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1885: Hitler’s Field Marshal Sperrle – Commander of the Condor Legion

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1885: Hitler’s Field Marshal Sperrle – Commander of the Condor Legion

In World War II field marshal Sperrle was the commander of an entire air fleet – the so-called “Luftflott ...

In World War II field marshal Sperrle was the commander of an entire air fleet – the so-called “Luftflotte 3”, which had the task of attacking the western part of the United Kingdom. German Field Mars ...

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1962: Kennedy Orders 1,200 Cigars from Cuba just before the Embargo

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1962: Kennedy Orders 1,200 Cigars from Cuba just before the Embargo

The American embargo on the import and export of products from Cuba was introduced on this day in 1962, a ...

The American embargo on the import and export of products from Cuba was introduced on this day in 1962, as a response to Castro’s nationalization of the property of United States citizens in Cuba. On ...

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1878: Blessed Pope Pius IX – Last Ruler of the Papal State with 3.1 Million Inhabitants

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1878: Blessed Pope Pius IX – Last Ruler of the Papal State with 3.1 Million Inhabitants

Pope Pius IX was also a temporal lord over a large part of Italian territory, while all later popes were ...

Pope Pius IX was also a temporal lord over a large part of Italian territory, while all later popes were basically limited to the Vatican and a few smaller holdings in Rome and central Italy. B ...

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1971: Why did Swiss Women Wait so Long for their Right to Vote?

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1971: Why did Swiss Women Wait so Long for their Right to Vote?

Switzerland was one of the last European countries to grant women the right to vote (the small Liechtenst ...

Switzerland was one of the last European countries to grant women the right to vote (the small Liechtenstein was the only one to introduce it later). The reason for that was partly the conservatism of ...

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1812: Charles Dickens’s Difficult Childhood

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1812: Charles Dickens’s Difficult Childhood

This day in 1812 marked the birth of the famous English writer Charles Dickens. His childhood left a stro ...

This day in 1812 marked the birth of the famous English writer Charles Dickens. His childhood left a strong mark on world literary tradition, because he wrote some of his most powerful and moving nove ...

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