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1940: Hitler Defeats and Humiliates France

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1940: Hitler Defeats and Humiliates France

On this day in 1940, Adolf Hitler personally accepted the surrender of France in World War II. He deliber ...

On this day in 1940, Adolf Hitler personally accepted the surrender of France in World War II. He deliberately chose the forest at Compiègne as the location where the surrender would take place, since ...

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1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed at Sing Sing for Atomic Espionage

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1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed at Sing Sing for Atomic Espionage

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were a married couple convicted of atomic espionage during the Cold War. It w ...

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were a married couple convicted of atomic espionage during the Cold War. It was a time when communists were persecuted in the United States, when almost everyone who was in ...

June 19, 2020
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1963: Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space

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1963: Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space

On this day the first woman in history, Valentina Tereshkova of Russian nationality, was launched into sp ...

On this day the first woman in history, Valentina Tereshkova of Russian nationality, was launched into space. The Soviets selected her among more than 400 candidates, for which the imposed requirement ...

June 16, 2020
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1977: The Man Convicted for the Murder of Martin Luther King Escapes from Prison

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1977: The Man Convicted for the Murder of Martin Luther King Escapes from Prison

On this day, one of the most famous prison escapes in American history took place. The infamous James Ear ...

On this day, one of the most famous prison escapes in American history took place. The infamous James Earl Ray, convicted of the murder of African American Christian activist Martin Luther King, escap ...

June 10, 2020
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1618: Lord De La Warr, after whom the State of Delaware was Named

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1618: Lord De La Warr, after whom the State of Delaware was Named

On this day in 1618, Thomas West, Lord De La Warr, died. The U.S. state Delaware was named after him. Lor ...

On this day in 1618, Thomas West, Lord De La Warr, died. The U.S. state Delaware was named after him. Lord De La Warr was a colonial governor in the territory of what is now the United States. He gove ...

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1982: Israeli Ambassador Shot in London

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1982: Israeli Ambassador Shot in London

On this day Shlomo Argov, Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, was shot in the center of London. It ...

On this day Shlomo Argov, Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, was shot in the center of London. It happened in front of the Dorchester Hotel, one of the most luxurious hotels in London, in whic ...

June 03, 2020
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1943: The Nazis Shoot Down a Passenger Plane in an Attempt to Kill Churchill

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1943: The Nazis Shoot Down a Passenger Plane in an Attempt to Kill Churchill

On this day, during World War II, German Luftwaffe aircraft shot down a Douglas DC-3 civilian airliner ov ...

On this day, during World War II, German Luftwaffe aircraft shot down a Douglas DC-3 civilian airliner over the Bay of Biscay, killing all 17 people on board. The passenger aircraft was flying along ...

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1917: The Birthplace of John F. Kennedy

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1917: The Birthplace of John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy was born as the second child of his parents (he had a two-years-older brother Joe, who wa ...

John F. Kennedy was born as the second child of his parents (he had a two-years-older brother Joe, who was killed during World War II). John F. Kennedy was born in a suburb of the U.S. city of Boston, ...

May 29, 2020
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