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1985: Greenpeace Ship Rainbow Warrior Sunk by French Secret Agents

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1985: Greenpeace Ship Rainbow Warrior Sunk by French Secret Agents
On this day the dramatic attack on Greenpeace’s famous ship Rainbow Warrior was carried out by French secret agents. The ship was anchored in the New Zealand port of Auck...
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1994: Death of the North Korean Dictator Kim Il-sung

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1994: Death of the North Korean Dictator Kim Il-sung
On this day the North Korean communist leader Kim Il-sung died.  The cause of death was a heart attack. Kim Il-sung was already at an advanced age of 82 and for some time...
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1663: How was the Smallest State in the United States Established?

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1663: How was the Smallest State in the United States Established?
On this day the colony of Rhode Island (the smallest state in the USA) received its official charter granted by British King Charles II from the House of Stuart.  Most pe...
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1836: The Chamberlain Dynasty

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1836: The Chamberlain Dynasty
On this day British politician Joseph Chamberlain, who established a dynasty of the United Kingdom’s ministers, was born. In fact, besides being a minister himself, both...
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1934: Night of the Long Knives in Hitler’s Germany

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1934: Night of the Long Knives in Hitler’s Germany
On this day one of the most famous episodes in the history of Nazism took place.  Namely, Hitler purged the Nazi Party of his competitors. The so-called “brownshirt...
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1109: Alfonso the Brave – Conqueror of Madrid and the “Emperor of all Spain”

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1109: Alfonso the Brave – Conqueror of Madrid and the “Emperor of all Spain”
On this day died the mighty King Alfonso VI, nicknamed the Brave (El Bravo).  He was the ruler of Castile, León, Galicia and Portugal, and took the pompous title of...
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1914: Bloodshed in Sarajevo Triggers World War I

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1914: Bloodshed in Sarajevo Triggers World War I
On this day one of the most fateful assassinations throughout world history occurred. Specifically, the Sarajevo assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand pr...
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1794: Famous chancellor of the Empress and Queen Maria Theresa

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1794: Famous chancellor of the Empress and Queen Maria Theresa
On this day in 1794 the renowned statesman Wenzel Anton Kaunitz-Rietberg died. He was important because he was the State Chancellor (Staatskanzler) in Vienna during the r...
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