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Front page, The New York Times, Monday, March 7, 2022. Yes, disturbing. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 54 5497
On March 5, 1966, a BOAC 707 Boeing disintegrated in mid-air shortly after departing from Tokyo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 1578
Hitler's secret Nazi war machines of World War II 3 steve2470 Sep 2015 Mar 2024 3 4164
Have any human societies ever lived underground? 16 left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 Mar 2024 7 3302
On this day, August 2, 1947, a British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Mar 2024 2 3269
Will Donald Trump go down as the worst President in the history of the world? 15 Stuart G Dec 2023 Mar 2024 8 2503
The unknown Jewish engineer behind Hitler's vaunted Volkswagen Beetle 2 NNadir Jan 2024 Mar 2024 11 1788
The Forgotten Colonial Forces of World War II 2 barbaraann Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 1597
On this day, February 28, 2001, two trains collided after a Land Rover fell onto the tracks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1442
On this day, February 27, 1933, the Reichstag was set on fire. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 1454
Looking at Germany in 1934. What's in a name? 4 SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 1740
On this day, February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 space probe took the photograph "Pale Blue Dot." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 8 1484
On this day, February 13, 1945, the Allies begin firebombing Dresden. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1545
On this day, February 13, 2017, Kim Jong-un's brother, Kim Jong-nam, was assassinated with the nerve agent VX. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 1379
Jamaican Maroons, Freed Black People in Interior Mountains, Wars with Colonial Powers 2 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 1553
Nazis, German Jews and the pets of the Jews 1 irisblue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 1545
Color photos from Nazi occupied Poland 1939-40 in Life magazine 5 irisblue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 30 3113
The most impressive Holocaust survivor story I have heard.... 1 BigmanPigman Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1886
Auschwitz: Sterilizations, Medical Trials, Women, SS Dr Clauberg; Twins, Nazi Human Experiments, Dr Mengele 2 appalachiablue Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1766
On this day, January 27, 1945, David Dushman drove a Soviet tank through the barbed wire of Auschwitz. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 10 2554
Holy Horror: A New History of John Brown's Raid (feat. InRangeTV)- Youtube 2 Eko Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1732
'Absolutely amazing': 1,800-year-old shattered Roman arm guard is reconstructed from 100 pieces 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 1832
On this day, January 21, 1854, a White Star Line liner sailing from Liverpool sank on its maiden voyage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1755
Feli from Germany: Do Germans Talk About World War II? What Do They Teach About the Holocaust? 6 catbyte Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1941
On this day, January 17, 1945, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was taken into Soviet custody. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1734
On this day, January 17, 1961, Patrice Lumumba was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1626
How Librarian Spies Helped Win World War II 📚 6 appalachiablue Jan 2024 Jan 2024 23 1864
Red Zones, Northern France: The Lasting Scars of World War I- well worth watching. 1 Eko Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1839
The Great Seabee Train Robbery! 6 Eko Dec 2023 Jan 2024 2 1847
America's Airborne Anti-hero - Jake "McNasty" McNiece- You tube video. 0 Eko Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 2080

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The Widow Who Created the Champagne Industry 1 Swede Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1612
On this day, December 28, 1879, the Tay Bridge collapsed as a train passed over it, killing all aboard. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 2201
One hundred years ago today, December 27, 1923, Gustave Eiffel died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1822
On this date, December 27, 1571, Johannes Kepler was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 1227
On this day, December 26, 2004, an earthquake and tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 2092
On this day, December 18, 1981, the Tupolev Tu-160 "White Swan" first took to the skies. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1680
On this day, December 17, 1961, the Niteroi circus fire happened in Brazil. Over 500 were killed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 2221
On the 70th Anniversary: The Legacy of Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace Speech. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 1146
Want a new resource for World War Two History ? Consider WW2TV on Youtube 0 steve2470 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 2260
On this day, December 12, 1988, the Clapham Junction rail crash occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 2955
1995 Discussion Between Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, and Steven Ambrose. 3 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 10 2019
On December 2 and 3, 1984, the Bhopal disaster occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1481
On this day, December 4, 1872, Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 2399
On November 26, 2003, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1169
On November 27, 1835, James Pratt and John Smith became the last people to be executed in England for sodomy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 2373
'The Genocide Must Be Punished,' - Zelenskyy's on the 90th Holodomor Memorial Day - UATV English 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 1903
On this day, November 24, 2012, the Tazreen Fashion factory fire, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 2022
Japan's War in Colour 2004 Documentary with never seen before films 2 YoshidaYui Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1390
Here and now, I'm reading Primo Levi, "The Drowned and the Saved." 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 2374
The Corset X-Rays of Dr Ludovic O'Followell (1908) 1 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1305
On this day, November 16, 1920, Qantas was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1685
On this day, November 15, 1907, Claus von Stauffenberg was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 2017
This message was self-deleted by its author 3 BootinUp Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 1176
On this day, November 13, 2015, ISIL conducted an array of terror attacks in Paris. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1696
Advice for time traveling to medieval Europe 1 Bucky Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1527
Albert Goering , hero 7 catbyte Aug 2023 Nov 2023 3 1199
Kristallnacht, Night of Broken Glass Nov. 9-10, 1938: Nazi Anti-Jewish Pogroms, Germany, Territories, 85 Yrs Ago 3 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 1721
On November 8, 1923, the Beer Hall Putsch, the failed coup d'etat by the Nazi Party, began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1567
On this day, November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 881
On this day, November 4, 2010, Qantas did not have a fatal accident. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 2881

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This message was self-deleted by its author 2 BootinUp Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 1157
On this day, October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX crashed after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 1183
Navigating polycrisis: long-run socio-cultural factors shape response to changing climate. 1 NNadir Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 877
A $7.5-million find: Overlooked Getty estate sale map turns out to be 14th century treasure 0 Demovictory9 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 2387
On this day, October 23, 1906, Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first powered heavier-than-air flight made anywhere outside of the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1160
On this day, October 17, 2000, four died in a rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 1206
Nov/1913: 110 years to beginning of M.E. conflict, anti-Semitic tropes poem in Arab 'Falastin' 0 Words that matter Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 1266
On This Day: Rabin, Peres, Arafat share Nobel Peace Prize 1 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 12230
Yes, the Nazis did KILL babies during World War Two 0 steve2470 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 1207
On October 8, 1952, the Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1239
The 17-foot-tall, 12,000-pound marble masterpiece by Michelangelo Buonarroti, was unveiled 7 elleng Oct 2023 Oct 2023 15 1892
Vikings had windows, another shift away from their image as barbaric Norsemen, Danish museum says 6 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 9 1517
A look back at 1973's October War 0 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 744
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I. 1 elleng Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 1149
In France, workers build a castle from scratch the 13th century way 4 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 12 1400
Video provides first clear views of WWII aircraft carriers lost in the pivotal Battle of Midway 1 sl8 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1478
On this day, September 26, 1905, Albert Einstein introduced the special theory of relativity. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 872
On September 26, 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 1630
First Visual Survey of IJN Akagi 赤城 - Historic Battle of Midway Shipwreck 2 catbyte Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1498
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