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1815: Waterloo – Napoleon’s Last Battle

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1815: Waterloo – Napoleon’s Last Battle

On this day one of the most famous battles in the entire world history took place. Napoleon Bonaparte was ...

On this day one of the most famous battles in the entire world history took place. Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated once and for all on the battlefield near the Belgian town of Waterloo (just a few kil ...

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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, 2019
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1671: Stenka Razin: Cossack Leader who Attacked Iran and the Russian Empire

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1671: Stenka Razin: Cossack Leader who Attacked Iran and the Russian Empire

On this day Cossack leader Stenka Razin was executed. Razin led a very unusual life, during which he led ...

On this day Cossack leader Stenka Razin was executed. Razin led a very unusual life, during which he led a number of gangs that plundered even across distant Persia (Iran). Razin belonged to the so-ca ...

June 16, 2019
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2012: Liu Yang: The First Chinese Woman in Space

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2012: Liu Yang: The First Chinese Woman in Space

On this day in 2012, the first Chinese woman, Liu Yang, was launched into space. She was a part of the Sh ...

On this day in 2012, the first Chinese woman, Liu Yang, was launched into space. She was a part of the Shenzhou 9 crew, the fourth Chinese manned spacecraft flight. It is particularly interesting that ...

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1775: George Washington Appointed Commander-in-Chief

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1775: George Washington Appointed Commander-in-Chief

On this day in 1775, George Washington became the supreme commander of the U.S. Army. He had previously s ...

On this day in 1775, George Washington became the supreme commander of the U.S. Army. He had previously served as a colonel in the army of Virginia (one of the 13 colonies that wished to fight for ind ...

June 15, 2019
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1908: Hitler’s Commando Otto Skorzeny Born

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1908: Hitler’s Commando Otto Skorzeny Born

On this day, one of the best known members of the German special forces – Otto Skorzeny – was born. He wa ...

On this day, one of the best known members of the German special forces – Otto Skorzeny – was born. He was born in Vienna, in a family of Polish origin, which is evident from his Slavic surname. He gr ...

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1944: SS Division Hangs 99 Civilians from Street Lamps and Balconies as Reprisal

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1944: SS Division Hangs 99 Civilians from Street Lamps and Balconies as Reprisal

On this day the Nazis committed one of the worst massacres against civilians in central France. It was t ...

On this day the Nazis committed one of the worst massacres against civilians in central France. It was the time of Allied invasion of Normandy, when the Germans did everything in their power to stop ...

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1944: D-Day – Mass Landings in Normandy

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1944: D-Day – Mass Landings in Normandy

On this day the largest military landing operation in the history of warfare began. Around 160,000 Allied ...

On this day the largest military landing operation in the history of warfare began. Around 160,000 Allied soldiers landed on the coast of Normandy in northern France in an attempt to open a new front ...

June 06, 2019
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