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On this day, January 17, 1945, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was taken into Soviet custody. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 2 408
On this day, January 17, 1961, Patrice Lumumba was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 3 400
On this day, January 17, 1944, the Battle of Monte Cassino began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 2 417
Hitler Created a Fictional Persona To Recast Himself as Germany's Savior 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 656
On this day, January 16, 1862, 204 men and children died in the Hartley Colliery disaster. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 466
Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide; The Fake Funeral of Hitler in Marolles, Brussels, Belgium 1945 0 appalachiablue Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 622
Krupp Trial 1947-48, Nazi Clemency, Steel Industrialist, Slave Labor; Flick, IG Farben; J McCloy; Marshall Plan 1 appalachiablue Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 612
On this day, January 12, 2000, Britain lifted its ban on LGBT people serving in the military. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 409
January 12, 1925: A murder that shook British India and toppled a king 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 543
Dorothea Lange photographs of Japanese internment camps 6 Beringia Jan 2025 Jan 2025 15 904
On this day, January 8, 1981, a local farmer in Trans-en-Provence, France, reported a UFO sighting. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 518
How To Be Fully Alive Now - Alan Watts 2 Uncle Joe Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 938
On this day, January 7, 2015, the Charlie Hebdo shootings occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 445
Jung vs Buddha: Self vs Non-Self 0 Uncle Joe Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 574
Names of 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators published 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 22 1066
On this day, December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization was informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 9 520
On December 28, 1879, the Tay Bridge collapsed as a train passed over it, killing all aboard. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 391
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 8 994
On this date, December 27, 1571, Johannes Kepler was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 465
One this day, December 27, 1923, Gustave Eiffel died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 437
'Really incredible' sixth-century sword found in Kent 5 Jilly_in_VA Dec 2024 Dec 2024 32 1766
WW2 Christmas 1944, Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne & the Legendary 'Nuts!' That Changed the War ⭐ 8 appalachiablue Dec 2024 Dec 2024 9 850
On this day, December 26, 1944, the siege of Bastogne was lifted. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 6 525
This Day in Labor History: December 25, 1831. The Baptist Rebellion began in Jamaica. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 358
On this day, December 26, 2004, an earthquake and tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 398
The story of "Carol of the Bells" and its relevance to the Russian invasion of Ukraine 1 erronis Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 583
On December 21, 2024, at least 41 people were killed in a traffic accident in Brazil. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 396
On December 17, 2023, Maureen Sweeney, weather watcher who influenced D-Day plans, died at 100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 446
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 4 393
On this day, December 18, 1981, the Tupolev Tu-160 "White Swan" first took to the skies. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 498

World History Continued...

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On this day, December 17, 1961, over 500 were killed in the Niteroi circus fire in Brazil. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 432
The Argentine dictatorship's dirty war 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 555
The Revolt of 1381 2 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 20 1153
The French Resistance 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 535
Jewish Partisans Against Nazis 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 482
How Norwegians Resisted Nazi Occupation 4 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 14 1109
The Polish Resistance 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 520
On this day, December 13, 1937, the Nanjing Massacre started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 8 627
Henri Borlant, French survivor who endured Auschwitz as a teen, dies at 97 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 567
On this day, December 12, 1988, the Clapham Junction rail crash occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 422
Spinoza's God: The Mind-Blowing Philosophy That Inspired Einstein - Baruch Spinoza 1 Uncle Joe Dec 2024 Dec 2024 8 630
80 Years After December 1, 1944, Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 518
On this day, December 4, 1872, Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 701
On December 2 and 3, 1984, the Bhopal disaster occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 661
The world gets its first glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years under wraps 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 13 681
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 1 540
On November 26, 1914, the second most catastrophic accidental explosion in the history of the United Kingdom occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 459
On this day, November 26, 2003, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 505
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 2 397
On this day, November 14, 1974, the Australopithecus afarensis skeleton nicknamed "Lucy" was discovered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 422
On this day, November 24, 2012, the Tazreen Fashion factory fire, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 1266
Truth & Conviction: The Helmuth Hubener Story. Youth Resistance To Nazi Germany, Executed at 17 0 appalachiablue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 493
Madeleine Riffaud, 'the Girl Who Saved Paris,' Dies at 100 1 Omaha Steve Nov 2024 Nov 2024 13 39679
USA uber alles???!! 2 Montauk6 Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 690
Stanislaw Ryniak was born this date in 1915, he was the first Polish prisoner registered in Auschwitz 1 irisblue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 460
On this day, November 18, 1947, the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 450
On this day, November 16, 1938, LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 628
On this day, November 16, 1920, Qantas was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 375
On this day, November 15, 1907, Claus von Stauffenberg was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 455
On this day, November 13, 2015, ISIL conducted an array of terror attacks in Paris. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 436

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On this day, November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 386
On November 8, 1923, the Beer Hall Putsch, the failed coup d'etat by the Nazi Party, began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 462
"Eat the rich" 2 multigraincracker Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 424
The Deportation Campaigns of the Great Depression. It has happened here 2 irisblue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 383
On this day, November 6, 1986, the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 237
"Remember, remember, the 5th of November." On this day, November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes's plot was thwarted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 526
On this day, November 4, 2010, Qantas did not have a fatal accident. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 629
Lily Ebert, Holocaust Survivor Who Found Fame on TikTok, Dies at 100 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 576
On this day, November 3, 1982, the world's deadliest traffic accident, the Salang Tunnel fire, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 41810
On this day, October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX crashed after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 420
I'm looking for ageneral info book on the Battle for Manila Feb-Mar 1945 6 irisblue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 544
On this day October 28, 4004 BCE land animals including humans were made. 5 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 920
Disabled Adults, Children 'Unworthy of Life' 1st Nazi Murder Victims 1939, Jews, Gypsys, Gays, JehovWit 4 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 802
On this day October 27, 4004 BCE all fish and birds were made. 7 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 843
On this day October 26, 4004 BCE the moon, sun and stars were made. 7 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 899
On this day October 25, 4004 BCE land was separated from water and plants were made. 3 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 679
Not long ago not far away from twitter 2 irisblue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 532
Germany Honors Plotters Who Tried to Kill Hitler July 1944, Operation Valkyrie, Resistance 80 Yrs Ago 5 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 683
On this day October 24, 4004 BCE, Heaven was created. 3 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 755
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 2 994
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