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This Day In History: The Japanese Capture Port Arthur (1904)
On this day in history, there was a turning point in the Russo-Japanese war. On this day in 1904 the…
This Day In History: The Viet Cong Defeat The South Vietnamese Army Ap Bac (1963)
On this day in 1963, the Viet Cong inflicted a serious defeat on the South Vietnamese regular army. This defeat…
This Day In History: The US Navy Establishes An Airship Base In New Jersey (1937)
On this day, the US Navy constructed a dedicated Airship base in Lakehurst New Jersey in 1942. The Airship Patrol…
The Biggest WW2 Explosion on British Soil was Apparently Caused by the Brits
In 1944 the RAF Fauld was a Royal Air Force underground munitions storage depot and it was located 10 miles…
This Day In History: Sherman Orders Assault At The Battle Of Chickasaw Bluffs (1862)
On this day in 1862, during the American Civil War, the Confederates defeat a Union attack at the Battle of…
This Day In History: Many Indians are Killed At Wounded Knee (1890)
On this day in 1890, the last great confrontation in the long struggle between American and Native American tribes occurred.…
This Day In History: The Lumiere Brothers Screen the World’s First Commercial Movie (1895)
On this day in 1895, in France, the Lumiere brothers screen the world’s first commercial movie. The movie was presented…
This Day In History: The Germans Begin Recruiting Soviet POWs (1942)
On this day, in 1943 the Germans increasingly concerned at the losses they were suffering on the East Front adopt…
Betrayed by a Brother: When Stalin Assassinated Trotsky
The Russian Revolution in 1917 was, in part, started by a prominent Communist leader known as Leon Trotsky. Leon Trotsky,…
Two Mysterious Green Children Appeared from Nowhere and Told Stories of Another World
In the village of Woolpit in Suffolk, England is a story that has been told for hundreds of years. A…