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1984: Indira Gandhi Killed

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1984: Indira Gandhi Killed

Indira Gandhi, Indian prime minister and daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, was killed on this day by two of h ...

Indira Gandhi, Indian prime minister and daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, was killed on this day by two of her Sikh bodyguards. This was done in reprisal for the Indian Army's strike against the Sikhs, w ...

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1961: What Happened to Stalin’s Body?

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1961: What Happened to Stalin’s Body?

On this day it was decided that Stalin's body was to be removed from Lenin's Mausoleum, where it was inte ...

On this day it was decided that Stalin's body was to be removed from Lenin's Mausoleum, where it was interred together with that of the first Soviet leader, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. This decision was pa ...

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758: Arabs Attack a Chinese City (Gunagzhou)

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758: Arabs Attack a Chinese City (Gunagzhou)

The incredible momentum of the Arab expansion was amply demonstrated on this day in 758. The Arabs attack ...

The incredible momentum of the Arab expansion was amply demonstrated on this day in 758. The Arabs attacked the far-off Chinese city of Guangzhou, also known as Canton. They achieved this with the hel ...

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1909: Samurai Prince Ito Hirobumi – First Prime Minister of Japan

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1909: Samurai Prince Ito Hirobumi – First Prime Minister of Japan

Japanese prince Itō Hirobumi – the first Prime Minister in the history of Japan – was killed on this day. ...

Japanese prince Itō Hirobumi – the first Prime Minister in the history of Japan – was killed on this day. The office of Prime Minister was introduced in Japan only in 1885, during the time of Emperor ...

October 26, 2018
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1944: Yamato: Largest Battleship in the World Sunk

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1944: Yamato: Largest Battleship in the World Sunk

On this day in World War II, the Americans managed to sink the largest battleship in history – the Japane ...

On this day in World War II, the Americans managed to sink the largest battleship in history – the Japanese Musashi. That mighty ship belonged to the Yamato class, and was built in Mitsubishi's shipya ...

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1910: Rama V: The King who Married his Half-Sisters and had a Total of 96 Wives and Concubines

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1910: Rama V: The King who Married his Half-Sisters and had a Total of 96 Wives and Concubines

One of the greatest leaders in the history of Siam (now Thailand), King Rama V, died on this day in 1910. ...

One of the greatest leaders in the history of Siam (now Thailand), King Rama V, died on this day in 1910. Film viewers are likely to know Rama V from the novels and movies on British governess Anna Le ...

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1600: The Tokugawa Shoguns – Builders of the Largest Castle in Japan

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1600: The Tokugawa Shoguns – Builders of the Largest Castle in Japan

This day is often considered the beginning of the Tokugawa family’s reign over Japan. Thus began the so-c ...

This day is often considered the beginning of the Tokugawa family’s reign over Japan. Thus began the so-called Tokugawa shogunate, a period that lasted a full 268 years, i.e. from 1600 to 1868, and on ...

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1944: First Japanese Kamikaze Attack

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1944: First Japanese Kamikaze Attack

On this day, the Japanese conducted their first kamikaze attack in World War II. This took place in late ...

On this day, the Japanese conducted their first kamikaze attack in World War II. This took place in late 1944, when Japan was already in full retreat before the more powerful Americans. In fact, Japan ...

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