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On this day, August 22, 1961, Ida Siekmann became the first person to die at the Berlin Wall. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 517
On this day, August 21, 2015, there was an attack on board an Amsterdam-to-Paris Thalys train. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 556
On this day, August 20, 1858, Charles Darwin first published his theory of evolution through natural selection. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 542
On this day, August 20, 1968, "Operation Danube," the invasion of Czechoslovakia, began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 521
On this day, August 20, Finnish architects Eliel Saarinen (1873) and Eero Saarinen (1910) were born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 578
Fascism: Is Italy's Government Allowing The Past To Live On? BBC News 0 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 801
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 0 584
On this day, August 19, 1942, the disastrous Allied amphibious attack Operation Jubilee, or the Dieppe Raid, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 563
On August 18, 1977, Steve Biko was arrested. He never saw another day of freedom. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 742
On August 17, 1962, Peter Fechter was killed trying to get over the Berlin Wall. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 459
I find this way cool. Recent and not so recent historical finds 0 mitch96 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 774
Lost wreck of WW1 warship found in 'remarkable' condition 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 759
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL Remembering the Iraq War Vote PBS 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 551
On this day, August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito broadcast his declaration of surrender. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 471
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 3 581
WW2 Italian Campaign 1943-45; End Fascist Rule, Dictator Mussolini 'Il Duce' Executed, April 28 1945 4 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 734
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 3 563
Obama, Netanyahu bash each other's Iran plans 2 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 738
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 6: 'Masks of Eternity' 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 564
On this day, August 12, 1944, German troops ended the week-long Wola massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 605
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 5: 'Love and the Goddess' 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 548
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 4: 'Sacrifice and Bliss' 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 565
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 3: 'The First Storytellers' 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 554
Operation Beluga 0 Bayard Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 694
The Paradox of Being a Good Person - George Orwell's Warning to the World 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 1036
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 2: 'The Message of the Myth' 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 575
Carl Jung: Face to Face - 1959 Interview (Colorized & Remastered) 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 780
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth Ep. 1: 'The Hero's Adventure' 3 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 665
On this day, August 5, 2010, the 2010 Copiapo mining accident occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 487
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 3 604

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The phenomenon Donald Trump - did the media cause it? Ulrik Haagerup TEDxLinz 7 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 931
1st Genocide 20th C: Herero, Nama Conc Camps 1904-08, German Empire SW Africa, Racism; Ethnic Cleansing 0 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 555
On July 25, 2000, Air France flight 4590 crashed on takeoff from Charles de Gaulle Airport 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 647
On July 25, 2019, heat records were set in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 436
On this day, July 25, 1920, Rosalind Franklin was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 495
On this day, July 25, 1943, the Grand Council of Fascism voted a motion of no confidence against Benito Mussolini. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 635
On this day, July 20, 1944, Adolf Hitler survived an assassination attempt led by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 620
On this day, July 17, 1918, the RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic, was sunk. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 552
On this day, July 17, 1918, Anastasia screamed in vain. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 710
On this day, July 14, 1902, an expedition led by Agustin Lizarraga discovered the Incan city of Machu Picchu. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 678
On July 12, 1916, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper, was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 577
July 14, 1789 - Storming of Bastille - Paris, France 🇫🇷 Key to Bastille on Display GW Home Mount Vernon 2 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 669
WW2 Occupation - Norway Teachers Resisted, Refused To Teach Nazism - Arrested, Forced Labor Camps 7 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 843
'NUTS!' US Gen. McAuliffe Refused To Surrender to Germans - Bastogne, The Bulge, Dec. 22, 1944 12 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 1548
'Swing Kids' In Nazi Germany, Jazz Music Loving, Non-Conformist Youth 1930s, 1940s 7 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Jul 2024 9 2534
On this day, July 6, 1942, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 496
On this day, July 3, 1938, LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard set the world speed record for a steam locomotive. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 430
On June 24, 1954, de Havilland Comet airframe G-ALYU burst open during water tank testing. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 424
On this day, June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 523
On June 27, 1980, 81 people died when Itavia Flight 870 crashed into the sea en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 324
On June 27, 1988, 56 people died in the Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 290
Noam Chomsky - The Propaganda Model 0 Uncle Joe Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 624
(2) Don't Give Me Any Flak! Iconic German 88mm Anti-Aircraft, Anti-Tank 'Flak' Gun, WWII 5 appalachiablue Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 808
A Roman beach destroyed by Mount Vesuvius is open to the public for the first time 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 11 668
On this day, June 19, 1876, British steam locomotive designer Sir Nigel Gresley was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 745
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, D-Day Prayer, June 6, 1944 - The National WWII Memorial 🇺🇸 5 appalachiablue Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 858
On this day, June 18, 1972, the deadliest air accident (as opposed to acts of terrorism) in the United Kingdom occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 548
On this day, June 18, 1940, Winston Churchill delivered his "This was their finest hour" speech. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 574
WW2, D-Day Speech, General Eisenhower, June 6, 1944 -'The Light of Dawn' D-Day Film 1 appalachiablue Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 704
The Gadget That Changed How We See The World Cell BBC Earth Science 0 Uncle Joe Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 653

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On this day, June 10, 1944, six hundred forty-two men, women, and children were massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 682
On this day, June 10, 1944, German troops massacred 228 men, women and children in Distomo, Boeotia, Greece. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 706
On this day, June 10, 1942, Lidice, Czechoslovakia, was destroyed in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 496
The dramatic story of Pointe du Hoc, the backdrop to Biden's D-Day anniversary speech 2 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 33 1409
"You're my hero!": WWII veteran shares emotional moment with Ukraine's Zelenskyy at D-Day ceremony 18 blue-wave Jun 2024 Jun 2024 68 2754
"Chanson d'automne" ("Autumn Song") is a poem by Paul Verlaine 4 elleng Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 621
Winston Churchill's 'We Shall Never Surrender' Speech (with subs) Darkest Hour Dunkirk Evacuation 0 BootinUp Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 501
In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy's 20,000 civilian dead 3 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 644
This message was self-deleted by its author 3 appalachiablue Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 897
On this day, June 4, 1989, 575 people were killed in the deadliest peacetime rail disaster in Soviet/Russian history. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 636
On June 3, 1998, 101 people were killed and at least 88 were injured in the world's worst ever high-speed rail disaster. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 786
Barred from combat, women working as codebreakers, cartographers and coxswains helped D-Day succeed 2 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 7 600
On this day, May 31, 1911, RMS Titanic was launched. 8 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 5 807
On this day in 585 BC, the eclipse of Thales, the earliest event of which the precise date is known, occurred. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 8 926
Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Begins - Extra History 1 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 2 542
On this day, May 27, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich was mortally wounded in an ambush in Prague. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 7 946
Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill & Sara Delano Roosevelt. Book, Vid. 0 appalachiablue May 2024 May 2024 6 624
On this day, May 23, 1945, Heinrich Himmler died by suicide while in British custody. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 5 738
On this day, May 22, 1960, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded hit southern Chile. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 866
On this day, May 22, 1915, Britain's deadliest rail accident happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 563
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