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On this day, December 12, 1988, the Clapham Junction rail crash occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 3096
1995 Discussion Between Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, and Steven Ambrose. 3 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 10 2214
On December 2 and 3, 1984, the Bhopal disaster occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1669
On this day, December 4, 1872, Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 2555
On November 26, 2003, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1298
On November 27, 1835, James Pratt and John Smith became the last people to be executed in England for sodomy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 2516
'The Genocide Must Be Punished,' - Zelenskyy's on the 90th Holodomor Memorial Day - UATV English 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 2048
On this day, November 24, 2012, the Tazreen Fashion factory fire, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 2155
Japan's War in Colour 2004 Documentary with never seen before films 2 YoshidaYui Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1542
Here and now, I'm reading Primo Levi, "The Drowned and the Saved." 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 2510
The Corset X-Rays of Dr Ludovic O'Followell (1908) 1 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1451
On this day, November 16, 1920, Qantas was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1830
On this day, November 15, 1907, Claus von Stauffenberg was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 2173
This message was self-deleted by its author 3 BootinUp Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 1325
On this day, November 13, 2015, ISIL conducted an array of terror attacks in Paris. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1840
Advice for time traveling to medieval Europe 1 Bucky Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1662
Albert Goering , hero 7 catbyte Aug 2023 Nov 2023 3 1512
Kristallnacht, Night of Broken Glass Nov. 9-10, 1938: Nazi Anti-Jewish Pogroms, Germany, Territories, 85 Yrs Ago 3 appalachiablue Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 1877
On November 8, 1923, the Beer Hall Putsch, the failed coup d'etat by the Nazi Party, began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1713
On this day, November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 1035
On this day, November 4, 2010, Qantas did not have a fatal accident. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 3019
This message was self-deleted by its author 2 BootinUp Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 1295
On this day, October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX crashed after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 1338
Navigating polycrisis: long-run socio-cultural factors shape response to changing climate. 1 NNadir Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 1019
A $7.5-million find: Overlooked Getty estate sale map turns out to be 14th century treasure 0 Demovictory9 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 10 2526
On this day, October 23, 1906, Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first powered heavier-than-air flight made anywhere outside of the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1290
On this day, October 17, 2000, four died in a rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 1330
Nov/1913: 110 years to beginning of M.E. conflict, anti-Semitic tropes poem in Arab 'Falastin' 0 Words that matter Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 1405
On This Day: Rabin, Peres, Arafat share Nobel Peace Prize 1 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 12361
Yes, the Nazis did KILL babies during World War Two 0 steve2470 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 1401

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On October 8, 1952, the Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1382
The 17-foot-tall, 12,000-pound marble masterpiece by Michelangelo Buonarroti, was unveiled 7 elleng Oct 2023 Oct 2023 15 2149
Vikings had windows, another shift away from their image as barbaric Norsemen, Danish museum says 6 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 9 1706
A look back at 1973's October War 0 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 860
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I. 1 elleng Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 1260
In France, workers build a castle from scratch the 13th century way 4 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 Oct 2023 12 1685
Video provides first clear views of WWII aircraft carriers lost in the pivotal Battle of Midway 1 sl8 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1616
On this day, September 26, 1905, Albert Einstein introduced the special theory of relativity. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 1007
On September 26, 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 1769
First Visual Survey of IJN Akagi 赤城 - Historic Battle of Midway Shipwreck 2 catbyte Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1651
10 Ancient Celtic Symbols Explained 2 littlemissmartypants Sep 2023 Sep 2023 12 1470
Here is Germany by Frank Capra, 1945 1hr GRAPHIC 1 irisblue Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1207
On September 15, 1935, The Nurnberg Laws were passed in Germany. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1519
On September15, 1940, the Luftwaffe failed to draw out the RAF into a battle of annihilation. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1972
Wow, I was just listening to Roosevelt's Day of Infamy speech after Pearl Harbor was attacked 9 captain queeg Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 2449
On September 12, 1933, it occurred to Leo Szilard how a nuclear chain reaction would work. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1383
On this day, September 12, 2009, agronomist and Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1258
On this day, September 12, 1977, Steve Biko died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 934
On this day, September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1596
On this day, September 8, 1944, a V-2 rocket came down in London for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1486
On this day, September 6, 1952, the 1952 Farnborough Airshow crash occurred 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1124
On this day, September 5, 1972, Palestinian extremists killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Olympics. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1572
On this day, September 3, 1878, SS Princess Alice sank in the River Thames. 600 to 700 died. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 2307
On this day, September 1, 2004, the Beslan school siege began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1444
The Most Dangerous Spy of WW2 - The Limping Lady 0 catbyte Aug 2023 Aug 2023 14 1413
On this day, August 30, 1910, Roger Bushell, of the "Great Escape," was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1600
On this day, August 29, 1944, troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 1789
On this day, August 29, 1533, Pizarro Executed Atahuallpa, Last Emperor of the Incas. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1602
March on Washington was 60 yrs ago this weekend 0 irisblue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1052
On this day, August 25, 1944, Paris was liberated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1482

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The War of 1812 USA v Great Britain - Full Details of the Reasons Why, Battles Fought & Consequences 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1641
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: the devil's alliance - David Marples - TVP World 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1603
On this day, August 23, 1973, the bank robbery that led to the Stockholm syndrome started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1321
USA War Machine - Reasons, Outcome, Casualties & Implications of 5 Major USA Wars from 1950 to 2000 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 2001
On this day, August 22, 1961, Ida Siekmann became the first person to die at the Berlin Wall. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1025
The Secret First World War - Full Story of the Seven Years War in 3 Continents from 1756-1763 - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1686
On this day, August 21, 2015, there was an attack on board an Amsterdam-to-Paris Thalys train. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1463
On this day, August 20, 1968, "Operation Danube," the invasion of Czechoslovakia, began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1057
On this day, August 20, Finnish architects Eliel Saarinen (1873) and Eero Saarinen (1910) were born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1999
free streaming HistoryHit Channel (one of Amazon's FreeVee channels) 2 eShirl Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 1123
On this day, August 18, 1977, Steve Biko was arrested. He never saw another day of freedom. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 2197
On this day, August 17, 1962, Peter Fechter was killed trying to get over the Berlin Wall. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1503
The Ghost of Achilles on Snake Island 0 littlemissmartypants Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 1035
15 August 1928 A Polish girl, Czesława Kwoka, was born in Wlka Złojecka 0 Swede Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 1608
August 15, 1961: E. German border guard Conrad Schumann leaps into the French Sector of West Berlin. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1783
On this day, August 14, 1961, East Berliners awoke to see a wall going up between them and W. Berlin 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 2487
On this day, August 5, 2010, the 2010 Copiapo mining accident occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1331
Can anyone recommend a good book on Hildegard von Bingen? 5 bif Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 1831
On this day, July 25, 2019, heat records were set in the UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1833
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