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1888: Father of President Kennedy – Owner of World’s Largest Building

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1888: Father of President Kennedy – Owner of World’s Largest Building

Influential U.S. politician and businessman Joseph (Joe) Kennedy was born on this day in 1888. He was a m ...

Influential U.S. politician and businessman Joseph (Joe) Kennedy was born on this day in 1888. He was a member of the Catholic Kennedy family, which had emigrated to America two generations earlier (d ...

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1803: The Author of Dangerous Liaisons and Inventor of the Explosive Shell

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1803: The Author of Dangerous Liaisons and Inventor of the Explosive Shell

The author of Dangerous Liaisons (French: Les Liaisons Dangereuses), one of the most famous novels of the ...

The author of Dangerous Liaisons (French: Les Liaisons Dangereuses), one of the most famous novels of the 18th century, died on this day at the age of 61. There are many film adaptations of this novel ...

September 05, 2019
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1817: Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy – the Cousin of Leo Nikolayevich

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1817: Count Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy – the Cousin of Leo Nikolayevich

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, a Russian author and a count, was born on this day in 1817. He was a cou ...

Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, a Russian author and a count, was born on this day in 1817. He was a cousin of the famous Leo Tolstoy. They held the title of count, which was inheritable in aristocra ...

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1891: Hitler’s Architect “Employed” over One Million Workers

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1891: Hitler’s Architect “Employed” over One Million Workers

This day in 1891 marked the birth of Fritz Todt, one of the most influential people of Hitler's Third Rei ...

This day in 1891 marked the birth of Fritz Todt, one of the most influential people of Hitler's Third Reich. Todt was the head of the huge “Organization Todt” (OT), which employed over one million wor ...

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1882: The First Central Power Plant in the USA

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1882: The First Central Power Plant in the USA

This event insinuated that cities would use electric street lights. The central power plant was located a ...

This event insinuated that cities would use electric street lights. The central power plant was located at Pearl Street, Manhattan (intersection of Pearl Street and Wall Street). Thomas Edison’s compa ...

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1875: Birth of Ferdinand Porsche in the Czech Republic

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1875: Birth of Ferdinand Porsche in the Czech Republic

Ferdinand Porsche, the famous automotive engineer, was born on this day in 1875. It is interesting to not ...

Ferdinand Porsche, the famous automotive engineer, was born on this day in 1875. It is interesting to note that he was born in Maffersdorf (Vratislavice and Nisou, the Czech Republic), located in nort ...

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1883: Archduchess Elisabeth Maria of Austria – Granddaughter of Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Sissi

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1883: Archduchess Elisabeth Maria of Austria – Granddaughter of Emperor Francis Joseph and Empress Sissi

Archduchess Elisabeth Maria of Austria, the only daughter of Crown Prince Rudolf and the granddaughter of ...

Archduchess Elisabeth Maria of Austria, the only daughter of Crown Prince Rudolf and the granddaughter of the famous Emperor Francis Joseph, was born on this day in 1883. Rudolf was the only son of Fr ...

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1870: The Emperor’s Fatal Battle of Sedan

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1870: The Emperor’s Fatal Battle of Sedan

The French Emperor Napoleon III decided to take personal command of the army, and his goal was to prevent ...

The French Emperor Napoleon III decided to take personal command of the army, and his goal was to prevent the German army’s penetration into France. He was heading towards the northern French border, ...

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