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1939: Memel, Lithuania – Hitler’s Last Peaceful Acquisition

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1939: Memel, Lithuania – Hitler’s Last Peaceful Acquisition

Klaipėda (Memel) is today the third-largest city in Lithuania and the country’s largest port. It was part ...

Klaipėda (Memel) is today the third-largest city in Lithuania and the country’s largest port. It was particularly important in Hitler’s time since one-third of the country’s industry was located in or ...

March 22, 2016
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1727: Sultan with the Greatest Number of Children in History

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1727: Sultan with the Greatest Number of Children in History

According to the Guinness Book of Records, sultan Moulay Ismail ibn Sharif fathered more children than an ...

According to the Guinness Book of Records, sultan Moulay Ismail ibn Sharif fathered more children than any other man in recorded history. Sultan Moulay ibn Sharif, the most powerful ruler of th ...

March 22, 2016
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1832: 72-year-old Goethe Fell in Love with a 17-year-old Girl

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1832: 72-year-old Goethe Fell in Love with a 17-year-old Girl

Goethe was a 72-year-old widower when he fell in love with 17-year-old girl named Ulrike von Levetzow. Th ...

Goethe was a 72-year-old widower when he fell in love with 17-year-old girl named Ulrike von Levetzow. The famous Johann Wolfgang von Goethe died on this day in Weimar, aged 82. Namely, besides being ...

March 22, 2016
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1797: First German Emperor Born in Berlin

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1797: First German Emperor Born in Berlin

The first emperor of the German Empire, Wilhelm I Hohenzollern, was born in Berlin on this day in 1797. A ...

The first emperor of the German Empire, Wilhelm I Hohenzollern, was born in Berlin on this day in 1797. According to his year of birth, Wilhelm I was a peer of Franz Schubert and Heinrich Heine. At th ...

March 22, 2016
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1995: The Man who was in Space the Longest and Circled the Earth 7000 Times

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1995: The Man who was in Space the Longest and Circled the Earth 7000 Times

On this day the Russian astronaut (“cosmonaut”) Valeri Polyakov ended his space mission after spending a ...

On this day the Russian astronaut (“cosmonaut”) Valeri Polyakov ended his space mission after spending a record-long time in space: 437 days and 18 hours. He spent that time on the space station Mir, ...

March 22, 2016
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1459: The Man Who Built the Largest Empire in Europe through Marriage

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1459: The Man Who Built the Largest Empire in Europe through Marriage

Emperor Maximilian I Habsburg was born on this day in 1459. He was one of the most important rulers in ea ...

Emperor Maximilian I Habsburg was born on this day in 1459. He was one of the most important rulers in early modern Europe. Namely, he transformed the Habsburg dynasty into a major European power, mos ...

March 22, 2015
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1913: The Daughter of a Turkish President Became the First Female Combat Pilot in History

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1913: The Daughter of a Turkish President Became the First Female Combat Pilot in History

On this day the first woman in history who became a fighter pilot was born. Her name was Sabiha Gokcen an ...

On this day the first woman in history who became a fighter pilot was born. Her name was Sabiha Gokcen and she was born on the territory of the former Ottoman Empire (Turkish Empire). There are differ ...

March 22, 2015
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1312: Abolishment of the Knights Templar

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1312: Abolishment of the Knights Templar

On this day Pope Clement V issued the papal bull Vox in excelso (Voice from Heaven), officially dissolvin ...

On this day Pope Clement V issued the papal bull Vox in excelso (Voice from Heaven), officially dissolving the powerful Order of the Knights Templar. The Pope did this at the instigation of the French ...

March 22, 2015
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