1984: Was Tarzan Born in Vojvodina?
There are records stating that he was born in Párdány in Banat District, which corresponds with today’s village Međa situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Fam...
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1961: The Inauguration of President Kennedy
At the inauguration, Kennedy gave a well-known speech, of which the most famous line probably is: “(…) ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for...
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1716: Charles Bourbon: A King who Continually Ruled in Three Different Countries
His Capetian – Bourbon dynasty is probably the most famous European ruling dynasty (next to the House of Habsburg), because it was on different thrones during for over 1,...
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The Nazi’s Wannsee Conference on the Jewish Question – 1942
At the Wannsee conference, SS General Reinhard Heydrich presented a plan according to which the European Jews were to be used as a work force for building roads. Those wh...
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Over which Bibles did American Presidents Take their Oaths? – 1937
Since 1937, the U.S. presidential inauguration has always taken place on this day. Only if this day is Sunday is the inauguration postponed for the next day (January 21)....
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1544: The Only Man who was simultaneously King of Scotland and France
Even before he became king of France, the young Francis II was married to Mary, Queen of Scots. With this wedding he became King consort of Scotland, and soon after he be...
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1927: What Happened to the Last Empress of Mexico?
Empress Carlota of Mexico or “Emperatriz Carlota” how the Mexicans call her, had an unfortunate destiny because her husband (Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico) was executed....
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1809: Edgar Allan Poe secretly married his 13-year-old first cousin
Poe married in secret his close cousin – Virginia Clemm – who was only 13 (half his age). Unfortunately, she died young at only 24 of tuberculosis. There is a theory that...
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