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  • 1890: Tallest Church Completed (161.5 meters)

  • 1740: Prussian King Frederick II the Great Accedes to the Throne

  • 1469: King Manuel I of Portugal – Ruler of the Sea from Brazil to China

  • 1962: The Execution of Adolf Eichmann in Israel

  • 1809: Death of Jean Lannes – One of Napoleon’s Most Daring and Talented Generals

  • 1990: First Multiparty Parliament in Croatia

  • 1975: European Space Agency (ESA) Founded

  • 1934: Russian General Alexey Leonov – First Man to Walk in Space

  • 1868: Last Public Execution in Vienna

  • 1536: Henry VIII Marries his Third Wife only 11 Days after his Second Wife’s Execution

  • 1948: The First UN Peacekeepers

  • 1900: Why was the Capital of Chad Named after a Frenchman?

  • 1814: What Became of Napoleon’s Divorced Wife, Josephine?

  • 1954: First Bilderberg Conference

  • 1953: The First Conquest of Mount Everest was made by a New Zealander

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  • 1996: Siege of Sarajevo Lifted

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    |Date: February 29, 2016
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    1996: Siege of Sarajevo Lifted

    1996: Siege of Sarajevo Lifted

    The siege of Sarajevo was one of the longest and most grueling sieges in contemporary history, lasting 1, ...

    The siege of Sarajevo was one of the longest and most grueling sieges in contemporary history, lasting 1,425 days   The siege of Sarajevo was declared over on this day in 1996. It was one of the ...

    February 29, 2016
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  • 1946: Draža Mihailović Executed

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    |Date: July 17, 2015
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    1946: Draža Mihailović Executed

    1946: Draža Mihailović Executed

    On this day in 1946, the Yugoslav communist authorities executed the famous Chetnik leader Draža Mihailov ...

    On this day in 1946, the Yugoslav communist authorities executed the famous Chetnik leader Draža Mihailović.  Four months before Mihailović's execution, the Partisans captured him near Višegrad, Bosni ...

    July 17, 2015
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  • 1914: Bloodshed in Sarajevo Triggers World War I

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    |Date: June 28, 2015
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    1914: Bloodshed in Sarajevo Triggers World War I

    1914: Bloodshed in Sarajevo Triggers World War I

    On this day one of the most fateful assassinations throughout world history occurred. Specifically, the S ...

    On this day one of the most fateful assassinations throughout world history occurred. Specifically, the Sarajevo assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand provided the pretext for World W ...

    June 28, 2015
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  • 1995: U.S. F-16 Shot Down Over Bosnia

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    |Date: June 02, 2015
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    1995: U.S.  F-16 Shot Down Over Bosnia

    1995: U.S. F-16 Shot Down Over Bosnia

    An incident occurred on this day in 1995: an American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet, was shot down ove ...

    An incident occurred on this day in 1995: an American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet, was shot down over Bosnia. The movie “Behind Enemy Lines” is loosely based upon experiences of pilot Scott O'Gra ...

    June 02, 2015
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  • 1918: The Death of the Assassin who Set Off World War I

    Posted by Tin Pongrac
    |Date: April 28, 2015
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    1918: The Death of the Assassin who Set Off World War I

    1918: The Death of the Assassin who Set Off World War I

    The famous assassin Gavrilo Princip, who assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Soph ...

    The famous assassin Gavrilo Princip, who assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo in 1914, died on this day. This event led to the outbreak of the World War I. It ...

    April 28, 2015
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  • 1992: The Siege of Sarajevo

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    |Date: April 05, 2015
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    1992: The Siege of Sarajevo

    1992: The Siege of Sarajevo

    On this day the siege of Sarajevo by the Army of Republika Srpska began. The siege would last for more th ...

    On this day the siege of Sarajevo by the Army of Republika Srpska began. The siege would last for more than 44 months, more precisely 1,425 days (until 29 February 1996), and would cost perhaps over 1 ...

    April 05, 2015
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