870
Aug 19, 1934 Hitler Becomes President of Germany, Unlimited Power Dictator, Turning Pt World History 🇩🇪 7 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 1121
50 years ago: CBS News report from Vietnam sparked U.S. outrage 3 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 13 1024
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 2 798
On this day, August 23, 1973, the bank robbery that led to the Stockholm syndrome started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 648

World History Continued...

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On this day, August 22, 1961, Ida Siekmann became the first person to die at the Berlin Wall. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 653
On this day, August 21, 2015, there was an attack on board an Amsterdam-to-Paris Thalys train. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 716
On this day, August 20, 1858, Charles Darwin first published his theory of evolution through natural selection. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 702
On this day, August 20, 1968, "Operation Danube," the invasion of Czechoslovakia, began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 660
On this day, August 20, Finnish architects Eliel Saarinen (1873) and Eero Saarinen (1910) were born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 758
Fascism: Is Italy's Government Allowing The Past To Live On? BBC News 0 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 931
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 0 713
On this day, August 19, 1942, the disastrous Allied amphibious attack Operation Jubilee, or the Dieppe Raid, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 727
On August 18, 1977, Steve Biko was arrested. He never saw another day of freedom. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 942
On August 17, 1962, Peter Fechter was killed trying to get over the Berlin Wall. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 594
I find this way cool. Recent and not so recent historical finds 0 mitch96 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 915
Lost wreck of WW1 warship found in 'remarkable' condition 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 903
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL Remembering the Iraq War Vote PBS 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 746
On this day, August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito broadcast his declaration of surrender. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 603
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 3 738
WW2 Italian Campaign 1943-45; End Fascist Rule, Dictator Mussolini 'Il Duce' Executed, April 28 1945 4 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 1123
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 3 729
Obama, Netanyahu bash each other's Iran plans 2 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 923
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 6: 'Masks of Eternity' 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 724
On this day, August 12, 1944, German troops ended the week-long Wola massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 760
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