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335: After whom is New Year’s Eve sometimes Called Saint Sylvester’s Day?

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335: After whom is New Year’s Eve sometimes Called Saint Sylvester’s Day?

On this day, New Year’s Eve is celebrated to commemorate the death of St. Sylvester, who was pope during ...

On this day, New Year’s Eve is celebrated to commemorate the death of St. Sylvester, who was pope during the turning point of the history of Christianity, immediately after the Emperor Constantine iss ...

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1999: Yeltsin Resigns, Putin Becomes Acting President of Russia

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1999: Yeltsin Resigns, Putin Becomes Acting President of Russia

On this day in 1999, Boris Yeltsin resigned, making prime minister Vladimir Putin the acting President of ...

On this day in 1999, Boris Yeltsin resigned, making prime minister Vladimir Putin the acting President of Russia. Interestingly, Putin's first decree was to guarantee Yeltsin and his family that they ...

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1941: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Takes Command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet

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1941: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Takes Command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet

On this day in 1941 U.S. admiral Chester W. Nimitz took command of the United States Pacific Fleet. This ...

On this day in 1941 U.S. admiral Chester W. Nimitz took command of the United States Pacific Fleet. This occurred around three weeks after the famous attack on Pearl Harbor. Due to the catastrophe the ...

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New Year’s Eve Dinner Served in a Dinosaur’s Bowels – 1853

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New Year’s Eve Dinner Served in a Dinosaur’s Bowels – 1853

It was a model of an Iguanodon, whose bowels were large enough to hold 22 English dignitaries. The menu f ...

It was a model of an Iguanodon, whose bowels were large enough to hold 22 English dignitaries. The menu from that dinner has been preserved, and reflects the eating habits of the Victorian era. One of ...

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1759 – Guinness Begins Manufacturing Beer after Renting a Brewery for 9,000 Years

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1759 – Guinness Begins Manufacturing Beer after Renting a Brewery for 9,000 Years

It was the beginning of the famous Guinness beer brand, which has to this day remained the most iconic of ...

It was the beginning of the famous Guinness beer brand, which has to this day remained the most iconic of all Irish alcoholic beverages. Today, around 850 million liters of that beer are sold every ye ...

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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

335: After whom is New Year’s Eve sometimes Called Saint Sylvester’s Day?

335: After whom is New Year’s Eve sometimes Called Saint Sylvester’s Day?

1999: Yeltsin Resigns, Putin Becomes Acting President of Russia

1999: Yeltsin Resigns, Putin Becomes Acting President of Russia

1941: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Takes Command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet

1941: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Takes Command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet

New Year’s Eve Dinner Served in a Dinosaur’s Bowels – 1853

New Year’s Eve Dinner Served in a Dinosaur’s Bowels – 1853

1759 – Guinness Begins Manufacturing Beer after Renting a Brewery for 9,000 Years

1759 – Guinness Begins Manufacturing Beer after Renting a Brewery for 9,000 Years