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1955: The Italian “King of Coffee” Riccardo Illy and the Medieval Heretics

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1955: The Italian “King of Coffee” Riccardo Illy and the Medieval Heretics

Politician Riccardo Illy, the member of the family who has produced coffee and its successor, was born in ...

Politician Riccardo Illy, the member of the family who has produced coffee and its successor, was born in Trieste, Italy on this day in 1955. The founder of the family fortune was Francesco Illy, born ...

September 24, 2018
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1938: Hitler Meets with British Prime Minister Chamberlain

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1938: Hitler Meets with British Prime Minister Chamberlain

On this day in 1938, nearly a year before the beginning of World War II, British Prime Minister Chamberla ...

On this day in 1938, nearly a year before the beginning of World War II, British Prime Minister Chamberlain met with German Chancellor Hitler. They tried to peacefully resolve the situation. Chamberla ...

September 23, 2018
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1973: Henry Kissinger Becomes Secretary of State

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1973: Henry Kissinger Becomes Secretary of State

The American politician Henry Kissinger became Secretary of State on this day in 1973, but he retained hi ...

The American politician Henry Kissinger became Secretary of State on this day in 1973, but he retained his position of the president's national security adviser. He has been the only person who held t ...

September 22, 2018
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2004: Hu Jintao Becomes the Leader of China

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2004: Hu Jintao Becomes the Leader of China

On this day in, Hu Jintao became the new Chinese leader. The previous Chinese president Jiang Zemin resig ...

On this day in, Hu Jintao became the new Chinese leader. The previous Chinese president Jiang Zemin resigned as the Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. Hu Jint ...

September 19, 2018
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1959: Nikita Khrushchev Barred from Visiting Disneyland

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1959: Nikita Khrushchev Barred from Visiting Disneyland

The powerful Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited the USA in 1959, during the Cold War. The visit last ...

The powerful Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited the USA in 1959, during the Cold War. The visit lasted 13 days. Earlier this year, when the U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon visited Moscow, invit ...

September 19, 2018
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1961: Secretary-General of the UN Dag Hammarskjöld’s Mysterious Death

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1961: Secretary-General of the UN Dag Hammarskjöld’s Mysterious Death

U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld died under mysterious circumstances on this day in 1961. It has r ...

U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld died under mysterious circumstances on this day in 1961. It has remained unknown what caused the crash of his plane in Africa. That was a peacekeeping mission d ...

September 18, 2018
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1891: The Man who Briefly Ruled the Third Reich after Hitler

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1891: The Man who Briefly Ruled the Third Reich after Hitler

German admiral Karl Dönitz was born on this day in 1891. He is notable for being the man who Adolf Hitler ...

German admiral Karl Dönitz was born on this day in 1891. He is notable for being the man who Adolf Hitler appointed as his successor in his will. Namely, just before he committed suicide in his Berlin ...

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1982: The Catholic Maronite President of Lebanon Killed

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1982: The Catholic Maronite President of Lebanon Killed

The Maronite Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel was assassinated on this day in 1982, when a bomb exploded ...

The Maronite Lebanese President Bashir Gemayel was assassinated on this day in 1982, when a bomb exploded in Beirut. He was killed just three weeks after he had been elected president, before even tak ...

September 14, 2018
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