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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 2 454
On October 21, 1944 the HMAS Australia became the first Allied ship attacked by a kamikaze attack. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 416
On this day, October 17, 2000, four people died in a rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 414
British explorer Sandy Irvine's foot discovered 100 years after he vanished on Everest 1 Bayard Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 711
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Bayard Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 581
On this day, October 8, 1952, the worst peacetime rail crash in British history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 476
Anyone remember? 11 elleng Oct 2024 Oct 2024 19 1284
On this day, September 30, 1941, the first Babi Yar massacre came to an end. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 578
The Greatest Scot, Alexander Fleming, Changed History - Discovered Penicillin, Antibiotic Resistance 0 appalachiablue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 571
On this day, September 26, 1905, Albert Einstein introduced the special theory of relativity. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 464
On this day, September 26, 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 530
Western allies abandon Poles to Nazis, chance for early end to WW2 slips away 1 sarisataka Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 561
September 19, 1941, wearing the Star of David became compulsary in the German Reich. from twitter 2 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 557
SRIN Grinblatt, Senior Advisor Kushner Meet with Israeli PM May 30 2019 🇺🇸 1 Uncle Joe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 462
On this day, September 15, 1935, The Nurnberg Laws were passed in Germany. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 412
On this day, September15, 1940, the Luftwaffe failed to draw out the RAF into a battle of annihilation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 464
On September 12, 1977, Steve Biko died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 525
On September 12, 1933, it occurred to Leo Szilard how a nuclear chain reaction would work. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 434
On this day, August 12, 1985, the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Sep 2024 0 750
On this day, September 12, 2009, agronomist and Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 350
World Trade Center and Tall Ships, New York City, Bicentennial Day 1976: 1 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 567
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 4 504
On September 8, 1944, a V-2 rocket came down in London for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 494
On September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 456
On September 5, 1972, Palestinian extremists killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympics. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 463
On September 6, 1952, the 1952 Farnborough Airshow crash occurred 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 458
Checking out the Writing in Historical Writing Can Be a Real Joy: Ian Toll. 1 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 10 572
Polish Thermopylae, with Panzers 0 sarisataka Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 641
How the Atlantic Ocean made the modern world - CaspianReport 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 762
Zyklon B was used on 3 September 1941 in Auschwitz 2 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 575

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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 4 396
On September 1, 2004, the Beslan school siege began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 379
On this day, September 3, 1878, SS Princess Alice sank in the River Thames. 600 to 700 died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 431
.." the Germans began the construction of Stutthof camp" Auschwitz twitter 1 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 712
Nazi Gustav Wagner, Sadist 'Beast' of Sobibor Camp; T4 Euthanasia Prog Killed 300K Unworthy of Life 3 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Sep 2024 5 664
1 September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland " The Second World War began in Europe 3 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 604
On this day, August 30, 1910, Roger Bushell, of the "Great Escape," was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 516
'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 1 693
On this day, August 29, 1944, troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 572
On this day, August 29, 1533, Pizarro Executed Atahuallpa, Last Emperor of the Incas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 527
Remains of the ancient Roman city under the modern road in Verona, close to Porta Leoni, Italy. 0 elleng Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 44175
On this date 26 August 1905 Rudolph von Mayer was born- from @Auschwitz twitter 0 irisblue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 41911
On August 25, 1944, Paris was liberated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 434
Non-Fiction I'm reading: The Dragon from Chicago 2 bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 568
Aug 19, 1934 Hitler Becomes President of Germany, Unlimited Power Dictator, Turning Pt World History 🇩🇪 7 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 649
50 years ago: CBS News report from Vietnam sparked U.S. outrage 3 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 13 722
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 2 568
On this day, August 23, 1973, the bank robbery that led to the Stockholm syndrome started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 440
On this day, August 22, 1961, Ida Siekmann became the first person to die at the Berlin Wall. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 431
On this day, August 21, 2015, there was an attack on board an Amsterdam-to-Paris Thalys train. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 462
On this day, August 20, 1858, Charles Darwin first published his theory of evolution through natural selection. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 450
On this day, August 20, 1968, "Operation Danube," the invasion of Czechoslovakia, began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 445
On this day, August 20, Finnish architects Eliel Saarinen (1873) and Eero Saarinen (1910) were born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 467
Fascism: Is Italy's Government Allowing The Past To Live On? BBC News 0 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 723
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 0 488
On this day, August 19, 1942, the disastrous Allied amphibious attack Operation Jubilee, or the Dieppe Raid, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 474
On August 18, 1977, Steve Biko was arrested. He never saw another day of freedom. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 537
On August 17, 1962, Peter Fechter was killed trying to get over the Berlin Wall. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 379
I find this way cool. Recent and not so recent historical finds 0 mitch96 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 700
Lost wreck of WW1 warship found in 'remarkable' condition 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 682

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BILL MOYERS JOURNAL Remembering the Iraq War Vote PBS 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 458
On this day, August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito broadcast his declaration of surrender. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 390
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 3 501
WW2 Italian Campaign 1943-45; End Fascist Rule, Dictator Mussolini 'Il Duce' Executed, April 28 1945 4 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 563
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 3 463
Obama, Netanyahu bash each other's Iran plans 2 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 633
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 6: 'Masks of Eternity' 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 475
On this day, August 12, 1944, German troops ended the week-long Wola massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 519
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 5: 'Love and the Goddess' 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 475
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 4: 'Sacrifice and Bliss' 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 489
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 3: 'The First Storytellers' 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 468
Operation Beluga 0 Bayard Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 586
The Paradox of Being a Good Person - George Orwell's Warning to the World 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 955
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 2: 'The Message of the Myth' 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 519
Carl Jung: Face to Face - 1959 Interview (Colorized & Remastered) 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 681
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 1: 'The Hero's Adventure' 3 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 552
On this day, August 5, 2010, the 2010 Copiapo mining accident occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 393
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 3 505
The phenomenon Donald Trump - did the media cause it? Ulrik Haagerup TEDxLinz 7 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 737
1st Genocide 20th C: Herero, Nama Conc Camps 1904-08, German Empire SW Africa, Racism; Ethnic Cleansing 0 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 482
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