1879: 4,000 Zulu Warriors Attack a Handful of Britons
The famous film “Zulu” (1964), starring Michael Cain, was based on this battle. For this famous actor it was the first leading role in his career. Just to mention, Zulu i...
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Chetnik Leader Draža Mihailović Appointed Yugoslav Minister of the Army – 1942
His Chetniks received the status of the “Yugoslav Army in the Homeland”. The full name of Mihailović’s office was “Minister of the Army, Navy, and Air Forces”. On t...
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1861: Who Fired the First Shots in the American Civil War?
On this day, with the firing of the first rifle shot, the American Civil War began. It happened in the port city of Charleston in the state of South Carolina. That countr...
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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 occurred around three weeks after the famous attack on Pearl Harb...
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1943: Nazi Battleship Scharnhorst Sunk
On this day the last naval clash of German and British large ships in World War II took place. The German ship Scharnhorst achieved fame during the war by sinking the Bri...
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1948: Execution of Japanese War Criminals from World War II
On this day in 1948, Japanese war criminals from World War II were executed by hanging. They were criminals convicted at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, the Japanese equiv...
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1907: The Jew who Wanted an Alliance with the Nazis and Fascists
This day marked the birth of Avraham Stern, the founder of the militant Jewish Zionist group “Lehi”, which fought against the British. “Lehi” was short for “Lohamei Herut...
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1964: First Flight of the Fastest Jet Aircraft in the World
On this day the famous SR-71 Blackbird aircraft performed its first flight, which to this day holds the world speed record for jet aircraft. Namely, the highest speed tha...
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