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1793: Who Condemned French King Louis XVI to the Guillotine?

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1793: Who Condemned French King Louis XVI to the Guillotine?

Even the king’s close cousin, the Duke of Orleans, was among those who voted for the king’s death. Others ...

Even the king’s close cousin, the Duke of Orleans, was among those who voted for the king’s death. Others who voted for his death included Robespierre, Marat, Danton, and the famous painter Jacques-Lo ...

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1966: Three Nuclear Bombs Fell on Spain

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1966: Three Nuclear Bombs Fell on Spain

Four 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs (each five times the strength of the ones dropped on Hiroshima) fell out o ...

Four 70-kiloton hydrogen bombs (each five times the strength of the ones dropped on Hiroshima) fell out of an American B-52 “Stratofortress” bomber and hit the ground near the town of Palomares in sou ...

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1942: The Famous Boxer Muhammad Ali and his Connection to Islam

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1942: The Famous Boxer Muhammad Ali and his Connection to Islam

When he was 22 years old, Cassius Clay reveled to the reporters that he is a member of Nation of Islam mo ...

When he was 22 years old, Cassius Clay reveled to the reporters that he is a member of Nation of Islam movement. Precisely then he changed his name to Muhammad Ali, although not all the media initiall ...

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First European Settlers Arrive in Australia (Sydney) – 1788

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First European Settlers Arrive in Australia (Sydney) – 1788

A place called Sydney – after Lord Sydney, British Home Secretary at the time (i.e. the man within the go ...

A place called Sydney – after Lord Sydney, British Home Secretary at the time (i.e. the man within the government in charge for policing and penal system) was selected as the location of a penal colon ...

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Why was the German Empire Founded in France? – 1871

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Why was the German Empire Founded in France? – 1871

The founding of the German Empire was proclaimed precisely on this day in 1871. Wilhelm I of the House of ...

The founding of the German Empire was proclaimed precisely on this day in 1871. Wilhelm I of the House of Hohenzollern declared himself the first German Emperor. It is interesting that this happened i ...

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1706 – Birth of Benjamin Franklin

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1706 – Birth of Benjamin Franklin

In order to get a better picture of the time he lived in, let us mention that the people of Massachusetts ...

In order to get a better picture of the time he lived in, let us mention that the people of Massachusetts were at that time still at war with the local Native American tribes. Benjamin Franklin, one o ...

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End of the Avignon Captivity of the Catholic Church – 1377

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End of the Avignon Captivity of the Catholic Church – 1377

A total of seven Popes resided in Avignon during 79 years. It was the so-called Avignon Papacy of the Cat ...

A total of seven Popes resided in Avignon during 79 years. It was the so-called Avignon Papacy of the Catholic Church. Only Pope Gregory IX on this day managed to return in Rome. On this day Pope Greg ...

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