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1872: The Oldest Football Competition in the World

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1872: The Oldest Football Competition in the World

The final match of the oldest football competition in the world – the FA Cup (full name Football Associat ...

The final match of the oldest football competition in the world – the FA Cup (full name Football Association Challenge Cup) – was played on this day. ...

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1856: Birth of “Napoleon IV” – The only Son of the Last French Emperor

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1856: Birth of “Napoleon IV” – The only Son of the Last French Emperor

Napoleon Eugene became the head of the Bonaparte dynasty at the age of only 16. French Prince Imperial Na ...

Napoleon Eugene became the head of the Bonaparte dynasty at the age of only 16. French Prince Imperial Napoleon Eugene Bonaparte, later called “Napoleon IV”, was born on this day in 1856. He was the s ...

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1926: The First Modern Rocket had a Motor on its Top

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1926: The First Modern Rocket had a Motor on its Top

The first liquid fuel modern rocket in history was launched on this day. The man who constructed it was R ...

The first liquid fuel modern rocket in history was launched on this day. The man who constructed it was Robert Goddard and he did not receive much fame during his life – in fact, he was not even fully ...

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1792: King Assassinated during Masked Ball

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1792: King Assassinated during Masked Ball

The king also wore a mask, but he was easily spotted, mainly because he wore the Star of the Royal Order ...

The king also wore a mask, but he was easily spotted, mainly because he wore the Star of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (the foremost order of Sweden). On this day a dramatic assassination of Swedi ...

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1935: How did Adolf Hitler Build Up the German Military?

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1935: How did Adolf Hitler Build Up the German Military?

On this day in 1935, Adolf Hitler ordered the rearmament of the German army, even though it was forbidden ...

On this day in 1935, Adolf Hitler ordered the rearmament of the German army, even though it was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles, signed after Germany lost World War I. This treaty was very unfav ...

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1939: Hitler Declares the “Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia”

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1939: Hitler Declares the “Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia”

A well-known Nazi politician – Baron Konstantin von Neurath, who was previously Foreign minister of the T ...

A well-known Nazi politician – Baron Konstantin von Neurath, who was previously Foreign minister of the Third Reich – was appointed the head of this new government. Hitler personally visited Prague. O ...

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1751: The U.S. President in the Napoleonic Era

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1751: The U.S. President in the Napoleonic Era

James Madison, the fourth President of the United States of America, was born on this day in 1751. It is ...

James Madison, the fourth President of the United States of America, was born on this day in 1751. It is interesting to note that he was the U.S. president at the time when Napoleon Bonaparte was the ...

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1802: West Point Founded

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1802: West Point Founded

On this day one of the most famous military academies in the world – the United States Military Academy a ...

On this day one of the most famous military academies in the world – the United States Military Academy at West Point in the state of New York was established. ...

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