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1939: The Pact of Steel Between Hitler’s Third Reich and Fascist Italy

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1939: The Pact of Steel Between Hitler’s Third Reich and Fascist Italy

The Germans called the pact "Der Stahlpakt", and the Italians "Patto d'Acciaio". The states were committe ...

The Germans called the pact "Der Stahlpakt", and the Italians "Patto d'Acciaio". The states were committed to help each other during war. Only three months and one week later, World War II began, when ...

May 22, 2019
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1991: Jiang Qing: The Wife of Mao Tse-tung, Actress and Powerful Party Official

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1991: Jiang Qing: The Wife of Mao Tse-tung, Actress and Powerful Party Official

The wife of Mao Tse-tung, known as Madame Mao in the West, died on this day in 1991. She used many names ...

The wife of Mao Tse-tung, known as Madame Mao in the West, died on this day in 1991. She used many names during her life due to her artistic career, and revolutionary events in China at the time. She ...

May 14, 2019
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1906: Carl Schurz: The German Whose Wife Opened the First German-language “Kindergarten” in the USA

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1906: Carl Schurz: The German Whose Wife Opened the First German-language “Kindergarten” in the USA

This day marked the death of Carl Schurz, the first German-American to become a member of the U.S. Senate ...

This day marked the death of Carl Schurz, the first German-American to become a member of the U.S. Senate. He was born in the German town of Liblar not far from Cologne. It is a predominantly Catholic ...

May 14, 2019
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2010: David Cameron Becomes the British Prime Minister

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2010: David Cameron Becomes the British Prime Minister

On this day in 2010, David Cameron became the British Prime Minister. At the time, he was 43 years old, ...

On this day in 2010, David Cameron became the British Prime Minister. At the time, he was 43 years old, and became one of the youngest prime ministers in British history. But six people were younger ...

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1924: J. Edgar Hoover Begins his 47-year Reign

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1924: J. Edgar Hoover Begins his 47-year Reign

J. Edgar Hoover was appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation on this day in 1924. First, the bur ...

J. Edgar Hoover was appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation on this day in 1924. First, the bureau was named the Bureau of Investigation (BOI). It was renamed in 1935, and became the Federal ...

May 10, 2019
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1801: Yusuf Pasha Karamanli Declares War on the United States

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1801: Yusuf Pasha Karamanli Declares War on the United States

On this day in 1801, the Berbers from the area of present-day Libya declared war on the United States. At ...

On this day in 1801, the Berbers from the area of present-day Libya declared war on the United States. At the time, the country was relatively young (about twenty years earlier, it had gained independ ...

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1941: Hitler’s Deputy Hess Takes Off on a Secret Peace Mission

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1941: Hitler’s Deputy Hess Takes Off on a Secret Peace Mission

Rudolf Hess was Hitler’s closest associate. He even shared a prison cell with him after being convicted f ...

Rudolf Hess was Hitler’s closest associate. He even shared a prison cell with him after being convicted for the failed “Beer Hall Putsch” in Munich. While in prison, Hitler dictated him his book “Mei ...

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1945: “Reichsmarschall” Hermann Göring Arrested During Escape to Austria

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1945: “Reichsmarschall” Hermann Göring Arrested During Escape to Austria

On this day the Allies arrested one of the most prominent Nazis - Hermann Göring. One of Hitler's closes ...

On this day the Allies arrested one of the most prominent Nazis - Hermann Göring. One of Hitler's closest associates, Göring became famous already during World War I. Namely, as a military pilot he s ...

May 09, 2019
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