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Did you know that Sicilian separatists wanted their island to become part of the USA?

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|Date: April 26, 2016
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Did you know that Sicilian separatists wanted their island to become part of the USA?

The unification of Italy in the 19th century was at first greeted with enthusiasm, but this soon evaporat ...

The unification of Italy in the 19th century was at first greeted with enthusiasm, but this soon evaporated among the Sicilians. Namely, the island was poor and many Sicilians felt the central governm ...

April 26, 2016
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1930: Al Capone’s Gangsters Murder a Journalist

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|Date: June 09, 2015
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1930: Al Capone’s Gangsters Murder a Journalist

On this day Jake Lingle, a journalist for the well-known Chicago Tribune newspaper, was killed in broad d ...

On this day Jake Lingle, a journalist for the well-known Chicago Tribune newspaper, was killed in broad daylight on a busy Chicago train station. Dozens of passers-by witnessed the murder, which was c ...

June 09, 2015
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