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The 6 Greatest Empires to Exist in the Years B.C
Today many people are familiar with some of the great empires in history, those that spanned continents and ruled over…
This Day In History: Report That Italian Resistance To Hitler Was Spreading (1944)
On this day in history in 1944, Allied intelligence receives information that, the Italian Resistance was expanding its activities in…
This Day In History: President McKinley Is Shot (1901)
On this day in history in 1901, President William McKinley was shot and seriously wounded. The President was greeting people…
This Day In History: The First Tank Makes its Appearance (1915)
On this day in history the world’s first tank, Little Willie, was unveiled in 1915. It was developed in Britain…
This Day In History: Geronimo Surrenders to the American Army (1886)
On this day in history in 1886, the famous Apache chief Geronimo surrenders to the U.S. cavalry. He had fought…
This Day In History: The Oulaw Jesse James Is Born (1847)
On this day in 1847, Jesse James was born in Missouri. He is one of the best-known outlaws from the…
When David Beat Goliath: 10 Small Armies that Defeated Large Ones
The Battle of Marathon, 490 BCE The Battle of Marathon is one of the earliest recorded battles in history and…
This Day In History: General Harney Avenges the Grattan Massacre (1886)
On this day in history in 1885, the US army took revenge for an infamous Indian massacre in the…
This Day In History: Great Tokyo Fire Devastates The City (1923)
On the 31st of August 1923, a great earthquake strikes Tokyo and causes devastation to the Japanese capital and kills…
This Day In History: The Allies Celebrate Victory Over Japan (1945)
On this day in history in 1945, the USS Missouri was the scene for the formal Japanese surrender to the…
This Day In History: 28 Chinese Miners are Killed In Wyoming (1885)
On this day in history in the year 1885, there was a massacre of Chinese miners in Wyoming. Some 100…
This Day In History: Hitler’s Germany Invaded Poland (1939)
On this day in 1939, German forces invaded Poland by land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to…
This Day In History: A Soviet Fighter Shoots Down A Korean Airline (1983)
On this day in history, a Soviet fighter shoots down a South Korean airliner killing all those on board. Some Soviet…
This Day In History: Chechen Rebels Attack A School In Beslan (2004)
On this day in history, a large group of Chechen rebels attacked a secondary school in southern Russia in 2004.…