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1913: Emperor of Ethiopia – “King of Kings” and descendant of the biblical King Solomon and Queen of Sheba?

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1913: Emperor of Ethiopia – “King of Kings” and descendant of the biblical King Solomon and Queen of Sheba?

On this day in 1913 died the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II - one of the most powerful rulers in Ethiopian ...

On this day in 1913 died the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II - one of the most powerful rulers in Ethiopian history of the 19th and 20th century. He belonged to the famous Salomon dynasty, which, accordi ...

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1875: Hitler’s Field Marshal von Rundstedt – “Commander in Chief in the West”

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1875: Hitler’s Field Marshal von Rundstedt – “Commander in Chief in the West”

Hitler's Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt was born on this day in a prestigious German noble family that ...

Hitler's Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt was born on this day in a prestigious German noble family that belonged to the famous Prussian Junkers. Namely, the Junkers were nobles in northern Germany th ...

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1915: Frank Sinatra’s Father was a Boxer from Sicily

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1915: Frank Sinatra’s Father was a Boxer from Sicily

The anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s birth is celebrated today. He was born in 1915 in New Jersey, as the o ...

The anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s birth is celebrated today. He was born in 1915 in New Jersey, as the only child of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalie Della Garaventa. His father was bo ...

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Hitler announced eradication of the Jews – 1941

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Hitler announced eradication of the Jews – 1941

According to Hitler, Jews were to be blamed for causing the World War, and the punishment for that was th ...

According to Hitler, Jews were to be blamed for causing the World War, and the punishment for that was their complete annihilation. On this day, Adolf Hitler brought together the highest officials of ...

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Order of the Dragon Founded – 1408

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Order of the Dragon Founded – 1408

The Order initially had 21 members, all of them high nobility. Vlad Tepes, also known as Dracula, and Eng ...

The Order initially had 21 members, all of them high nobility. Vlad Tepes, also known as Dracula, and English king Henry V were members of the order. On this day the Croatian-Hungarian king Sigismund ...

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