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1962: The Execution of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Israel

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1962: The Execution of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Israel

On this day, in 1962, Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann was executed in Israel. His arrest in Argentina and h ...

On this day, in 1962, Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann was executed in Israel. His arrest in Argentina and his covert transfer to Israel for trial was an event of international importance. Eichmann’s tri ...

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1846: The famous Fabergé Eggs were originally Easter Eggs for the Russian Empress

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1846: The famous Fabergé Eggs were originally Easter Eggs for the Russian Empress

On this day the famous Peter Carl Fabergé, world known as the craftsman of expensive “Fabergé eggs”, was ...

On this day the famous Peter Carl Fabergé, world known as the craftsman of expensive “Fabergé eggs”, was born. These eggs, made of gemstones and precious metals, now exceed the price of $10 million ap ...

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1918: Battle of Sardarabad: The Complete Destruction of the Armenian Nation Prevented

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1918: Battle of Sardarabad: The Complete Destruction of the Armenian Nation Prevented

A lot of people know that the Turks committed a terrible genocide against the Armenians. It was one of t ...

A lot of people know that the Turks committed a terrible genocide against the Armenians. It was one of the bloodiest crimes in recent history, and people responsible for genocide were hiding the trut ...

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1990: Boris Yeltsin Elected President of Russia

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1990: Boris Yeltsin Elected President of Russia

On this day in 1990, Boris Yeltsin was elected president of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ru ...

On this day in 1990, Boris Yeltsin was elected president of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). At that time the USSR still existed, and th ...

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1828: Japanese Castaway who Arrived in Europe at the Time of the French Revolution

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1828: Japanese Castaway who Arrived in Europe at the Time of the French Revolution

This day in 1828 marked the death of the interesting Japanese man named Daikokuya Kōdayū, who experienced ...

This day in 1828 marked the death of the interesting Japanese man named Daikokuya Kōdayū, who experienced an incredible adventure in the Russian Empire around the time of the French Revolution. By pr ...

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1970: Soviet Supersonic Airliner Tupolev Tu-144 Surpasses Mach 2

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1970: Soviet Supersonic Airliner Tupolev Tu-144 Surpasses Mach 2

The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 became the first commercial (non-military) aircraft which exceeded Mach 2, on t ...

The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 became the first commercial (non-military) aircraft which exceeded Mach 2, on this day in 1970. The only other commercial supersonic aircraft in world history which also exce ...

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1970: Drilling of the World’s Deepest Hole Began

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1970: Drilling of the World’s Deepest Hole Began

On this day the drilling of the deepest hole that humans have ever made began in Soviet Union. This hole ...

On this day the drilling of the deepest hole that humans have ever made began in Soviet Union. This hole is called "Kola Superdeep Borehole" (Кольская сверхглубокая скважина) and is 12,262 meters deep ...

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2010: The World’s First Interplanetary Solar Sail Spacecraft Launched

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2010: The World’s First Interplanetary Solar Sail Spacecraft Launched

This day in 2010 marked the launch of the world's first interplanetary solar sail spacecraft. That was th ...

This day in 2010 marked the launch of the world's first interplanetary solar sail spacecraft. That was the Japanese “IKAROS” ("Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun"). Solar sa ...

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