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10 Ancient Celtic Symbols Explained 2 littlemissmartypants Sep 2023 Sep 2023 12 1320
Here is Germany by Frank Capra, 1945 1hr GRAPHIC 1 irisblue Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1066
On September 15, 1935, The Nurnberg Laws were passed in Germany. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1377
On September15, 1940, the Luftwaffe failed to draw out the RAF into a battle of annihilation. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1778
Wow, I was just listening to Roosevelt's Day of Infamy speech after Pearl Harbor was attacked 9 captain queeg Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 2150
On September 12, 1933, it occurred to Leo Szilard how a nuclear chain reaction would work. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1251
On this day, September 12, 2009, agronomist and Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1132
On this day, September 12, 1977, Steve Biko died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 802
On this day, September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1417
On this day, September 8, 1944, a V-2 rocket came down in London for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1362
On this day, September 6, 1952, the 1952 Farnborough Airshow crash occurred 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1005
On this day, September 5, 1972, Palestinian extremists killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympics. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1349
On this day, September 3, 1878, SS Princess Alice sank in the River Thames. 600 to 700 died. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1992
On this day, September 1, 2004, the Beslan school siege began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1310
The Most Dangerous Spy of WW2 - The Limping Lady 0 catbyte Aug 2023 Aug 2023 14 1294
On this day, August 30, 1910, Roger Bushell, of the "Great Escape," was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1443
On this day, August 29, 1944, troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 1631
On this day, August 29, 1533, Pizarro Executed Atahuallpa, Last Emperor of the Incas. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1440
March on Washington was 60 yrs ago this weekend 0 irisblue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 945
On this day, August 25, 1944, Paris was liberated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1349
The War of 1812 USA v Great Britain - Full Details of the Reasons Why, Battles Fought & Consequences 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1521
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: the devil's alliance - David Marples - TVP World 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1494
On this day, August 23, 1973, the bank robbery that led to the Stockholm syndrome started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1197
USA War Machine - Reasons, Outcome, Casualties & Implications of 5 Major USA Wars from 1950 to 2000 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1857
On this day, August 22, 1961, Ida Siekmann became the first person to die at the Berlin Wall. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 889
The Secret First World War - Full Story of the Seven Years War in 3 Continents from 1756-1763 - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1574
On this day, August 21, 2015, there was an attack on board an Amsterdam-to-Paris Thalys train. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1321
On this day, August 20, 1968, "Operation Danube," the invasion of Czechoslovakia, began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 904
On this day, August 20, Finnish architects Eliel Saarinen (1873) and Eero Saarinen (1910) were born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1854
free streaming HistoryHit Channel (one of Amazon's FreeVee channels) 2 eShirl Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 995

World History Continued...

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On this day, August 18, 1977, Steve Biko was arrested. He never saw another day of freedom. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 2053
On this day, August 17, 1962, Peter Fechter was killed trying to get over the Berlin Wall. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1377
The Ghost of Achilles on Snake Island 0 littlemissmartypants Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 900
15 August 1928 A Polish girl, Czesława Kwoka, was born in Wlka Złojecka 0 Swede Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 1475
August 15, 1961: E. German border guard Conrad Schumann leaps into the French Sector of West Berlin. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1569
On this day, August 14, 1961, East Berliners awoke to see a wall going up between them and W. Berlin 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 2349
On this day, August 5, 2010, the 2010 Copiapo mining accident occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1197
Can anyone recommend a good book on Hildegard von Bingen? 5 bif Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 1661
On this day, July 25, 2019, heat records were set in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1677
On this day, July 25, 2000, Air France flight 4590 crashed on takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 2680
On this day, July 20, 1944, Claus von Stauffenberg and others almost assassinated Hitler. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 2044
What did ancient Greece look like? (cinematic animation) 6 barbaraann Jul 2023 Jul 2023 11 2193
What Did Ancient Rome Look Like? (Cinematic Animation) 9 barbaraann Jul 2023 Jul 2023 13 2155
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 1405
The heartbeat of Ukraine 3 littlemissmartypants Jul 2023 Jul 2023 9 1387
A Royal Navy submarine vanished in WWII. A diver thinks he's found it. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 10 3290
New episode of one of my favorite documentary series...the Fall of Civilizations 3 pecosbob Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 2650
Finally, an Accurate World Map That Doesn't Lie 2 elleng Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1257
On this day, June 18, 1940, Winston Churchill delivered his "This was their finest hour" speech. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 2937
Medici tv series from 2016-2020 0 SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1849
World War One (ALL PARTS) 3 Uncle Joe Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1234
The Only Moving Film Footage of Anne Frank, Born June 12, 1929; Jewish Emigration 7 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 25 3628
Plz give me your best audios, from the US a/b the Normandy landings 2 irisblue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1467
Oradour Sur Glane, France: Preserved Town after Nazi Massacre June 10, 1944, 4 Days after D-Day 3 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 3190
On this day, June 10, 1942 and 1944, there were three German-led massacres. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1057
For those interested in WWII, a YouTube channel devoted to WWII has dropped stunning D-Day 2 catbyte Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 2975
D-Day vets remember their landing, very emotional. 0 BigmanPigman Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 1123
D Day, June 6, Operation Overlord, largest military operation in US history. 3 BigmanPigman Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 3358
On this day, May 31, 1911, the Titanic was launched. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 1 1947
I bear witness 2 irisblue May 2023 May 2023 12 2519

World History Continued...

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On this day, May 22, 1915, Britain's deadliest rail accident happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 1 2913
German child evacuees of World War Two-BBC program witness hstory 1 irisblue May 2023 May 2023 1 1059
Titanic: First ever full-sized scans reveal wreck as never seen before 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 45 4024
On this day, May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner inoculated James Phipps with cowpox. 12 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 25 6191
June 6, 1944, D-Day, Operation Overlord Colorized WW2 2 Uncle Joe May 2023 May 2023 9 1531
Explorers find a World War II ship that was sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs aboard 2 Jilly_in_VA Apr 2023 May 2023 8 3994
Canadians in disarray: the Halifax VE-Day riots, 7-8 May 1945 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 4 2395
On 7 May 1945, German General Alfred Jodl signed the surrender in the French town of Reims. 2 elleng May 2023 May 2023 3 2120
VE Day, May 8, 1945 - Nazi Germany Surrenders - Victory in Europe Day - End of World War II Europe 2 appalachiablue May 2023 May 2023 6 2790
On this day, May 6, 1994, the Channel Tunnel opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 3 4432
Archaeologists Uncover the Ancient Gods of a Lost Civilization in Stunning Find 10 Jilly_in_VA Apr 2023 Apr 2023 62 4891
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising began today. I bear witness 5 irisblue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 21 1685
Serge & Beate Klarsfeld: World Famous Nazi Hunters, Tracking Down Hitler's Henchmen: Memoirs 0 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 3048
Ben Ferencz, the last Nuremberg Prosecutor has gone to honored glory today. 2 irisblue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 11 2480
Emperor Charles V's secret code cracked after five centuries 3 sl8 Nov 2022 Apr 2023 9 2985
I bear witness to the Benjamin family 4 irisblue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 31 2063
I am, you are, UKRAINIAN CREATORS FAIR March 24--26th 2023 1 littlemissmartypants Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 3758
Where does the Heart of Darkness come from? 34 Scrivener7 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 9 3678
The Edelweiss Pirates, German Teenage Resistance Fighters of Nazi Germany, WWII 5 appalachiablue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 13 2932
I enjoyed this history of Ancient Greece; the reactor added to the perspective. 0 Ptah Feb 2023 Feb 2023 1 3492
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