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1941: German Battleship Bismarck Sunk, Thousands Killed

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1941: German Battleship Bismarck Sunk, Thousands Killed

The Bismarck was hit by over 400 British shells, but was still floating. 114 of its crew were rescued, wh ...

The Bismarck was hit by over 400 British shells, but was still floating. 114 of its crew were rescued, while more than 2,000 were killed. The German battleship Bismarck, the pride of the German navy a ...

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1995: Christopher Reeve Paralyzed after Falling off a Horse

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1995: Christopher Reeve Paralyzed after Falling off a Horse

On this day in 1995, American actor Christopher Reeve suffered one of the most terrible accidents that ca ...

On this day in 1995, American actor Christopher Reeve suffered one of the most terrible accidents that can befall a person. Specifically, after falling from a horse he suffered a cervical spinal injur ...

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1820: Birth of French Princess Mathilde Bonaparte

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1820: Birth of French Princess Mathilde Bonaparte

Matilda Bonaparte was born in Trieste, when this city was a part of the Austrian Empire. She married the ...

Matilda Bonaparte was born in Trieste, when this city was a part of the Austrian Empire. She married the Russian Count Anatole Demidov. Matilda Bonaparte, Napoleon's niece, was born on this day in 182 ...

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1707: Marquise de Montespan – the “Official” Mistress of King Louis XIV

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1707: Marquise de Montespan – the “Official” Mistress of King Louis XIV

On this day in 1707, one of the most famous French royal mistresses – the famous Marquise de Montespan – ...

On this day in 1707, one of the most famous French royal mistresses – the famous Marquise de Montespan – died. She was the official mistress (French: maîtresse en titre) of the French King Louis XIV ( ...

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1541: Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury and Catholic Martyr

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1541: Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury and Catholic Martyr

After two and a half years in prison, Bl. Margaret Pole was executed on this day in 1541. Bl. Margaret Po ...

After two and a half years in prison, Bl. Margaret Pole was executed on this day in 1541. Bl. Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury, was executed at the Tower of London on this day in 1541. Her cousin, ...

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1942: Ambush Assassination of the Powerful Nazi Reinhard Heydrich

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1942: Ambush Assassination of the Powerful Nazi Reinhard Heydrich

On this day one of the most famous assassinations in World War II happened. Reinhard Heydrich, one of the ...

On this day one of the most famous assassinations in World War II happened. Reinhard Heydrich, one of the most notorious Nazis, whom Hitler himself called "the man with the iron heart”, was attacked. ...

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1883: Alexander III: The Russian Tsar who Had Uncommon Strength

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1883: Alexander III: The Russian Tsar who Had Uncommon Strength

This day marked the coronation of Russian Tsar Alexander III Romanov in Moscow. He was the penultimate re ...

This day marked the coronation of Russian Tsar Alexander III Romanov in Moscow. He was the penultimate reigning emperor of Russia because the rule of his son, Tsar Nicholas II, was interrupted by the ...

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1806: The French Occupied Ragusa so that the Russians Wouldn`t Do the same

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1806: The French Occupied Ragusa so that the Russians Wouldn`t Do the same

After Napoleon's army marched into Dalmatia, it continued to advance towards the south, with the intentio ...

After Napoleon's army marched into Dalmatia, it continued to advance towards the south, with the intention of taking the Bay of Kotor. But, the Russians, as Napoleon's enemies, wanted to take a strate ...

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