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1918: First Tank Battle in World History

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1918: First Tank Battle in World History

The Battle of Villers-Bretonneux in northern France took place during the last year of World War I. This ...

The Battle of Villers-Bretonneux in northern France took place during the last year of World War I. This day in 1918 marks the anniversary of the first tank battle in world history. Even though the fi ...

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1800: Library of Congress Founded in Washington

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1800: Library of Congress Founded in Washington

The Library of Congress claims it is the largest in the world with 160 million titles and 1350 km of shel ...

The Library of Congress claims it is the largest in the world with 160 million titles and 1350 km of shelves. The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. was founded on this day in 1800. It is one of ...

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1970: Red Threat: The Chinese Start Conquering Space

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1970: Red Threat: The Chinese Start Conquering Space

China’s first successful launch of an object into space was historically important because China then ent ...

China’s first successful launch of an object into space was historically important because China then entered the so-called “Space Club”. On this day China launched its first satellite into space. It ...

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1903: The Young Right-Wing Politician who Founded the Falange Party

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1903: The Young Right-Wing Politician who Founded the Falange Party

The Spanish right-wing politician Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera was born on this day. He was the founder o ...

The Spanish right-wing politician Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera was born on this day. He was the founder of the Spanish Falange, a right-wing party with fascist characteristics. Interestingly, the Fala ...

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1338: A Son of a Byzantine Emperor Became an Italian Marquis

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1338: A Son of a Byzantine Emperor Became an Italian Marquis

An Italian marquis of a very unusual origin died on this day. Namely, Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat wa ...

An Italian marquis of a very unusual origin died on this day. Namely, Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat was actually the son of the Byzantine emperor Andronicus II Palaeologus. He therefore belonged to ...

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1854: The Wedding of Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Sissi

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1854: The Wedding of Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Sissi

On this day, Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph I and Bavarian princess Elisabeth, known by the nickname Sis ...

On this day, Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph I and Bavarian princess Elisabeth, known by the nickname Sissi, were married in Vienna. The two of them met the year before. It is interesting that Elizab ...

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1967: First Human Victim during a Space Mission – Soviet Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov

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1967: First Human Victim during a Space Mission – Soviet Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov

The first human being died during a space mission on this day in 1967, at least according to the official ...

The first human being died during a space mission on this day in 1967, at least according to the official records. The Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died during the return of the spacecraft Soyuz ...

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2011: The Unexpected Death of Sai Baba

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2011: The Unexpected Death of Sai Baba

Sathya Sai Baba died on this day in 2011, in Puttaparthi, the same place where he was born. He died at th ...

Sathya Sai Baba died on this day in 2011, in Puttaparthi, the same place where he was born. He died at the age of 84, due to respiratory problems, at the hospital that he himself built for poor Indian ...

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