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This Day In History: Blackbeard the Feared Pirate Is Killed (1718)
On this day in 1718, one of the most notorious pirates of all time "Blackbeard" is killed. Edward Teach, also…
This Day In HIstory: Albert Speer Asks Hitler For Slave Laborers (1941)
On this day in 1941, Albert Speer, the minister for war production asks Hitler for some 30,000 Soviet POWs to…
This Day In History: American Special Forces Attempt to Rescue POWs in North Vietnam
On this day in 1970, during the Vietnam War, a daring raid was carried out to rescue American POWs. The…
This Day In History: Tom Horn, Notorious Killer in the Old West Was Born (1860)
On this day in history, the notorious killer Tom Horn was born in 1860. Horn was a natural born killer.…
Eight Famous Shipwrecks That Have Yet to Be Found
There are an estimated 3 million shipwrecks gracing the bottom of the ocean floor that has yet to be found.…
This Day In History: Mass Suicide At Jonestown (1978)
On this day in history, there was a mass suicide in the small Latin American country of Guyana. The dead…
This Day In History: The Battle Of The Somme Ends (1916)
On this day in 1916, the commander of the British and the Empire armies on the Western Front called a halt…
This Day In History: The Siege of Knoxville Begins (1863)
On this day in 1863, during the American Civil War a Confederate army under General James Longstreet advances on Knoxville,…
This Day In History: The Model For Psycho Kills His Last Victim (1957)
On this day in history one of the world’s most notorious serial killers Ed Gein murders his last victim. Ed…
This Day In History: Oklahoma Joins The Union (1907)
On this day in history in 1907 the US Congress recognized Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory as the State of…