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Online Resources for Historians 6 RZM Feb 2012 Mar 2018 7 43636
Welcome to the DU World History Group! 0 RZM Feb 2012 Dec 2011 3 55045
On this day, November 19, 1947, the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 21 hrs ago 21 hrs ago 0 163
On this day, November 16, 1938, LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Sunday 5 238
On this day, November 16, 1920, Qantas was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 1 131
On this day, November 15, 1907, Claus von Stauffenberg was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 2 174
On this day, November 13, 2015, ISIL conducted an array of terror attacks in Paris. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 0 186
On this day, November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 9 Nov 9 1 134
On November 8, 1923, the Beer Hall Putsch, the failed coup d'etat by the Nazi Party, began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 9 Nov 9 3 204
"Eat the rich" 2 multigraincracker Nov 7 Nov 7 6 151
The Deportation Campaigns of the Great Depression. It has happened here 2 irisblue Nov 6 Nov 6 6 111
On this day, November 6, 1986, the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 0 35
"Remember, remember, the 5th of November." On this day, November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes's plot was thwarted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 5 Nov 5 6 284
On this day, November 4, 2010, Qantas did not have a fatal accident. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 2 346
Lily Ebert, Holocaust Survivor Who Found Fame on TikTok, Dies at 100 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 3 Nov 3 7 254
On this day, November 3, 1982, the world's deadliest traffic accident, the Salang Tunnel fire, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 3 Nov 3 3 8219
On this day, October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX crashed after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 29 Oct 29 0 210
I'm looking for ageneral info book on the Battle for Manila Feb-Mar 1945 6 irisblue Oct 29 Oct 29 1 271
On this day October 28, 4004 BCE land animals including humans were made. 5 spike jones Oct 28 Oct 28 1 436
Disabled Adults, Children 'Unworthy of Life' 1st Nazi Murder Victims 1939, Jews, Gypsys, Gays, JehovWit 4 appalachiablue Oct 27 Oct 27 7 440
On this day October 27, 4004 BCE all fish and birds were made. 7 spike jones Oct 27 Oct 27 1 318
On this day October 26, 4004 BCE the moon, sun and stars were made. 7 spike jones Oct 26 Oct 26 3 395
On this day October 25, 4004 BCE land was separated from water and plants were made. 3 spike jones Oct 25 Oct 25 2 312
Not long ago not far away from twitter 2 irisblue Oct 25 Oct 25 8 314
Germany Honors Plotters Who Tried to Kill Hitler July 1944, Operation Valkyrie, Resistance 80 Yrs Ago 5 appalachiablue Oct 23 Oct 24 5 376
On this day October 24, 4004 BCE, Heaven was created. 3 spike jones Oct 24 Oct 24 2 364
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 23 Oct 24 2 429
On this day, October 23, 1906, Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first powered heavier-than-air flight outside of the US. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 23 Oct 23 2 232
On October 21, 1944 the HMAS Australia became the first Allied ship attacked by a kamikaze attack. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 22 Oct 22 0 226
On this day, October 17, 2000, four people died in a rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 17 Oct 17 1 203

World History Continued...

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British explorer Sandy Irvine's foot discovered 100 years after he vanished on Everest 1 Bayard Oct 14 Oct 14 8 435
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Bayard Oct 14 Oct 14 2 380
On this day, October 8, 1952, the worst peacetime rail crash in British history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 8 Oct 8 1 300
Anyone remember? 11 elleng Oct 3 Oct 4 19 889
On this day, September 30, 1941, the first Babi Yar massacre came to an end. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 30 Sep 30 6 344
The Greatest Scot, Alexander Fleming, Changed History - Discovered Penicillin, Antibiotic Resistance 0 appalachiablue Sep 27 Sep 27 4 333
On this day, September 26, 1905, Albert Einstein introduced the special theory of relativity. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 4 265
On this day, September 26, 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 3 318
Western allies abandon Poles to Nazis, chance for early end to WW2 slips away 1 sarisataka Sep 21 Sep 21 3 337
September 19, 1941, wearing the Star of David became compulsary in the German Reich. from twitter 2 irisblue Sep 19 Sep 21 7 343
SRIN Grinblatt, Senior Advisor Kushner Meet with Israeli PM May 30 2019 🇺🇸 1 Uncle Joe Sep 16 Sep 16 3 286
On this day, September 15, 1935, The Nurnberg Laws were passed in Germany. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 15 Sep 15 4 256
On this day, September15, 1940, the Luftwaffe failed to draw out the RAF into a battle of annihilation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 15 Sep 15 3 284
On September 12, 1977, Steve Biko died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 13 Sep 13 9 320
On September 12, 1933, it occurred to Leo Szilard how a nuclear chain reaction would work. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 13 Sep 13 4 280
On this day, August 12, 1985, the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Sep 13 0 520
On this day, September 12, 2009, agronomist and Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 12 Sep 12 2 200
World Trade Center and Tall Ships, New York City, Bicentennial Day 1976: 1 irisblue Sep 11 Sep 11 7 345
On December 24, 1994, terrorists hijacked an Air France Airbus A300, intending to blow it up over the Eiffel Tower. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 11 Sep 11 4 318
On September 8, 1944, a V-2 rocket came down in London for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 2 292
On September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 5 280
On September 5, 1972, Palestinian extremists killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympics. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 3 277
On September 6, 1952, the 1952 Farnborough Airshow crash occurred 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 0 297
Checking out the Writing in Historical Writing Can Be a Real Joy: Ian Toll. 1 NNadir Sep 8 Sep 8 10 379
Polish Thermopylae, with Panzers 0 sarisataka Sep 7 Sep 7 5 451
How the Atlantic Ocean made the modern world - CaspianReport 1 TexasTowelie Sep 6 Sep 6 6 589
Zyklon B was used on 3 September 1941 in Auschwitz 2 irisblue Sep 3 Sep 3 5 410
On September 1, 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down after the aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 4 251
On September 1, 2004, the Beslan school siege began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 1 250
On this day, September 3, 1878, SS Princess Alice sank in the River Thames. 600 to 700 died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 2 311

World History Continued...

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.." the Germans began the construction of Stutthof camp" Auschwitz twitter 1 irisblue Sep 2 Sep 2 9 516
Nazi Gustav Wagner, Sadist 'Beast' of Sobibor Camp; T4 Euthanasia Prog Killed 300K Unworthy of Life 3 appalachiablue Aug 31 Sep 2 5 494
1 September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland " The Second World War began in Europe 3 irisblue Sep 1 Sep 1 3 390
On this day, August 30, 1910, Roger Bushell, of the "Great Escape," was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 30 Aug 30 4 354
'I couldn't believe it was my son who did it': boy, 4, smashes bronze age jar in Israel museum 3 BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 29 Aug 29 1 519
On this day, August 29, 1944, troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 29 Aug 29 2 406
On this day, August 29, 1533, Pizarro Executed Atahuallpa, Last Emperor of the Incas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 29 Aug 29 2 385
Remains of the ancient Roman city under the modern road in Verona, close to Porta Leoni, Italy. 0 elleng Aug 26 Aug 26 1 37124
On this date 26 August 1905 Rudolph von Mayer was born- from @Auschwitz twitter 0 irisblue Aug 26 Aug 26 0 35783
On August 25, 1944, Paris was liberated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 26 Aug 26 7 301
Non-Fiction I'm reading: The Dragon from Chicago 2 bucolic_frolic Aug 25 Aug 25 8 430
Aug 19, 1934 Hitler Becomes President of Germany, Unlimited Power Dictator, Turning Pt World History 🇩🇪 7 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 24 6 423
50 years ago: CBS News report from Vietnam sparked U.S. outrage 3 Uncle Joe Aug 24 Aug 24 13 581
On this day, August 23, 1944, the deadliest aircraft accident to occur in Britain during World War II occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 23 Aug 23 2 444
On this day, August 23, 1973, the bank robbery that led to the Stockholm syndrome started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 23 Aug 23 0 316
On this day, August 22, 1961, Ida Siekmann became the first person to die at the Berlin Wall. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 22 Aug 22 0 314
On this day, August 21, 2015, there was an attack on board an Amsterdam-to-Paris Thalys train. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 1 291
On this day, August 20, 1858, Charles Darwin first published his theory of evolution through natural selection. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 340
On this day, August 20, 1968, "Operation Danube," the invasion of Czechoslovakia, began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 319
On this day, August 20, Finnish architects Eliel Saarinen (1873) and Eero Saarinen (1910) were born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 311
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