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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 1067
Ancient 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex found under destroyed Syrian house 1 littlemissmartypants Jun 2025 Jun 2025 9 1182
DDay+1, a German-Jewish refugee w/the Brits on Gold Beach from twitter 1 irisblue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 6 1100
From youtube- 1964 CBS Reports, Ike & Cronkite on the beach 7 irisblue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 9 1584
Things I learned today from a twitter history acct 2 irisblue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 11 1215
DDay radio broadcasts. 2 & a half hours worth from youtube 0 irisblue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1030
From twitter, this account is following the very early hours of the paratroopers 9 irisblue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 15 1725
There are many threads on Bluesky & the loons place today about the Landings 81 yrs ago 4 irisblue Jun 2025 Jun 2025 10 1237
Mothers of the Disappeared: Challenging the Junta in Argentina (1977-1983) 1 struggle4progress May 2025 May 2025 3 1168
Chile: Struggle against a military dictator (1985-1988) 0 struggle4progress May 2025 May 2025 3 980
On this day, May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner inoculated James Phipps with cowpox. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 3 1190
May 10, 1933, The Nazis begin burning books. From twitter 1 irisblue May 2025 May 2025 4 2629
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 1272
VE Day, 80 yrs ago, 8 May 1945, Churchill, Truman & Stalin announcements 6 irisblue May 2025 May 2025 7 1629
This message was self-deleted by its author 4 irisblue May 2025 May 2025 4 1313
"Who Were the Medieval Normans?" (2-part series) with Dr Eleanor Janega for History Hit 1 eShirl Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 1251
Geronimo in a Locomobile Model C 1 struggle4progress Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 1386
The Holocaust, 80 Years On 0 struggle4progress Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 1023
Teeth in the Bones: Gladiator Skeleton Proves Lion Combat in Roman Britain 0 erronis Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 1294
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 2080
On this day, April 22, 2004, there was a massive explosion on a train in North Korea. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 1079
Amazing Grace: The Story Behind the Song 2 Uncle Joe Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 1227
Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 1028
Liberation of Bergen Belsen by the British Army 15 April 1945 Info from twitter & BBC 4 irisblue Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 1427
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 irisblue Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 845
Berlin & Moscow: Rare Footage Revealed War's Aftermath UNCENSORED 1 Zorro Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 1333
Thousands cheer madly as Titanic leaves Southampton on maiden voyage, April 10, 1912 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 1474
One hundred years ago today 0 struggle4progress Apr 2025 Apr 2025 10 1194
The image that changed our view of the Universe forever BBC Global 0 Uncle Joe Apr 2025 Apr 2025 10 1293
Rare Color Footage of Berlin After WWII - UNCENSORED - World at War 3 Rhiannon12866 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 1597

World History Continued...

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Sound like anyone you know? 0 NNadir Apr 2025 Apr 2025 12 1193
Dictatorship torturer 'Turco' Julian dies in prison 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1103
James Harrison, Whose Antibodies Helped Millions, Dies at 88; February 17, 2025 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 1512
Medieval Africa (The Medieval Podcast) 0 eShirl Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1031
Who could this possibly be? 3 Lionel Mandrake Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 1582
On the night of March 24-25, 1944, the "Great Escape" occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1123
On this day, March 24, 1999, the Mont Blanc Tunnel fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 929
On this day, March 24, 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525 was deliberately crashed in the French Alps. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 981
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 1025
X declared war on the USA, but the USA never declared war on X. 6 Lionel Mandrake Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1680
Spinoza's 'Ethics': What do you mean by 'God'? 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 1016
On this day, March 21, 1768, Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 972
On March 18, 1996, 162 people were killed in a nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 880
'End of an era': Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 7 1089
On March 3, 1944, the deadlist railway accident in Italian history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 924
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 2 826
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 2 812
On March 11, 2011, the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 861
On March 11, 2004, terrorists attacked the Madrid commuter rail system. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 770
Detectorists! Mystery of Jersey's huge iron age hoard may have been solved 1 cbabe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 1076
Anti-Nazi Resistance in Berlin -- and Its Lessons 2 struggle4progress Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1097
Front page, The New York Times, Monday, March 7, 2022. Yes, disturbing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1212
On March 5, 1966, a BOAC 707 Boeing disintegrated in mid-air shortly after departing from Tokyo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 945
The soldiers who broke Hitler's mind 1 struggle4progress Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 973
The True Story The Hunt For Red October 1 YoshidaYui Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1035
Boris Spassky, Chess Champion Who Lost 'Match of the Century,' Dies at 88 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 983
On this day, February 28, 2001, two trains collided after a Land Rover fell onto the tracks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 987
On this day, February 27, 1933, the Reichstag was set on fire. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 921
On this day, February 26, 1995, Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in London, was declared insolvent. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1054
Russian police arrest man holding up blank sheet of paper 2 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1195

World History Continued...

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Why Narcissistic Leaders Always Fail (In The End) 2 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1327
Rome's Antico Caffe Greco - Historic Coffee Bar, Writers, Artists, Goethe, Twain, Est 1760, Spanish Steps 0 appalachiablue Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1092
The Night of Long Knives - Hitler's Rise to Power Part 2 Free Documentary History 0 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 860
The Night of Long Knives - Hitler's Rise to Power Part 1 Free Documentary History 0 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 881
On February 21, 2022, Vladimir Putin declared the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics independent from Ukraine. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 974
On this date, February 19, 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 805
Gil Won-ok, Victim of Wartime Sex Slavery Who Fought for Japan's Apology, Dies at 96 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 883
Music of the Edelweiss Pirates 3 struggle4progress Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1039
Miss Pavlichenko 2 struggle4progress Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 904
How Doctor Lyubov Langman Died (Sorochitsy) 0 struggle4progress Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 758
Before the advent of electric lighting, theaters used heated calcium oxide (quicklime) 1 elleng Feb 2025 Feb 2025 18 1169
The Belgian hit list 1 struggle4progress Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 916
The aristocrat and the communist 0 struggle4progress Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 764
Jean Moulin: uniting the French resistance 0 struggle4progress Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 783
On this day, February 13, 1945, the Allies begin firebombing Dresden. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 864
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 1 735
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike 1 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 848
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer 0 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 745
Is Every Civilization Doomed to Fail? - Gregory Aldrete 3 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1187
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