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1955: The Most Catastrophic Accident in the History of Car Racing

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1955: The Most Catastrophic Accident in the History of Car Racing

On this day in 1955 the most serious accident in the history of motor racing occurred. Specifically, as m ...

On this day in 1955 the most serious accident in the history of motor racing occurred. Specifically, as many as 83 spectators were killed when the competitive Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR crashed into the re ...

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1976: Collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho

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1976: Collapse of the Teton Dam in Idaho

On this day in 1976, the Teton Dam in Idaho collapsed. It was a big disaster, which claimed fourteen huma ...

On this day in 1976, the Teton Dam in Idaho collapsed. It was a big disaster, which claimed fourteen human lives and killed about 13,000 head of cattle. It was a dam in the U.S. state of Idaho, locate ...

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1967: Biafra Declares its Independence from Nigeria

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1967: Biafra Declares its Independence from Nigeria

On this day in 1967, the Republic of Biafra proclaimed its independence from Nigeria. The international ...

On this day in 1967, the Republic of Biafra proclaimed its independence from Nigeria. The international recognition of Biafra wasn't achieved, and Nigerian forces eventually defeated it. Biafra was r ...

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1943: Josef Mengele Becomes a Medical Officer in Auschwitz

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1943: Josef Mengele Becomes a Medical Officer in Auschwitz

The infamous doctor Josef Mengele, nicknamed "White Angel" and "Angel of Death", became a medical officer ...

The infamous doctor Josef Mengele, nicknamed "White Angel" and "Angel of Death", became a medical officers in the largest Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz on this day in 1943. Mengele completed two ...

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1945: Betrayal in a Castle near Bleiburg

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1945: Betrayal in a Castle near Bleiburg

On this day the tragic events of the 1945 are commemorated, when the British soldiers refused to accept t ...

On this day the tragic events of the 1945 are commemorated, when the British soldiers refused to accept the soldiers of Independent State of Croatia (a German puppet state led by the fascist Ustaše mo ...

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1937: Explosion of German Passenger Airship Hindenburg

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1937: Explosion of German Passenger Airship Hindenburg

On this day the German airship Hindenburg exploded while trying to dock with its mooring mast in Lakehurs ...

On this day the German airship Hindenburg exploded while trying to dock with its mooring mast in Lakehurst in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was the largest airship in the world, with a length of 2 ...

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1572: Thomas Percy – The Count who was Publicly Executed Because he Was a Catholic

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1572: Thomas Percy – The Count who was Publicly Executed Because he Was a Catholic

Thomas Percy was a member of the English aristocracy. He held the title of "Earl of Northumberland" (the ...

Thomas Percy was a member of the English aristocracy. He held the title of "Earl of Northumberland" (the English title of earl is similar to the title of count in the rest of Europe). He was also addr ...

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2005: Founder of Taizé Community Murdered by Knife during Prayer

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2005: Founder of Taizé Community Murdered by Knife during Prayer

Taizé is an international ecumenical monastic society, popular among Christians of various denominations, ...

Taizé is an international ecumenical monastic society, popular among Christians of various denominations, including Catholics. Taizé promotes the unification of Christians and is particularly focused ...

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