Tag: Contemporary History (20th century onwards)

1942: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad

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1942: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad

The Battle of Stalingrad has been known as one of the most important battles during World War II. The bat ...

The Battle of Stalingrad has been known as one of the most important battles during World War II. The battle began when the German 6th Army came close to Stalingrad, the large industrial city on the V ...

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1939: Hitler and Stalin Plan to Dismember Poland

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1939: Hitler and Stalin Plan to Dismember Poland

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was named after Stalin’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Molotov (also known as F ...

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was named after Stalin’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Molotov (also known as First Deputy Premier), and Hitler’s Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop. Vyacheslav Molotov was born ...

August 23, 2019
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1921: Victims of the R-38-class Airship Crash

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1921: Victims of the R-38-class Airship Crash

The number of victims was even bigger than the number of the Hindenburg airship crash victims. At the tim ...

The number of victims was even bigger than the number of the Hindenburg airship crash victims. At the time, the R-38-class airship was the world’s largest airship. It was over 211 meters long, and had ...

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1942: Brazil Declares War on Hitler’s Germany

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1942: Brazil Declares War on Hitler’s Germany

On this day in 1942, Brazil declared war on Hitler’s Third Reich. Brazil was the only independent South A ...

On this day in 1942, Brazil declared war on Hitler’s Third Reich. Brazil was the only independent South American country that sent its military forces to Europe in order to fight against the Axis powe ...

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1944: United Nations Established in One of the Largest American Castles

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1944: United Nations Established in One of the Largest American Castles

This day in 1944 marked the beginning of the conference in Dumbarton Oaks, famous for the establishment o ...

This day in 1944 marked the beginning of the conference in Dumbarton Oaks, famous for the establishment of the United Nations. This conference took place during World War II, when the Allied troops ha ...

August 21, 2019
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1957: R-7 Semyorka: Soviet Missile which Could Destroy Cities on Other Continents

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1957: R-7 Semyorka: Soviet Missile which Could Destroy Cities on Other Continents

On this day in 1957, the Soviet Union launched the R-7 Semyorka – the world’s first intercontinental ball ...

On this day in 1957, the Soviet Union launched the R-7 Semyorka – the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Its name Semyorka (Russian: Семёрка) means “the 7”. Intercontinental ball ...

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1940: Leon Trotsky Fatally Wounded

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1940: Leon Trotsky Fatally Wounded

Famous communist Leon Trotsky was assassinated on this day. The assassination took place in Mexico, where ...

Famous communist Leon Trotsky was assassinated on this day. The assassination took place in Mexico, where Trotsky had been living since he was exiled from the USSR after losing a power struggle to Sta ...

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1977: Space Probe Voyager 2 Launched

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1977: Space Probe Voyager 2 Launched

This day in 1977 marked the launch of the space probe Voyager 2, one of the most distant human-made objec ...

This day in 1977 marked the launch of the space probe Voyager 2, one of the most distant human-made objects (distance of 106.65 AU from the Sun). Voyager 2 travels through space, and its nuclear power ...

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