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1667: Raid on the Medway: The Worst Defeat of the British Navy in History

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1667: Raid on the Medway: The Worst Defeat of the British Navy in History

The defeat which the British experienced during a raid that began on this day is considered the toughest ...

The defeat which the British experienced during a raid that began on this day is considered the toughest in the history of their navy. On that day, namely, Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter (the most fa ...

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1922: Niels and Aage Bohr – Father and Son with a Nobel Prize

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1922: Niels and Aage Bohr – Father and Son with a Nobel Prize

On this day in 1922, Aage Bohr, Nobel Prize winner and son of another famous Nobel laureate Niels Bohr, w ...

On this day in 1922, Aage Bohr, Nobel Prize winner and son of another famous Nobel laureate Niels Bohr, was born. They both received the Nobel Prize in the same scientific field – Physics. It is inter ...

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1790: French Noble Titles Abolished

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1790: French Noble Titles Abolished

On this day in 1790, during the French Revolution, French noble titles were abolished. Of course, it was ...

On this day in 1790, during the French Revolution, French noble titles were abolished. Of course, it was a significant event, as the nobility in France played a major role in the pre-revolutionary per ...

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1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed at Sing Sing for Atomic Espionage

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1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed at Sing Sing for Atomic Espionage

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were a married couple convicted of atomic espionage during the Cold War. It w ...

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were a married couple convicted of atomic espionage during the Cold War. It was a time when communists were persecuted in the United States, when almost everyone who was in ...

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1987: The First Garfield Comic Strip

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1987: The First Garfield Comic Strip

On this day the first comic about the cat Garfield was published simultaneously in 41 newspapers across t ...

On this day the first comic about the cat Garfield was published simultaneously in 41 newspapers across the United States. The creator and author of the comic strip is the celebrated Jim Davis who nam ...

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