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Close Calls: 5 Unsuccessful Assassination Plots and Coups
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Close Calls: 5 Unsuccessful Assassination Plots and Coups

Throughout history, there have been numerous successful plots and conspiracies that changed the world. For example, the Black Hand coordinated the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914; an act that lit…

By Patrick Lynch · 14 min
This Day In History: The Chinese Nationalists Withdraw to Taiwan (1949)
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This Day In History: The Chinese Nationalists Withdraw to Taiwan (1949)

As  the Chinese Civil War entered its last phases it soon became clear that the Nationalists would be pushed completely…

Ed · 3 min