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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?

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

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  • 1944: Hitler’s Greatest Battleship Tirpitz Sunk

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    1944: Hitler’s Greatest Battleship Tirpitz Sunk

    1944: Hitler’s Greatest Battleship Tirpitz Sunk

    The largest warship at Nazi Germany’s disposal capsized on this day in Norwegian waters. It was the famou ...

    The largest warship at Nazi Germany’s disposal capsized on this day in Norwegian waters. It was the famous battleship Tirpitz, the pride of the German fleet from the year 1941. The huge Tirpitz had a ...

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  • 764: Tibetans Occupy the Capital of China

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    764: Tibetans Occupy the Capital of China

    764: Tibetans Occupy the Capital of China

    A really unusual event occurred on this day back in 764. Namely, Tibetan military forces occupied the hug ...

    A really unusual event occurred on this day back in 764. Namely, Tibetan military forces occupied the huge capital of China – Chang’an – once the largest city in the entire world. From the 7th to the ...

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  • 1938: Hermann Goering Suggests that Madagascar should Become a Jewish Country

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    1938: Hermann Goering Suggests that Madagascar should Become a Jewish Country

    1938: Hermann Goering Suggests that Madagascar should Become a Jewish Country

    Back in the 19th century, there were different opinions of the territory on which European Jews could rel ...

    Back in the 19th century, there were different opinions of the territory on which European Jews could relocate. Relocation was, on one hand, sought by anti-Semites trying to get rid of the Jews. On th ...

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  • 1933: The first known footage of the Loch Ness monster

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    1933: The first known footage of the Loch Ness monster

    1933: The first known footage of the Loch Ness monster

    On this day Briton Hugh Gray took first known photos of the Loch Ness Monster. He was walking home from c ...

    On this day Briton Hugh Gray took first known photos of the Loch Ness Monster. He was walking home from church that day carrying a small camera. He saw a large creature in the water, rising almost a m ...

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  • 1912: Frozen Bodies of Robert Scott and his Colleagues Found

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    1912: Frozen Bodies of Robert Scott and his Colleagues Found

    1912: Frozen Bodies of Robert Scott and his Colleagues Found

    Robert F. Scott was a British polar explorer. In the year 1910 he started a bold expedition to Antarctica ...

    Robert F. Scott was a British polar explorer. In the year 1910 he started a bold expedition to Antarctica with the goal of being the first to conquer the South Pole. On 17 January 1912 his team manage ...

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