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1957: Milovan Đilas Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Opposing Tito

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1957: Milovan Đilas Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Opposing Tito

Milovan Đilas, one of the main ideologues of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and Josip Broz Tito's poss ...

Milovan Đilas, one of the main ideologues of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and Josip Broz Tito's possible successor was was sentenced to seven years imprisonment due to opposing Tito and the commu ...

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1986: Discovery of Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal Made Public

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1986: Discovery of Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal Made Public

On this day in 1986, The Sunday Times published an article titled "Revealed: The Secrets of Israel's Nucl ...

On this day in 1986, The Sunday Times published an article titled "Revealed: The Secrets of Israel's Nuclear Arsenal". The article was in fact a report made by former Israeli nuclear technician Mordec ...

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1857: Germans Found a City in California (Anaheim)

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1857: Germans Found a City in California (Anaheim)

German colonists founded the city of Anaheim, California on this day in 1857. The city is now famous for ...

German colonists founded the city of Anaheim, California on this day in 1857. The city is now famous for being the home of Disneyland, one of the largest amusement parks in the world, visited by aroun ...

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2000: Mass Demonstrations in Belgrade Lead to Slobodan Milošević’s Resignation

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2000: Mass Demonstrations in Belgrade Lead to Slobodan Milošević’s Resignation

After it was announced that opposition candidate Vojislav Koštunica had received 49% of the vote in the f ...

After it was announced that opposition candidate Vojislav Koštunica had received 49% of the vote in the first round of elections (i.e. 1% less than was required), and that a second round would therefo ...

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1939: The Man after whom Walter Wolf Cigarettes were Named

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1939: The Man after whom Walter Wolf Cigarettes were Named

The entrepreneur Walter Wolf, best known by his brand of cigarettes, was born on this day in 1939. He was ...

The entrepreneur Walter Wolf, best known by his brand of cigarettes, was born on this day in 1939. He was born in Graz, to a Slovenian mother and Austrian father. Walter Wolf spent his childhood in th ...

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