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1971: Coptic Pope Enthroned

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1971: Coptic Pope Enthroned

Most Catholics are unaware that the pope is not the only person in the world who holds the title of Pope. ...

Most Catholics are unaware that the pope is not the only person in the world who holds the title of Pope. Coptic Pope Shenouda III was enthroned on this day as the 117th consecutive Pope and Patriarch ...

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1938: Hermann Goering Suggests that Madagascar should Become a Jewish Country

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1938: Hermann Goering Suggests that Madagascar should Become a Jewish Country

Back in the 19th century, there were different opinions of the territory on which European Jews could rel ...

Back in the 19th century, there were different opinions of the territory on which European Jews could relocate. Relocation was, on one hand, sought by anti-Semites trying to get rid of the Jews. On th ...

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1852: Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal who Started the Great War

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1852: Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal who Started the Great War

Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, one of the people most responsible for starting World War I, was born on thi ...

Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, one of the people most responsible for starting World War I, was born on this day. He was namely the Chief of the Austro-Hungarian General Staff in 1914. From that positio ...

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2007: The Incident between the Spanish King and Hugo Chavez

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2007: The Incident between the Spanish King and Hugo Chavez

On this day in 2007 there was an unusual incident at the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago (Chile). Durin ...

On this day in 2007 there was an unusual incident at the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago (Chile). During a speech, Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero was interrupted several times by Venezuelan Preside ...

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1799: How did Napoleon actually Come to Power?

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1799: How did Napoleon actually Come to Power?

Napoleon Bonaparte came to power in France on this day in 1799. It was 18 Brumaire according to the Frenc ...

Napoleon Bonaparte came to power in France on this day in 1799. It was 18 Brumaire according to the French revolutionary calendar. Specifically, the Gregorian calendar was abolished during the Revolut ...

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1456: Broken Skull of the Last Count of Celje

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1456: Broken Skull of the Last Count of Celje

On this day the last male member of the Counts of Celje dynasty was killed. His name was Ulrich II of Cel ...

On this day the last male member of the Counts of Celje dynasty was killed. His name was Ulrich II of Celje and he was the son of Frederick II, known for his affair with Veronika of Desinić. Namely, b ...

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1960: John F. Kennedy Defeats Richard Nixon at Presidential Elections

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1960: John F. Kennedy Defeats Richard Nixon at Presidential Elections

On this day John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon at the U.S. presidential elections with an advantage o ...

On this day John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon at the U.S. presidential elections with an advantage of only 0.1% votes. One of the crucial things for Kennedy’s victory was his success in a televis ...

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1939: Assassination Attempt on Hitler

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1939: Assassination Attempt on Hitler

On this day an assassination attempt was made on Hitler. It is believed that the assassin was Johann Geor ...

On this day an assassination attempt was made on Hitler. It is believed that the assassin was Johann Georg Elsner, factory worker and opponent of Nazism, who had been preparing his plan for more than ...

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