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On this day, January 16, 1862, 204 men and children died in the Hartley Colliery disaster. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 1 458
Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide; The Fake Funeral of Hitler in Marolles, Brussels, Belgium 1945 0 appalachiablue Jan 14 Jan 14 3 616
Krupp Trial 1947-48, Nazi Clemency, Steel Industrialist, Slave Labor; Flick, IG Farben; J McCloy; Marshall Plan 1 appalachiablue Jan 13 Jan 13 4 604
On this day, January 12, 2000, Britain lifted its ban on LGBT people serving in the military. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 404
January 12, 1925: A murder that shook British India and toppled a king 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 539
Dorothea Lange photographs of Japanese internment camps 6 Beringia Jan 2025 Jan 2025 15 892
On this day, January 8, 1981, a local farmer in Trans-en-Provence, France, reported a UFO sighting. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 515
How To Be Fully Alive Now - Alan Watts 2 Uncle Joe Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 933
On this day, January 7, 2015, the Charlie Hebdo shootings occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 440
Jung vs Buddha: Self vs Non-Self 0 Uncle Joe Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 569
Names of 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators published 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 22 1057
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 9 516
On December 28, 1879, the Tay Bridge collapsed as a train passed over it, killing all aboard. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 388
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 8 990
On this date, December 27, 1571, Johannes Kepler was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 459
One this day, December 27, 1923, Gustave Eiffel died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 433
'Really incredible' sixth-century sword found in Kent 5 Jilly_in_VA Dec 2024 Dec 2024 32 1760
WW2 Christmas 1944, Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne & the Legendary 'Nuts!' That Changed the War ⭐ 8 appalachiablue Dec 2024 Dec 2024 9 841
On this day, December 26, 1944, the siege of Bastogne was lifted. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 6 523
This Day in Labor History: December 25, 1831. The Baptist Rebellion began in Jamaica. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 354
On this day, December 26, 2004, an earthquake and tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 392
The story of "Carol of the Bells" and its relevance to the Russian invasion of Ukraine 1 erronis Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 581
On December 21, 2024, at least 41 people were killed in a traffic accident in Brazil. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 392
On December 17, 2023, Maureen Sweeney, weather watcher who influenced D-Day plans, died at 100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 441
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 4 388
On this day, December 18, 1981, the Tupolev Tu-160 "White Swan" first took to the skies. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 492
On this day, December 17, 1961, over 500 were killed in the Niteroi circus fire in Brazil. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 428
The Argentine dictatorship's dirty war 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 554
The Revolt of 1381 2 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 20 1149
The French Resistance 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 533

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Jewish Partisans Against Nazis 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 480
How Norwegians Resisted Nazi Occupation 4 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 14 1098
The Polish Resistance 0 struggle4progress Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 516
On this day, December 13, 1937, the Nanjing Massacre started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 8 623
Henri Borlant, French survivor who endured Auschwitz as a teen, dies at 97 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 563
On this day, December 12, 1988, the Clapham Junction rail crash occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 418
Spinoza's God: The Mind-Blowing Philosophy That Inspired Einstein - Baruch Spinoza 1 Uncle Joe Dec 2024 Dec 2024 8 629
80 Years After December 1, 1944, Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 513
On this day, December 4, 1872, Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 693
On December 2 and 3, 1984, the Bhopal disaster occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 658
The world gets its first glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years under wraps 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 13 679
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 1 539
On November 26, 1914, the second most catastrophic accidental explosion in the history of the United Kingdom occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 456
On this day, November 26, 2003, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 501
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 2 395
On this day, November 14, 1974, the Australopithecus afarensis skeleton nicknamed "Lucy" was discovered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 420
On this day, November 24, 2012, the Tazreen Fashion factory fire, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 1265
Truth & Conviction: The Helmuth Hubener Story. Youth Resistance To Nazi Germany, Executed at 17 0 appalachiablue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 491
Madeleine Riffaud, 'the Girl Who Saved Paris,' Dies at 100 1 Omaha Steve Nov 2024 Nov 2024 13 39677
USA uber alles???!! 2 Montauk6 Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 687
Stanislaw Ryniak was born this date in 1915, he was the first Polish prisoner registered in Auschwitz 1 irisblue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 456
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 5 626
On this day, November 16, 1920, Qantas was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 373
On this day, November 15, 1907, Claus von Stauffenberg was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 452
On this day, November 13, 2015, ISIL conducted an array of terror attacks in Paris. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 434
On this day, November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 385
On November 8, 1923, the Beer Hall Putsch, the failed coup d'etat by the Nazi Party, began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 458
"Eat the rich" 2 multigraincracker Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 419
The Deportation Campaigns of the Great Depression. It has happened here 2 irisblue Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 381

World History Continued...

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On this day, November 6, 1986, the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 231
"Remember, remember, the 5th of November." On this day, November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes's plot was thwarted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 525
On this day, November 4, 2010, Qantas did not have a fatal accident. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 628
Lily Ebert, Holocaust Survivor Who Found Fame on TikTok, Dies at 100 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 572
On this day, November 3, 1982, the world's deadliest traffic accident, the Salang Tunnel fire, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 41806
On this day, October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX crashed after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 415
I'm looking for ageneral info book on the Battle for Manila Feb-Mar 1945 6 irisblue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 537
On this day October 28, 4004 BCE land animals including humans were made. 5 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 916
Disabled Adults, Children 'Unworthy of Life' 1st Nazi Murder Victims 1939, Jews, Gypsys, Gays, JehovWit 4 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 800
On this day October 27, 4004 BCE all fish and birds were made. 7 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 841
On this day October 26, 4004 BCE the moon, sun and stars were made. 7 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 881
On this day October 25, 4004 BCE land was separated from water and plants were made. 3 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 671
Not long ago not far away from twitter 2 irisblue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 531
Germany Honors Plotters Who Tried to Kill Hitler July 1944, Operation Valkyrie, Resistance 80 Yrs Ago 5 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 681
On this day October 24, 4004 BCE, Heaven was created. 3 spike jones Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 750
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 2 992
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 2 451
On October 21, 1944 the HMAS Australia became the first Allied ship attacked by a kamikaze attack. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 415
On this day, October 17, 2000, four people died in a rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 410
British explorer Sandy Irvine's foot discovered 100 years after he vanished on Everest 1 Bayard Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 705
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