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On this day, June 10, 1944, six hundred forty-two men, women, and children were massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 1070
Ancient 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex found under destroyed Syrian house 1 littlemissmartypants Jun 2025 Jun 2025 9 1185
DDay+1, a German-Jewish refugee w/the Brits on Gold Beach from twitter 1 irisblue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 6 1104
From youtube- 1964 CBS Reports, Ike & Cronkite on the beach 7 irisblue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 9 1588
Things I learned today from a twitter history acct 2 irisblue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 11 1218
DDay radio broadcasts. 2 & a half hours worth from youtube 0 irisblue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1033
From twitter, this account is following the very early hours of the paratroopers 9 irisblue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 15 1732
There are many threads on Bluesky & the loons place today about the Landings 81 yrs ago 4 irisblue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 10 1239
Mothers of the Disappeared: Challenging the Junta in Argentina (1977-1983) 1 struggle4progress May 2025 May 2025 3 1171
Chile: Struggle against a military dictator (1985-1988) 0 struggle4progress May 2025 May 2025 3 984
On this day, May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner inoculated James Phipps with cowpox. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 3 1196
May 10, 1933, The Nazis begin burning books. From twitter 1 irisblue May 2025 May 2025 4 2634
On this day May 9, 1921, Sophie Scholl was born. The German That Refused to be a Nazi. 1 spike jones May 2025 May 2025 8 1275
VE Day, 80 yrs ago, 8 May 1945, Churchill, Truman & Stalin announcements 6 irisblue May 2025 May 2025 7 1631
This message was self-deleted by its author 4 irisblue May 2025 May 2025 4 1316
"Who Were the Medieval Normans?" (2-part series) with Dr Eleanor Janega for History Hit 1 eShirl Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 1257
Geronimo in a Locomobile Model C 1 struggle4progress Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 1395
The Holocaust, 80 Years On 0 struggle4progress Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 1026
Teeth in the Bones: Gladiator Skeleton Proves Lion Combat in Roman Britain 0 erronis Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 1297
Based on the interesting premise of the book jacket, I asked my wife I could buy it, and did so. 7 NNadir Apr 2025 Apr 2025 19 2086
On this day, April 22, 2004, there was a massive explosion on a train in North Korea. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 1081
Amazing Grace: The Story Behind the Song 2 Uncle Joe Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 1231
Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 1030
Liberation of Bergen Belsen by the British Army 15 April 1945 Info from twitter & BBC 4 irisblue Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 1438
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 irisblue Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 847
Berlin & Moscow: Rare Footage Revealed War's Aftermath UNCENSORED 1 Zorro Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 1335
Thousands cheer madly as Titanic leaves Southampton on maiden voyage, April 10, 1912 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 1478
One hundred years ago today 0 struggle4progress Apr 2025 Apr 2025 10 1198
The image that changed our view of the Universe forever BBC Global 0 Uncle Joe Apr 2025 Apr 2025 10 1296
Rare Color Footage of Berlin After WWII - UNCENSORED - World at War 3 Rhiannon12866 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 1603

World History Continued...

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Sound like anyone you know? 0 NNadir Apr 2025 Apr 2025 12 1198
Dictatorship torturer 'Turco' Julian dies in prison 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1108
James Harrison, Whose Antibodies Helped Millions, Dies at 88; February 17, 2025 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 1519
Medieval Africa (The Medieval Podcast) 0 eShirl Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1037
Who could this possibly be? 3 Lionel Mandrake Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 1583
On the night of March 24-25, 1944, the "Great Escape" occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1128
On this day, March 24, 1999, the Mont Blanc Tunnel fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 933
On this day, March 24, 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 was deliberately crashed in the French Alps. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 983
On March 23, 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed after the pilot's son had unknowingly disabled the autopilot. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1029
X declared war on the USA, but the USA never declared war on X. 6 Lionel Mandrake Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1690
Spinoza's 'Ethics': What do you mean by 'God'? 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 1018
On this day, March 21, 1768, Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 978
On March 18, 1996, 162 people were killed in a nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 884
'End of an era': Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 1095
On March 3, 1944, the deadlist railway accident in Italian history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 929
On this day, March 14, 1926, 385 people were killed when a train derailed while crossing a bridge in Costa Rica. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 838
On this day, March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein was born. On this day, March 14, 2018, Stephen Hawking died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 820
On March 11, 2011, the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 865
On March 11, 2004, terrorists attacked the Madrid commuter rail system. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 775
Detectorists! Mystery of Jersey's huge iron age hoard may have been solved 1 cbabe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 1083
Anti-Nazi Resistance in Berlin -- and Its Lessons 2 struggle4progress Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1101
Front page, The New York Times, Monday, March 7, 2022. Yes, disturbing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1215
On March 5, 1966, a BOAC 707 Boeing disintegrated in mid-air shortly after departing from Tokyo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 949
The soldiers who broke Hitler's mind 1 struggle4progress Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 979
The True Story The Hunt For Red October 1 YoshidaYui Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1039
Boris Spassky, Chess Champion Who Lost 'Match of the Century,' Dies at 88 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 988
On this day, February 28, 2001, two trains collided after a Land Rover fell onto the tracks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 992
On this day, February 27, 1933, the Reichstag was set on fire. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 927
On this day, February 26, 1995, Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, was declared insolvent. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1062
Russian police arrest man holding up blank sheet of paper 2 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1198

World History Continued...

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Why Narcissistic Leaders Always Fail (In The End) 2 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1330
Rome's Antico Caffe Greco - Historic Coffee Bar, Writers, Artists, Goethe, Twain, Est 1760, Spanish Steps 0 appalachiablue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1097
The Night of Long Knives - Hitler's Rise to Power Part 2 Free Documentary History 0 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 864
The Night of Long Knives - Hitler's Rise to Power Part 1 Free Documentary History 0 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 885
On February 21, 2022, Vladimir Putin declared the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics independent from Ukraine. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 979
On this date, February 19, 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 809
Gil Won-ok, Victim of Wartime Sex Slavery Who Fought for Japan's Apology, Dies at 96 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 886
Music of the Edelweiss Pirates 3 struggle4progress Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1043
Miss Pavlichenko 2 struggle4progress Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 907
How Doctor Lyubov Langman Died (Sorochitsy) 0 struggle4progress Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 761
Before the advent of electric lighting, theaters used heated calcium oxide (quicklime) 1 elleng Feb 2025 Feb 2025 18 1174
The Belgian hit list 1 struggle4progress Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 924
The aristocrat and the communist 0 struggle4progress Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 773
Jean Moulin: uniting the French resistance 0 struggle4progress Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 792
On this day, February 13, 1945, the Allies begin firebombing Dresden. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 871
On this day, February 13, 2017, Kim Jong-un's brother, Kim Jong-nam, was assassinated with the nerve agent VX. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 745
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike 1 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 851
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer 0 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 747
Is Every Civilization Doomed to Fail? - Gregory Aldrete 3 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1190
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