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By Scott Allsop
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The 'on this day in history' podcast, with a new episode every single day. Featuring historical events that range from the Roman Empire to the World Wide Web, HistoryPod proves that there is always something to be remembered 'on this day'. Written and presented by Scott Allsop, creator of the award-winning www.mrallsophistory.com
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28th May 1754: Battle of Jumonville Glen in Pennsylvania marks the beginning of the French and Indian War
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May 28, 2025 |
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27th May 1703: The foundation of St Petersburg by Tsar Peter the Great
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May 27, 2025 |
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26th May 1923: First 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race begins, establishing the endurance racing format
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May 26, 2025 |
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25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas
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May 25, 2025 |
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24th May 1943: Josef Mengele, the Nazi Angel of Death, transferred to Auschwitz
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May 24, 2025 |
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23rd May 1949: West Germany formally established, otherwise known as the Federal Republic of Germany
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May 23, 2025 |
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22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent
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May 22, 2025 |
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21st May 1927 and 1932: Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, followed five years later by Emilia Earhart as the first woman
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May 21, 2025 |
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20th May 1882: Establishment of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy
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May 20, 2025 |
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19th May 1922: Young Pioneer organisation formally established in the USSR
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May 19, 2025 |
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18th May 1848: The Frankfurt Parliament opens at St. Paul’s Church as the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany
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May 18, 2025 |
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17th May 1756: The Seven Years’ War begins, when Great Britain formally declares war on France
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May 17, 2025 |
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16th May 1960: The first laser was successfully operated by Theodore Maiman at the Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California
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May 16, 2025 |
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15th May 1940: The first McDonald’s restaurant opened in San Bernadino, California
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May 15, 2025 |
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14th May 1878: The last witchcraft trial in the United States was held in Salem, Massachusetts
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May 14, 2025 |
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13th May 1861: Queen Victoria issues a “Proclamation of Neutrality” concerning the American Civil War
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May 13, 2025 |
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12th May 1846: The Donner Party begin their ill-fated journey to California
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May 12, 2025 |
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11th May 1997: IBM’s chess computer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov to become the first computer to defeat a reigning world chess champion under tournament conditions
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May 11, 2025 |
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10th May 1869: The ‘Golden Spike’ completes the first transcontinental railroad in the United States at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory
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May 10, 2025 |
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9th May 1671: Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels
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May 09, 2025 |
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8th May 1950: The Tollund Man, who lived in the 5th century BC, discovered in a peat bog near Silkeborg in Denmark
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May 08, 2025 |
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7th May 1794: Cult of the Supreme Being formally announced by Robespierre in a meeting of the National Convention
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May 07, 2025 |
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6th May 1983: The Hitler Diaries proven to be forgeries
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May 06, 2025 |
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5th May 1789: The Estates General meets at Versailles, near Paris, for the first time in 175 years
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May 05, 2025 |
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4th May 1970: Ohio National Guardsmen shoot Kent State University students
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May 04, 2025 |
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3rd May 1921: Partition of Ireland divides Ireland into two separate political entities
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May 03, 2025 |
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2nd May 1670: Hudson’s Bay Company established with a royal charter from King Charles II of England
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May 02, 2025 |
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1st May 1776: The forerunner of the Bavarian Illuminati was founded by Adam Weishaupt
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May 01, 2025 |
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30th April 1803: Louisiana Purchase Treaty concluded between the United States and France
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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29th April 1587: Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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28th April 1967: Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, refuses induction into the United States Army
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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27th April 1945: Benito Mussolini, the former Fascist dictator of Italy, captured by Italian partisans in northern Italy
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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26th April 1865: John Wilkes Booth, who had assassinated Abraham Lincoln, shot after refusing to surrender
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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25th April 1859: Construction begins on the Suez Canal at the northern Egyptian port town of Port Said
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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24th April 1932: Mass trespass of Kinder Scout in the Peak District protests against limited access to open countryside
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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23rd April 1516: The Reinheitsgebot beer purity law first introduced in Bavaria
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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22nd April 1915: Poison gas used effectively in the First World War at the Second Battle of Ypres
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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21st April 1526: First Battle of Panipat marks the beginning of Mughal rule in India and the end of the Lodi dynasty
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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20th April 1965: Houston Astrodome’s skylight windows painted to reduce glare from the sun
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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19th April 1775: The Battles of Lexington and Concord mark the beginning of the American Revolutionary War
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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18th April 1942: The Doolittle Raid marks the first American air operation to strike the Japanese mainland
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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17th April 1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion launched by Brigade 2506
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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16th April 1746: The Battle of Culloden takes place near Inverness, Scotland, ending the Jacobite Rising of 1745
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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15th April 1861: President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteer soldiers to suppress the growing insurrection in the southern states
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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14th April 70 CE: Titus begins the Siege of Jerusalem
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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13th April 1953: Project MK-Ultra human experimentation program granted approval by Allen Dulles, Director of the CIA
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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12th April 1917: The Canadian Corps successfully capture Vimy Ridge
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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11th April 1951: U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his commands in Korean and Japan
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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10th April 1971: US table tennis team ushers in ping pong diplomacy
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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9th April 1860: First known audio recording made by French inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville on his phonautograph
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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8th April 1904: Times Square in New York given its name
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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7th April 1739: Legendary British highwayman Dick Turpin executed in York after being convicted of horse theft
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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6th April 1917: The USA declares war on Germany in WW1
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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5th April 1621: The Mayflower returns to England from the settlement at Plymouth, having carried the Pilgrim fathers to America
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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4th April 1841: US President William Henry Harrison dies 32 days after taking office, ending the shortest presidency in US history
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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3rd April 1882: American outlaw Jesse James shot dead by fellow gang-member Robert Ford
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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2nd April 1877: Zazel performs the first recorded human cannonball act at the Royal Aquarium in London
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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1st April 1918: Royal Air Force formally established in the United Kingdom by merging the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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31st March 1889: The Eiffel Tower officially completed and inaugurated in Paris for the Exposition Universelle
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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30th March 1856: The Crimean War officially ends with the Treaty of Paris
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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29th March 1973: The last regular American troops withdraw from South Vietnam
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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28th March 1979: British Prime Minister James Callaghan loses a vote of no confidence by a single vote
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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27th March 1963: Dr Richard Beeching, Chairman of the British Transport Commission, publishes his report to cut thousands of miles of railway lines
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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26th March 1830: The Book of Mormon first went on sale at E. B. Grandin’s book store
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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25th March 1969: John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their first “Bed-In for Peace” at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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24th March 1944: The ‘Great Escape’ takes place from Stalag Luft III, a German prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Silesia
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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23rd March 1540: Waltham Abbey in Essex became the last abbey to be dissolved under Henry VIII
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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22nd March 1895: The Lumière brothers stage their first film screening in Paris
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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21st March 1871: Otto von Bismarck formally appointed first Chancellor of the German Empire
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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20th March 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte begins his Hundred Days as ruler of France following his escape from Elba
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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19th March 1882: First stone laid for the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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18th March 1921: Kronstadt Rebellion ends following a final assault by Bolshevik forces
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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17th March 1861: Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy under the rule of Victor Emmanuel II
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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16th March 1190: The Jewish population of York massacred in a pogrom
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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15th March 1848: Hungarian Revolution of 1848 begins in Pest, marking the start of a nationwide movement against Habsburg rule
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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14th March 1958: Perry Como awarded the first gold record by the RIAA
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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13th March 624: Battle of Badr sees the first major engagement between the early Muslim community of Medina and the Quraysh tribe of Mecca
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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12th March 1938: Nazi German troops cross the border to annex Austria in an event known as the Anschluss
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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11th March 1918: First confirmed case of Spanish Flu identified at Camp Funston in Kansas
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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10th March 1762: The execution of Jean Calas prompts debates on religious intolerance and judicial injustice in France
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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9th March 1841: US Supreme court rules on the Amistad slavery case and sets the captured Africans free
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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8th March 1736: Nader Shah formally crowned as the ruler of Iran, marking the start of the Afsharid dynasty
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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7th March 1936: The remilitarisation of the Rhineland by the German Army under Adolf Hitler
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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6th March 1933: Eleanor Roosevelt holds her first press conference as First Lady of the United States
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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5th March 1946: Winston Churchill describes the post-war division of Europe as an ‘Iron Curtain’ in his ‘Sinews of Peace’ address in Fulton, Missouri
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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4th March 1890: The Forth Bridge in Scotland opened by the future King Edward VII
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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3rd March 1938: First commercial quantities of oil discovered in Saudi Arabia after engineers drill Dammam Well No. 7
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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2nd March 1791: Frenchman Claude Chappe sends the first message by semaphore machine
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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1st March 1872: Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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27th February 1900: Labour Representation Committee founded, marking the start of what would later become the British Labour Party
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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26th February 1935: Daventry Experiment proves the ability of using radio waves to detect aircraft, heralding the development of radar
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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25th February 1932: Adolf Hitler gains German citizenship, having been stateless for seven years and unable to run for public office
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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24th February 1868: US President Andrew Johnson impeached for defying the Tenure of Office Act
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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23rd February 1903: US President Theodore Roosevelt leases Guantanamo Bay from Cuba in perpetuity
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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21st February 1804: World’s first recorded locomotive-hauled railway journey takes place at the Penydarren Ironworks in South Wales
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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20th February 1472: Orkney and Shetland Isles given to Scotland as a wedding dowry
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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19th February 1942: President Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, allowing the military to place Japanese Americans in internment camps
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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18th February 1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” published in the United States
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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17th February 1936: ‘The Phantom’ comic strip published for the first time, widely regarded as the first costumed superhero
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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16th February 1937: Organic chemist Wallace Carothers is awarded a patent for nylon
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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15th February 1965: Canada officially adopts its national flag of a red maple leaf on a white square between two vertical red bars
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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14th February 1990: Voyager 1 creates the ‘Pale Blue Dot’ image of Earth
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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13th February 1945: Allied bombing of Dresden begins during the final months of World War II
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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12th February 1963: Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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11th February 1979: The Iranian Revolution overthrows Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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10th February 1940: First Tom and Jerry cartoon, Puss Gets the Boot, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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9th February 1895: Volleyball invented by William G. Morgan
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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8th February 1950: The Stasi formally established in East Germany as the Ministry for State Security
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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7th February 1964: The Beatles arrive in the United States for their first appearance on national television
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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6th February 1819: Modern Singapore established with the signing of the Treaty of Singapore
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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5th February 1924: Greenwich time signal ‘pips’ broadcast by the BBC for the first time
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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4th February 1703: Forty six of the Forty-Seven Rōnin commit seppuku after avenging the death of their master
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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3rd February 1959: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper killed in a plane crash known as ‘The Day the Music Died’
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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2nd February 1925: Great Race of Mercy delivers diptheria antitoxin to Nome by dogsled relay
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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1st February 1968: Viet Cong Captain Bảy Lốp executed by General Loan
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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31st January 1918: Battle of May Island damages and sinks Royal Navy vessels during accidental collisions in thick fog
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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30th January 1661: Oliver Cromwell posthumously executed, two and a half years after his death
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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29th January 1886: Karl Benz patents his Motorwagen, widely regarded as the world’s first automobile
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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28th January 1393: Charles VI of France and the Bal des Ardents
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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27th January 1967: The Outer Space Treaty that is the basis for all space laws opened for signatures
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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26th January 1998: US President Bill Clinton tells a White House press conference he “did not have sexual relations” with Monica Lewinsky
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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25th January 1947: Patent filed for the first interactive electronic game
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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24th January 41: Caligula is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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23rd January 1795: French cavalry capture 14 Dutch warships at Den Helder during the War of the First Coalition
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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22nd January 1506: Pope Julius II formally establishes the Pontifical Swiss Guard as the personal bodyguard of the Pope and the Vatican
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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21st January 1908: Sullivan’s Ordinance in New York prohibits women from smoking in public places
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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20th January 1949: Shirley Temple given a tear gas fountain pen by J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI, during the inauguration of Harry Truman
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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19th January 1883: World’s first electric lighting system using overhead wires activated in Roselle, New Jersey
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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18th January 1871: Wilhelm I of Prussia proclaimed the first German Emperor
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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16th January 1547: Ivan the Terrible formally crowned as the first Tsar of Russia
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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15th January 1919: Great Molasses Flood kills 21 people in Boston
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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14th January 1973: Elvis Presley makes the first solo headline satellite broadcast in Aloha From Hawaii
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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13th January 532: The Nika riots begin in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justinian I
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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12th January 1967: Dr James Bedford becomes the first cryonically preserved human
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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11th January 1879: Anglo-Zulu War begins when British troops cross the Tugela River into Zululand
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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10th January 1927: Fritz Lang’s pioneering science fiction film Metropolis premieres in Berlin
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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9th January 1916: Gallipoli campaign ends with an Ottoman victory following the final withdrawal of Allied forces
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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8th January 1790: George Washington delivers the first State of the Union Address
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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5th January 1953: Samuel Beckett’s play En Attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot) premieres at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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4th January 1847: Samuel Colt receives the first government order for his firearms
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Jan 04, 2025 |
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3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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1st January 1772: First traveller’s cheques, known as “circular notes”, put on sale
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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31st December 1935: Monopoly board game patented by Charles Darrow although it wasn’t his idea
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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30th December 1993: Israel and the Vatican City begin diplomatic relations
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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29th December 1170: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, murdered in front of the altar of Canterbury Cathedral
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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28th December 1918: Constance Markievicz becomes the first woman to be elected to the Parliament of the UK
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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27th December 1922: Hōshō, the world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier, commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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26th December 1973: Horror film The Exorcist first released in cinemas
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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25th December 1066: William of Normandy, known as William the Conqueror, crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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24th December 1826: The Eggnog Riot broke out at West Point Military Academy, New York
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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23rd December 1823: The poem A Visit from St Nicholas, better known as The Night Before Christmas, published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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22nd December 1971: Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) officially established in Paris, France
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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21st December 1620: The first Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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20th December 1951: EBR-I in Idaho becomes the first nuclear reactor to generate usable electricity
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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19th December 1487: Largest recorded human sacrifices in Mesoamerican history at the Sixth Great Temple of Tenochtitlan
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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18th December 1898: The world’s first officially recognised land speed record is set
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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17th December 1903: Wright brothers make the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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16th December 1773: The Boston Tea Party throws a shipment of tea into Boston Harbor
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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15th December 1933: The Twenty-first Amendment to the US Constitution repeals prohibition
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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14th December 1287: St Lucia’s Flood kills over 50,000 people around the North Sea
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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13th December 1939: The Battle of the River Plate takes place off the coast of Uruguay and Argentina as the first major naval battle of WW2
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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12th December 1963: Kenya gains independence from the United Kingdom
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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11th December 1866: The first transatlantic yacht race begins in Sandy Hook, New Jersey
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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9th December 1965: A Charlie Brown Christmas first broadcast by American television network CBS
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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8th December 1660: The first woman appears on a professional stage in England in Othello
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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7th December 1941: The Imperial Japanese Navy attack the United States’ Hawaiian naval base at Pearl Harbor
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Dec 07, 2024 |
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6th December 1969: Meredith Hunter killed at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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5th December 1955: Montgomery bus boycott begins in Alabama, marking a pivotal moment in the American Civil Rights Movement
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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4th December 1872: Deserted US merchant ship Mary Celeste found drifting in the Atlantic
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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3rd December 1973: NASA’s Pioneer 10 becomes the first space probe to send close-up images of the planet Jupiter
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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2nd December 1954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy censured by the Senate
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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1st December 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, after the white section of the bus became full
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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29th November 1972: Pong is officially released by Atari, and soon becomes the first commercially successful video game
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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28th November 1943: The Tehran Conference begins, marking the first meeting between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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27th November 1924: First Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade takes place in New York City
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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26th November 1805: The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, the highest canal aqueduct in the world, opens in North Wales
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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25th November 1952: Agatha Christie’s play The Mousetrap opens in London, later to become the longest-running play in the world
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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24th November 1873: Joseph Glidden awarded a patent for modern barbed wire
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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23rd November 1963: First ever episode of Doctor Who broadcast by on BBC television
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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21st November 1877: Thomas Edison announced his phonograph, the world’s first practical machine that could record and play sound
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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20th November 1969: Native Americans begin their occupation of Alcatraz Island
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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19th November 1985: Reagan and Gorbachev meet for the first time at the Geneva Summit
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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18th November 1883: The Day of Two Noons sees four standard time zones applied across the continental United States
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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17th November 1894: H. H. Holmes, one of America’s earliest serial killers, apprehended in Boston
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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16th November 1793: Mass drownings begin in Nantes as part of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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15th November 1917: Georges Clemenceau appointed Prime Minister of France for the second time
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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14th November 1960: Ruby Bridges, first African-American to desegregate an elementary school
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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13th November 1956: Supreme Court upholds Browder v Gayle to desegregate buses in Alabama
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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12th November 1933: German referendum on withdrawing from the League of Nations
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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11th November 1865: Dr Mary Walker becomes the first (and only) woman to receive the Medal of Honor
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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9th November 1799: Coup of 18 Brumaire sees Napoleon Bonaparte begin his rise to power
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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8th November 1620: Battle of White Mountain fought near Prague in the early stages of the Thirty Years’ War
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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7th November 1917: Bolshevik Red Guards take control of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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5th November 1605: Gunpowder Plot foiled when Guy Fawkes was discovered guarding 36 barrels of gunpowder beneath the House of Lords in London
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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4th November 1839: The Newport Rising armed rebellion takes place in south Wales
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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3rd November 1918: The Kiel Mutiny begins, marking the start of the German Revolution
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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2nd November 1936: BBC Television Service launched in the UK as the world’s first regular high-definition television service
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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1st November 1894: Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia following the death of his father, Tsar Alexander III
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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30th October 1938: The War of the Worlds radio play, directed by Orson Welles, terrifies listeners in America
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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29th October 1959: Comic book character Asterix the Gaul’s first appearance in the debut issue of Pilote magazine
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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28th October 1962: End of the Cuban Missile Crisis as Khrushchev agrees to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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27th October 1988: Ronald Reagan halts construction of the new US embassy in Moscow
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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26th October 1860: Garibaldi hands control of southern Italy to Victor Emmanuel II
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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25th October 1940: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. becomes first black general in the US military
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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24th October 1929: Black Thursday marks the start of the Wall Street Crash
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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23rd October 1642: Battle of Edgehill fought during the early stages of the English Civil War
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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22nd October 1910: Dr. Hawley Crippen found guilty of murdering his wife, after being captured with the aid of wireless technology
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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21st October 1096: Battle of Civetot destroys the People’s Crusade at the start of the First Crusade
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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20th October 1818: Treaty of 1818 establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and British North America
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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19th October 1864: Confederate soldiers rob three banks in the St. Albans Raid in the northernmost land action of the American Civil War
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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18th October 1963: Félicette becomes the first cat in space when she is launched as part of a French mission
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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16th October 1793: Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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15th October 1783: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier conducts the first manned hot air balloon flight
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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14th October 1066: The Battle of Hastings fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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13th October 1792: Cornerstone of the White House laid in Washington, D.C.
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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12th October 1931: The Christ the Redeemer statue officially opened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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10th October 1903: Foundation of Women’s Social & Political Union, known as the Suffragettes
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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9th October 1410: The Prague Astronomical Clock first noted in a medieval document
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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8th October 1912: First Balkan War begins when the Kingdom of Montenegro declares war on the Ottoman Empire
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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7th October 1913: Ford Motor Company introduces the world’s first moving assembly line at its Highland Park plant in Michigan
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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6th October 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat assassinated by terrorists
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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5th October 1789: The October Days begin when a crowd of Parisian women march to the Palace of Versailles to demand food
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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4th October 1535: Myles Coverdale finishes printing the first complete English translation of the Bible
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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3rd October 1935: Italian forces invade Ethiopia, triggering the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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2nd October 1187: Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders after a lengthy siege
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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1st October 1971: Walt Disney World officially opens it doors to the public in Orlando, Florida
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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30th September 1520: Suleiman the Magnificent becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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29th September 1829: The Metropolitan Police begins operating in London
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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28th September 1924: First aerial circumnavigation of the globe completed by a team from the United States Army Air Service
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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27th September 1590: Pope Urban VII dies, ending the the shortest papal reign in history
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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26th September 1923: Gustav Stresemann of Germany ends passive resistance in the Ruhr
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Sep 26, 2024 |