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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 3 812
On this day, July 20, 1944, Adolf Hitler survived an assassination attempt led by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 800
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 2 698
On this day, July 17, 1918, Anastasia screamed in vain. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 856
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 5 915
On July 12, 1916, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and sniper, was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 718
July 14, 1789 - Storming of Bastille - Paris, France 🇫🇷 Key to Bastille on Display GW Home Mount Vernon 2 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 929
WW2 Occupation - Norway Teachers Resisted, Refused To Teach Nazism - Arrested, Forced Labor Camps 7 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 1043
'NUTS!' US Gen. McAuliffe Refused To Surrender to Germans - Bastogne, The Bulge, Dec. 22, 1944 12 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 1909
'Swing Kids' In Nazi Germany, Jazz Music Loving, Non-Conformist Youth 1930s, 1940s 7 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Jul 2024 9 2757
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 2 633
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 1 551
On June 24, 1954, de Havilland Comet airframe G-ALYU burst open during water tank testing. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 576
On this day, June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 634
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 0 413
On June 27, 1988, 56 people died in the Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 398
Noam Chomsky - The Propaganda Model 0 Uncle Joe Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 736
(2) Don't Give Me Any Flak! Iconic German 88mm Anti-Aircraft, Anti-Tank 'Flak' Gun, WWII 5 appalachiablue Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 997
A Roman beach destroyed by Mount Vesuvius is open to the public for the first time 0 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 11 772
On this day, June 19, 1876, British steam locomotive designer Sir Nigel Gresley was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 904
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, D-Day Prayer, June 6, 1944 - The National WWII Memorial 🇺🇸 5 appalachiablue Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 1040
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 0 651
On this day, June 18, 1940, Winston Churchill delivered his "This was their finest hour" speech. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 722
WW2, D-Day Speech, General Eisenhower, June 6, 1944 -'The Light of Dawn' D-Day Film 1 appalachiablue Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 836
The Gadget That Changed How We See The World Cell BBC Earth Science 0 Uncle Joe Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 748
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 6 856
On this day, June 10, 1944, German troops massacred 228 men, women and children in Distomo, Boeotia, Greece. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 879
On this day, June 10, 1942, Lidice, Czechoslovakia, was destroyed in reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 617
The dramatic story of Pointe du Hoc, the backdrop to Biden's D-Day anniversary speech 2 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 33 1558
"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 3213

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"Chanson d'automne" ("Autumn Song") is a poem by Paul Verlaine 4 elleng Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 829
Winston Churchill's 'We Shall Never Surrender' Speech (with subs) Darkest Hour Dunkirk Evacuation 0 BootinUp Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 608
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 5 779
This message was self-deleted by its author 3 appalachiablue Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 1057
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 1 756
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 1 942
Barred from combat, women working as codebreakers, cartographers and coxswains helped D-Day succeed 2 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 7 720
On this day, May 31, 1911, RMS Titanic was launched. 8 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 5 1079
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 1108
Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Begins - Extra History 1 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 2 653
On this day, May 27, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich was mortally wounded in an ambush in Prague. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 7 1165
Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill & Sara Delano Roosevelt. Book, Vid. 0 appalachiablue May 2024 May 2024 6 726
On this day, May 23, 1945, Heinrich Himmler died by suicide while in British custody. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 5 863
On this day, May 22, 1960, the most powerful earthquake ever recorded hit southern Chile. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 976
On this day, May 22, 1915, Britain's deadliest rail accident happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 664
On this day, May 20, 1983, the first articles about the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS were published. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 688
(Time Team) New Episode Day 1: Secrets of Wytch Farm Time Team (Dorset) 2024 0 Eko May 2024 May 2024 1 869
Time Team Special: Lost Submarines of World War I Classic Special (Full Episode) 2013 0 Eko May 2024 May 2024 3 877
On the night of May 16-17, 1943, Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambuster Raid, was carried out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 5 994
On this day, May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner inoculated James Phipps with cowpox. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 851
Women as spoils of war at the end of World War Two (DW Documentary) 4 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 7 1295
🇬🇧 British D-Day Vet Celebrates Turning 100 - But Big Event 80th Anniv D-Day, June 6, 1944 3 appalachiablue Jan 2024 May 2024 9 2034
WW2, Atlantic Crossing Peril, German UBoat-Wolfpacks 🇨🇦 Canada Supply Ships to Britain; Dieppe, France Raid 2 appalachiablue May 2024 May 2024 4 1018
VE Day, May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe: WWII The Greatest Generation, Victory over Fascism 0 appalachiablue May 2024 May 2024 5 2163
On May 7 and May 8, 1945, the Halifax VE-Day riots occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 1063
On this day, May 6, 1994, the Channel Tunnel opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 963
50 Greatest Historical Events That Never Happened 2 Eko May 2024 May 2024 3 1332
Leprosy Passed Betw Medieval Squirrels & Humans, Study Suggests: Fur Trade, England, Viking Scandi 0 appalachiablue May 2024 May 2024 4 1010
On this day, May 2, 1952, the de Havilland Comet went into service. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 1055
The people are revolting - the history of protest 4 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 4 1261

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Hitler Death, April 30, 1945, Last Days Fuhrerbunker Berlin; Wm. Vandivert Photography, LIFE Mag 0 appalachiablue Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1377
Hitler d. April 30, 1945. Battle of Berlin, Soviet Red Army April 20- May 2, 1945. End of Third Reich 0 appalachiablue Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1073
April 29, 1945 *Liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp by US Troops, Germany, WW2 (Repost 2023) 6 appalachiablue Apr 2024 Apr 2024 9 1607
April 29, 1945: *Liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp by US Troops, Nazi Germany, WW2 8 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2024 6 4361
On this day, April 28, 1789, there was a mutiny aboard the HMS Bounty. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1230
Graphic: On this day, April 28, 1945, Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were executed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1305
On this day, April 24, 2013, 1,134 people were killed when the Rana Plaza in Dhaka collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1510
On this day, April 22, 2004, there was a massive explosion on a train in North Korea. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1159
On this day, April 20, 1945 Adolf Hitler went above ground for the last time. He never saw daylight again. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1420
Once Upon a Time Full Episode 3 A Brief History of the Future PBS 0 Uncle Joe Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1164
On April 16, 1945, the bulk of the German forces surrendered in the collapse of the Ruhr pocket. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1467
On April 14 and 15, 1912, ships in the North Atlantic heard the wireless distress call "MGY CQD." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1518
On this day, April 14, 2022, Ukraine sank the Russian warship "Moskva" with two Neptune missiles. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1153
Chaos and Complexity Full Episode 2 A Brief History of the Future PBS 0 Uncle Joe Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 1296
WW2, Hitler Nephews That Stalin Caught, Stalin's Son, Yakov Captured By Germans: Mark Felton 1 appalachiablue Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1472
Thousands cheer madly as Titanic leaves Southampton on maiden voyage, April 10, 1912 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1359
'The secret of freedom is educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny 3 elleng Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 1493
Beyond the Now Full Episode 1 A Brief History of the Future PBS 1 Uncle Joe Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1533
On the night of April 5, 1944, Siegfried Lederer escaped from Auschwitz. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1360
Curious if national newspapers printed a coded message before Normandy landing 2 Thunderbeast Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1634
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