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Online Resources for Historians 6 RZM Feb 2012 Mar 2018 7 43788
Welcome to the DU World History Group! 0 RZM Feb 2012 Dec 2011 3 55161
On December 17, 2023, Maureen Sweeney, weather watcher who influenced D-Day plans, died at 100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 3 193
On this day, December 23, 1888, Vincent van Gogh severed part of his ear and gave it to a woman in a brothel. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 4 178
On this day, December 18, 1981, the Tupolev Tu-160 "White Swan" first took to the skies. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 2 275
On this day, December 17, 1961, over 500 were killed in the Niteroi circus fire in Brazil. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 0 216
The Argentine dictatorship's dirty war 0 struggle4progress Dec 15 Dec 15 1 298
The Revolt of 1381 2 struggle4progress Dec 14 Dec 15 19 798
The French Resistance 0 struggle4progress Dec 15 Dec 15 4 316
Jewish Partisans Against Nazis 0 struggle4progress Dec 14 Dec 14 3 241
How Norwegians Resisted Nazi Occupation 4 struggle4progress Dec 14 Dec 14 14 749
The Polish Resistance 0 struggle4progress Dec 13 Dec 13 2 285
On this day, December 13, 1937, the Nanjing Massacre started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 8 322
Henri Borlant, French survivor who endured Auschwitz as a teen, dies at 97 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 7 271
On this day, December 12, 1988, the Clapham Junction rail crash occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 0 209
Spinoza's God: The Mind-Blowing Philosophy That Inspired Einstein - Baruch Spinoza 1 Uncle Joe Dec 10 Dec 10 8 372
80 Years After December 1, 1944, Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 3 268
On this day, December 4, 1872, Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 3 398
On December 2 and 3, 1984, the Bhopal disaster occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2 Dec 2 2 284
The world gets its first glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years under wraps 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 29 Nov 29 13 414
On November 27, 1835, James Pratt and John Smith became the last people to be executed in England for sodomy. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 27 Nov 27 1 296
On November 26, 1914, the second most catastrophic accidental explosion in the history of the United Kingdom occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 26 Nov 26 3 287
On this day, November 26, 2003, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 26 Nov 26 0 280
If I were to recommend a highly perceptive and original book on the Second World War, it would be... 2 NNadir Nov 24 Nov 24 8 604
On this day, November 24, 1859, Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was first published. It sold out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 24 Nov 24 2 200
On this day, November 14, 1974, the Australopithecus afarensis skeleton nicknamed "Lucy" was discovered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 24 Nov 24 4 249
On this day, November 24, 2012, the Tazreen Fashion factory fire, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 24 Nov 24 1 219
Truth & Conviction: The Helmuth Hubener Story. Youth Resistance To Nazi Germany, Executed at 17 0 appalachiablue Nov 24 Nov 24 1 309
Madeleine Riffaud, 'the Girl Who Saved Paris,' Dies at 100 1 Omaha Steve Nov 24 Nov 24 13 16303
USA uber alles???!! 2 Montauk6 Nov 22 Nov 23 5 443

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Stanislaw Ryniak was born this date in 1915, he was the first Polish prisoner registered in Auschwitz 1 irisblue Nov 21 Nov 21 4 251
On this day, November 18, 1947, the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 0 260
On this day, November 16, 1938, LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 16 Nov 17 5 351
On this day, November 16, 1920, Qantas was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 16 Nov 16 1 223
On this day, November 15, 1907, Claus von Stauffenberg was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 15 Nov 15 2 273
On this day, November 13, 2015, ISIL conducted an array of terror attacks in Paris. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 13 Nov 13 0 277
On this day, November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 9 Nov 9 1 217
On November 8, 1923, the Beer Hall Putsch, the failed coup d'etat by the Nazi Party, began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 9 Nov 9 3 288
"Eat the rich" 2 multigraincracker Nov 7 Nov 7 6 235
The Deportation Campaigns of the Great Depression. It has happened here 2 irisblue Nov 6 Nov 6 6 179
On this day, November 6, 1986, the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 0 104
"Remember, remember, the 5th of November." On this day, November 5, 1605, Guy Fawkes's plot was thwarted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 5 Nov 5 6 370
On this day, November 4, 2010, Qantas did not have a fatal accident. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 2 459
Lily Ebert, Holocaust Survivor Who Found Fame on TikTok, Dies at 100 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 3 Nov 3 7 348
On this day, November 3, 1982, the world's deadliest traffic accident, the Salang Tunnel fire, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 3 Nov 3 3 26556
On this day, October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX crashed after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 29 Oct 29 0 279
I'm looking for ageneral info book on the Battle for Manila Feb-Mar 1945 6 irisblue Oct 29 Oct 29 1 342
On this day October 28, 4004 BCE land animals including humans were made. 5 spike jones Oct 28 Oct 28 1 554
Disabled Adults, Children 'Unworthy of Life' 1st Nazi Murder Victims 1939, Jews, Gypsys, Gays, JehovWit 4 appalachiablue Oct 27 Oct 27 7 573
On this day October 27, 4004 BCE all fish and birds were made. 7 spike jones Oct 27 Oct 27 1 447
On this day October 26, 4004 BCE the moon, sun and stars were made. 7 spike jones Oct 26 Oct 26 3 489
On this day October 25, 4004 BCE land was separated from water and plants were made. 3 spike jones Oct 25 Oct 25 2 391
Not long ago not far away from twitter 2 irisblue Oct 25 Oct 25 8 389
Germany Honors Plotters Who Tried to Kill Hitler July 1944, Operation Valkyrie, Resistance 80 Yrs Ago 5 appalachiablue Oct 23 Oct 24 5 462
On this day October 24, 4004 BCE, Heaven was created. 3 spike jones Oct 24 Oct 24 2 461
On this day October 23, 4004 BCE at 9 AM @ the 45th Meridian the six-day creation of the universe started. 7 spike jones Oct 23 Oct 24 2 560
On this day, October 23, 1906, Alberto Santos-Dumont made the first powered heavier-than-air flight outside of the US. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 23 Oct 23 2 316
On October 21, 1944 the HMAS Australia became the first Allied ship attacked by a kamikaze attack. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 22 Oct 22 0 302
On this day, October 17, 2000, four people died in a rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 17 Oct 17 1 272
British explorer Sandy Irvine's foot discovered 100 years after he vanished on Everest 1 Bayard Oct 14 Oct 14 8 513

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This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Bayard Oct 14 Oct 14 2 452
On this day, October 8, 1952, the worst peacetime rail crash in British history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 8 Oct 8 1 367
Anyone remember? 11 elleng Oct 3 Oct 4 19 974
On this day, September 30, 1941, the first Babi Yar massacre came to an end. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 30 Sep 30 6 412
The Greatest Scot, Alexander Fleming, Changed History - Discovered Penicillin, Antibiotic Resistance 0 appalachiablue Sep 27 Sep 27 4 405
On this day, September 26, 1905, Albert Einstein introduced the special theory of relativity. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 4 333
On this day, September 26, 1983, Soviet lieutenant colonel Stanislav Petrov averted a potential nuclear war. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 3 392
Western allies abandon Poles to Nazis, chance for early end to WW2 slips away 1 sarisataka Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 418
September 19, 1941, wearing the Star of David became compulsary in the German Reich. from twitter 2 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 416
SRIN Grinblatt, Senior Advisor Kushner Meet with Israeli PM May 30 2019 🇺🇸 1 Uncle Joe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 348
On this day, September 15, 1935, The Nurnberg Laws were passed in Germany. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 311
On this day, September15, 1940, the Luftwaffe failed to draw out the RAF into a battle of annihilation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 350
On September 12, 1977, Steve Biko died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 385
On September 12, 1933, it occurred to Leo Szilard how a nuclear chain reaction would work. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 349
On this day, August 12, 1985, the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Sep 2024 0 585
On this day, September 12, 2009, agronomist and Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 254
World Trade Center and Tall Ships, New York City, Bicentennial Day 1976: 1 irisblue Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 410
On December 24, 1994, terrorists hijacked an Air France Airbus A300, intending to blow it up over the Eiffel Tower. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 386
On September 8, 1944, a V-2 rocket came down in London for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 356
On September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 339
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