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1982: The Catholic Maronite President of Lebanon Killed

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1982: The Catholic Maronite President of Lebanon Killed

The Maronite Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel was assassinated on this day in 1982, when a bomb exploded ...

The Maronite Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel was assassinated on this day in 1982, when a bomb exploded in Beirut. He was killed just three weeks after he had been elected president, before even tak ...

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1814: The Text of the Anthem of the United States of America was Written by an Amateur Poet

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1814: The Text of the Anthem of the United States of America was Written by an Amateur Poet

On this day in 1814, the national anthem of the United States was written. It is the work of an amateur p ...

On this day in 1814, the national anthem of the United States was written. It is the work of an amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, who was inspired by the American defense of the Fort McHenry in Marylan ...

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1954: The Soviets Test a Nuclear Bomb on Their Own Soldiers

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1954: The Soviets Test a Nuclear Bomb on Their Own Soldiers

On this day in 1954, the Soviet Union conducted one of the most controversial nuclear tests in history. I ...

On this day in 1954, the Soviet Union conducted one of the most controversial nuclear tests in history. In order to study the effects of a nuclear attack (on people), they threw a nuclear bomb near th ...

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1321: Death of the Famous Dante Alighieri

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1321: Death of the Famous Dante Alighieri

This day in 1321 marked the death of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. He was born in the city of Florenc ...

This day in 1321 marked the death of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. He was born in the city of Florence, the central point of Italian history and culture at the time. But Dante was exiled from Flor ...

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1715: Dom Pérignon – the French Catholic Monk

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1715: Dom Pérignon – the French Catholic Monk

The French Catholic monk Dom Pérignon died on this day in 1715. The famous brand of champagne was named ...

The French Catholic monk Dom Pérignon died on this day in 1715. The famous brand of champagne was named after him. Dom Perignon was born as Pierre Pérignon, and the word Dom was something akin to an ...

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