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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, 2019
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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 ...

October 24, 2019
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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 ...

October 23, 2019
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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 ...

October 21, 2019
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1804: Who was the Real King from “Anna and the King”?

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1804: Who was the Real King from “Anna and the King”?

The most famous King of Thailand in history – Mongkut (Rama IV) was born on this day. The king became pop ...

The most famous King of Thailand in history – Mongkut (Rama IV) was born on this day. The king became popular through the novel, film, and theater performance “Anna and the King”. Interestingly, the l ...

October 18, 2019
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1964: China Tested its First Atomic Bomb near Marco Polo’s Historical Route

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1964: China Tested its First Atomic Bomb near Marco Polo’s Historical Route

This day in 1964 marked the first nuclear explosion in the history of China. The bomb in question was a u ...

This day in 1964 marked the first nuclear explosion in the history of China. The bomb in question was a uranium-235 fission bomb, with a strength of roughly 22 kilotons. Therefore, even the first Chin ...

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2003: Yang Liwei: First Chinese in Space

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2003: Yang Liwei: First Chinese in Space

On this day in 2003, the People's Republic of China became the third country in history to successfully s ...

On this day in 2003, the People's Republic of China became the third country in history to successfully send a man into space. Only two other countries (the USA and the USSR/Russia) have thus far mana ...

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