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1869: Calouste Gulbenkian – One of the Wealthiest Armenians in History

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1869: Calouste Gulbenkian – One of the Wealthiest Armenians in History

Gulbenkian was one of the first entrepreneurs who searched for oil deposits in what is now Iraq. This day ...

Gulbenkian was one of the first entrepreneurs who searched for oil deposits in what is now Iraq. This day in 1869 marked the birth of Calouste Gulbenkian, one of the wealthiest Armenians in history. H ...

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1849: Field Marshal Count Radetzky Wins the Battle of Novara

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1849: Field Marshal Count Radetzky Wins the Battle of Novara

On this day in 1849, the Austrian Army achieved one of its most famous victories in the 19th century. Nam ...

On this day in 1849, the Austrian Army achieved one of its most famous victories in the 19th century. Namely, it defeated the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia in the Battle of Novara, which was attempt ...

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1801: Russian Emperor Paul I Assassinated in his Bedroom

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1801: Russian Emperor Paul I Assassinated in his Bedroom

Emperor Paul I was the son of the famous empress Catherine the Great and he succeeded her when she died i ...

Emperor Paul I was the son of the famous empress Catherine the Great and he succeeded her when she died in 1796. Russian emperor Paul I was assassinated in St. Petersburg on this day in 1801. More pre ...

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2001: Space Station Mir Deorbited after 5,519 Days around the Earth

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2001: Space Station Mir Deorbited after 5,519 Days around the Earth

On this day in 2001 the Russian space station Mir was taken out of the Earth’s orbit deliberately and in ...

On this day in 2001 the Russian space station Mir was taken out of the Earth’s orbit deliberately and in a controlled manner. Interestingly, the Mir station is the largest man-made celestial body take ...

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1994: Plane Crashes Because of a 16-year-old Boy

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1994: Plane Crashes Because of a 16-year-old Boy

Listening to the flight data recorders from the black box revealed that two unauthorized passengers were ...

Listening to the flight data recorders from the black box revealed that two unauthorized passengers were present in the cockpit – the pilot’s 12-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son. On this day 75 p ...

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1933: How Hitler Crushed Democracy in Germany

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1933: How Hitler Crushed Democracy in Germany

On this day Adolf Hitler was able to enact one of the most important documents for the establishment of t ...

On this day Adolf Hitler was able to enact one of the most important documents for the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship in the German Parliament (Reichstag). Namely, on this day, the infamous “E ...

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1839: What Exactly Does the Widespread Abbreviation “OK” Mean?

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1839: What Exactly Does the Widespread Abbreviation “OK” Mean?

On this day in 1839, the phrase OK appeared in the U.S. newspaper The Boston Morning Post for the first t ...

On this day in 1839, the phrase OK appeared in the U.S. newspaper The Boston Morning Post for the first time in the history of print. Today it is a universally understood sign of approval. Although th ...

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1747: The French Count who Became an Ottoman Pasha

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1747: The French Count who Became an Ottoman Pasha

Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, a very interesting person with an unusual fate, died on this day in 1747. H ...

Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, a very interesting person with an unusual fate, died on this day in 1747. He was born into an aristocratic French family. He became a soldier and eventually progressed th ...

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