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On this day, April 28, 1789, there was a mutiny aboard the HMS Bounty. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1015
Graphic: On this day, April 28, 1945, Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were executed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1142
On this day, April 24, 2013, 1,134 people were killed when the Rana Plaza in Dhaka collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1367
On this day, April 22, 2004, there was a massive explosion on a train in North Korea. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 994
On this day, April 20, 1945 Adolf Hitler went above ground for the last time. He never saw daylight again. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1213
Once Upon a Time Full Episode 3 A Brief History of the Future PBS 0 Uncle Joe Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1032
On April 16, 1945, the bulk of the German forces surrendered in the collapse of the Ruhr pocket. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1251
On April 14 and 15, 1912, ships in the North Atlantic heard the wireless distress call "MGY CQD." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1236
On this day, April 14, 2022, Ukraine sank the Russian warship "Moskva" with two Neptune missiles. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1006
Chaos and Complexity Full Episode 2 A Brief History of the Future PBS 0 Uncle Joe Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 1127
WW2, Hitler Nephews That Stalin Caught, Stalin's Son, Yakov Captured By Germans: Mark Felton 1 appalachiablue Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1314
Thousands cheer madly as Titanic leaves Southampton on maiden voyage, April 10, 1912 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1191
'The secret of freedom is educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny 3 elleng Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 1269
Beyond the Now Full Episode 1 A Brief History of the Future PBS 1 Uncle Joe Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1336
On the night of April 5, 1944, Siegfried Lederer escaped from Auschwitz. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1225
Curious if national newspapers printed a coded message before Normandy landing 2 Thunderbeast Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1478
On this day, April 1, 2001, same-sex marriage was legalized in the Netherlands. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1116
The Fall of Wake Island, and Donald Trump's toothbrush 3 DemocraticPatriot Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1684
Berlin in July 1945 (youtube video) 2 Swede Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 1481
Political, ethnic, religious: History of Russia's terrorism - How We Got Here - TVP World 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1213
On the night of March 24-25, 1944, the "Great Escape" occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 1358
On this day, March 24, 1999, the Mont Blanc Tunnel fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 1295
On this day, March 24, 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 was deliberately crashed in the French Alps. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 1358
On this day, March 23, 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed after the pilot's son had unknowingly disabled the autopilot. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 1528
'Don't talk about history': how Jared Kushner crafted his Middle East 'peace' plan 3 Uncle Joe Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 1403
On this day, March 18, 1996, 162 people were killed in a nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 1191
How Jared Kushner And The Trump Admin Traded U.S. Foreign Policy For $2 Billion 6 Uncle Joe Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 1633
On this day, March 11, 2011, the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 1165
Why the Houthis Control Half of Yemen - Modern Affairs DOCUMENTARY 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1207
On this day, March 11, 2004, terrorists attacked the Madrid commuter rail system. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1174

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Front page, The New York Times, Monday, March 7, 2022. Yes, disturbing. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 54 5150
On March 5, 1966, a BOAC 707 Boeing disintegrated in mid-air shortly after departing from Tokyo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 1441
Hitler's secret Nazi war machines of World War II 3 steve2470 Sep 2015 Mar 2024 3 3959
Have any human societies ever lived underground? 16 left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 Mar 2024 7 2710
On this day, August 2, 1947, a British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Mar 2024 2 3155
Will Donald Trump go down as the worst President in the history of the world? 15 Stuart G Dec 2023 Mar 2024 8 1988
The unknown Jewish engineer behind Hitler's vaunted Volkswagen Beetle 2 NNadir Jan 2024 Mar 2024 11 1648
The Forgotten Colonial Forces of World War II 2 barbaraann Mar 2024 Mar 2024 7 1432
On this day, February 28, 2001, two trains collided after a Land Rover fell onto the tracks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1339
On this day, February 27, 1933, the Reichstag was set on fire. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 6 1301
Looking at Germany in 1934. What's in a name? 4 SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 1538
On this day, February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 space probe took the photograph "Pale Blue Dot." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 8 1339
On this day, February 13, 1945, the Allies begin firebombing Dresden. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1354
On this day, February 13, 2017, Kim Jong-un's brother, Kim Jong-nam, was assassinated with the nerve agent VX. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 1258
Jamaican Maroons, Freed Black People in Interior Mountains, Wars with Colonial Powers 2 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 1352
Nazis, German Jews and the pets of the Jews 1 irisblue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 1405
Color photos from Nazi occupied Poland 1939-40 in Life magazine 5 irisblue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 30 2907
The most impressive Holocaust survivor story I have heard.... 1 BigmanPigman Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1768
Auschwitz: Sterilizations, Medical Trials, Women, SS Dr Clauberg; Twins, Nazi Human Experiments, Dr Mengele 2 appalachiablue Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1562
On this day, January 27, 1945, David Dushman drove a Soviet tank through the barbed wire of Auschwitz. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 10 2406
Holy Horror: A New History of John Brown's Raid (feat. InRangeTV)- Youtube 2 Eko Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1594
'Absolutely amazing': 1,800-year-old shattered Roman arm guard is reconstructed from 100 pieces 0 Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 Jan 2024 13 1733
On this day, January 21, 1854, a White Star Line liner sailing from Liverpool sank on its maiden voyage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1657
Feli from Germany: Do Germans Talk About World War II? What Do They Teach About the Holocaust? 6 catbyte Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1739
On this day, January 17, 1945, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was taken into Soviet custody. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1642
On this day, January 17, 1961, Patrice Lumumba was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1507
How Librarian Spies Helped Win World War II 📚 6 appalachiablue Jan 2024 Jan 2024 23 1625
Red Zones, Northern France: The Lasting Scars of World War I- well worth watching. 1 Eko Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1702
The Great Seabee Train Robbery! 6 Eko Dec 2023 Jan 2024 2 1623
America's Airborne Anti-hero - Jake "McNasty" McNiece- You tube video. 0 Eko Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 1998

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The Widow Who Created the Champagne Industry 1 Swede Jan 2024 Jan 2024 7 1487
On this day, December 28, 1879, the Tay Bridge collapsed as a train passed over it, killing all aboard. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 2067
One hundred years ago today, December 27, 1923, Gustave Eiffel died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1681
On this date, December 27, 1571, Johannes Kepler was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 1128
On this day, December 26, 2004, an earthquake and tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1974
On this day, December 18, 1981, the Tupolev Tu-160 "White Swan" first took to the skies. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1568
On this day, December 17, 1961, the Niteroi circus fire happened in Brazil. Over 500 were killed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 2118
On the 70th Anniversary: The Legacy of Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace Speech. 0 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 1049
Want a new resource for World War Two History ? Consider WW2TV on Youtube 0 steve2470 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 2141
On this day, December 12, 1988, the Clapham Junction rail crash occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 2832
1995 Discussion Between Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, and Steven Ambrose. 3 NNadir Dec 2023 Dec 2023 10 1801
On December 2 and 3, 1984, the Bhopal disaster occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 1310
On this day, December 4, 1872, Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 2272
On November 26, 2003, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1070
On November 27, 1835, James Pratt and John Smith became the last people to be executed in England for sodomy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 2265
'The Genocide Must Be Punished,' - Zelenskyy's on the 90th Holodomor Memorial Day - UATV English 1 TexasTowelie Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 1788
On this day, November 24, 2012, the Tazreen Fashion factory fire, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 1917
Japan's War in Colour 2004 Documentary with never seen before films 2 YoshidaYui Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1265
Here and now, I'm reading Primo Levi, "The Drowned and the Saved." 0 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 2261
The Corset X-Rays of Dr Ludovic O'Followell (1908) 1 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1174
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