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Online Resources for Historians 6 RZM Feb 2012 Mar 2018 7 44023
Welcome to the DU World History Group! 0 RZM Feb 2012 Dec 2011 3 55320
Is Every Civilization Doomed to Fail? - Gregory Aldrete 3 Uncle Joe 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 3 255
On this day, February 4, 1966, All Nippon Airways Flight 60 mysteriously crashed into Tokyo Bay. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 165
Mandela Destroys Arrogant Journalist After He Disparages Support for Palestine/Libya/Cuba (1990) 0 Uncle Joe Monday Monday 6 262
Did any ruthless dictator have a peaceful ending? 10 multigraincracker Sunday Sunday 3 456
How 'shock therapy' created Russian oligarchs and paved the path for Putin 2 Uncle Joe Sunday Sunday 7 348
80 Years Later: Anne Frank's Sister Breaks Her Silence 0 Uncle Joe Thursday Thursday 11 651
Marie Louise von Franz - "When A Man Has Not Developed His Anima, His Feminine Side Is Narcissistic" 3 Uncle Joe Jan 27 Jan 28 10 523
The Paris Girl: The Young Woman Who Outwitted the Nazis and Became a WWII Hero 3 bucolic_frolic Jan 27 Jan 27 24 1063
On January 26, 1972, an air stewardess fell 33,000 feet and lived to tell the tale. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 27 Jan 27 7 505
On this day, January 27, 1945, David Dushman drove a Soviet tank through the barbed wire of Auschwitz. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 27 Jan 27 12 476
🇫🇷 Fall of Paris, June 14, 1940 - Nazi Germany Occupation of France, World War II 2 appalachiablue Jan 26 Jan 26 3 324
The Theory of STUPIDITY Dietrich Bonhoeffer 2 Uncle Joe Jan 25 Jan 25 12 530
On Monday morning, January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the 15th chancellor of the Weimar Republic. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 25 Jan 25 4 294
Valerie Andre, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 23 Jan 23 15 342
On this day, January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was guillotined in Paris. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 21 5 316
On this day, January 21, 1854, a White Star Line vessel sailing from Liverpool sank on its maiden voyage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 21 3 334
On this day, January 21, 1976, Concorde entered commercial service, on the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 21 1 220
How a town in Poland - once in Germany - is discovering its troubling past.- BBC broadcast 0 irisblue Jan 21 Jan 21 5 333
Life in Fascist Italy, Il Duce, Dictator Benito Mussolini 1922- 1943 0 appalachiablue Jan 18 Jan 18 10 443
The Lost Towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline Wars -- Italian history I did not know 1 erronis Jan 18 Jan 18 6 343
On this day, January 17, 1945, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was taken into Soviet custody. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 2 247
On this day, January 17, 1961, Patrice Lumumba was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 3 227
On this day, January 17, 1944, the Battle of Monte Cassino began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 2 240
Hitler Created a Fictional Persona To Recast Himself as Germany's Savior 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 7 474
On this day, January 16, 1862, 204 men and children died in the Hartley Colliery disaster. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 1 312
Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide; The Fake Funeral of Hitler in Marolles, Brussels, Belgium 1945 0 appalachiablue Jan 14 Jan 14 3 467
Krupp Trial 1947-48, Nazi Clemency, Steel Industrialist, Slave Labor; Flick, IG Farben; J McCloy; Marshall Plan 1 appalachiablue Jan 13 Jan 13 4 419
On this day, January 12, 2000, Britain lifted its ban on LGBT people serving in the military. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 12 Jan 12 0 271

World History Continued...

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January 12, 1925: A murder that shook British India and toppled a king 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 12 Jan 12 5 391
Dorothea Lange photographs of Japanese internment camps 6 Beringia Jan 6 Jan 8 15 668
On this day, January 8, 1981, a local farmer in Trans-en-Provence, France, reported a UFO sighting. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 8 Jan 8 3 381
How To Be Fully Alive Now - Alan Watts 2 Uncle Joe Jan 7 Jan 7 11 532
On this day, January 7, 2015, the Charlie Hebdo shootings occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 7 Jan 7 3 303
Jung vs Buddha: Self vs Non-Self 0 Uncle Joe Jan 3 Jan 3 6 445
Names of 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators published 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 3 Jan 3 22 893
On this day, December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization was informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 31 Dec 31 9 376
On December 28, 1879, the Tay Bridge collapsed as a train passed over it, killing all aboard. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 30 1 269
If I were to recommend a highly perceptive and original book on the Second World War, it would be... 3 NNadir Nov 24 Dec 29 8 827
On this date, December 27, 1571, Johannes Kepler was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 27 Dec 27 2 305
One this day, December 27, 1923, Gustave Eiffel died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 27 Dec 27 3 318
'Really incredible' sixth-century sword found in Kent 5 Jilly_in_VA Dec 26 Dec 26 32 1556
WW2 Christmas 1944, Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne & the Legendary 'Nuts!' That Changed the War ⭐ 8 appalachiablue Dec 25 Dec 26 9 619
On this day, December 26, 1944, the siege of Bastogne was lifted. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 26 6 378
This Day in Labor History: December 25, 1831. The Baptist Rebellion began in Jamaica. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 26 2 255
On this day, December 26, 2004, an earthquake and tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 26 1 301
The story of "Carol of the Bells" and its relevance to the Russian invasion of Ukraine 1 erronis Dec 25 Dec 25 7 479
On December 21, 2024, at least 41 people were killed in a traffic accident in Brazil. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 2 306
On December 17, 2023, Maureen Sweeney, weather watcher who influenced D-Day plans, died at 100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 24 Dec 24 3 336
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 Dec 23 Dec 23 4 302
On this day, December 18, 1981, the Tupolev Tu-160 "White Swan" first took to the skies. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 2 394
On this day, December 17, 1961, over 500 were killed in the Niteroi circus fire in Brazil. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 0 348
The Argentine dictatorship's dirty war 0 struggle4progress Dec 15 Dec 15 1 459
The Revolt of 1381 2 struggle4progress Dec 14 Dec 15 20 1016
The French Resistance 0 struggle4progress Dec 15 Dec 15 4 455
Jewish Partisans Against Nazis 0 struggle4progress Dec 14 Dec 14 3 392
How Norwegians Resisted Nazi Occupation 4 struggle4progress Dec 14 Dec 14 14 983
The Polish Resistance 0 struggle4progress Dec 13 Dec 13 2 426
On this day, December 13, 1937, the Nanjing Massacre started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 8 520

World History Continued...

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Henri Borlant, French survivor who endured Auschwitz as a teen, dies at 97 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 7 452
On this day, December 12, 1988, the Clapham Junction rail crash occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 0 335
Spinoza's God: The Mind-Blowing Philosophy That Inspired Einstein - Baruch Spinoza 1 Uncle Joe Dec 10 Dec 10 8 520
80 Years After December 1, 1944, Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 3 397
On this day, December 4, 1872, Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 3 572
On December 2 and 3, 1984, the Bhopal disaster occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2 Dec 2 2 513
The world gets its first glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years under wraps 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 29 Nov 29 13 565
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 1 454
On November 26, 1914, the second most catastrophic accidental explosion in the history of the United Kingdom occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 26 Nov 26 3 388
On this day, November 26, 2003, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 26 Nov 26 0 413
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 2 318
On this day, November 14, 1974, the Australopithecus afarensis skeleton nicknamed "Lucy" was discovered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 24 Nov 24 4 357
On this day, November 24, 2012, the Tazreen Fashion factory fire, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 24 Nov 24 1 1200
Truth & Conviction: The Helmuth Hubener Story. Youth Resistance To Nazi Germany, Executed at 17 0 appalachiablue Nov 24 Nov 24 1 415
Madeleine Riffaud, 'the Girl Who Saved Paris,' Dies at 100 1 Omaha Steve Nov 24 Nov 24 13 36352
USA uber alles???!! 2 Montauk6 Nov 22 Nov 23 5 580
Stanislaw Ryniak was born this date in 1915, he was the first Polish prisoner registered in Auschwitz 1 irisblue Nov 21 Nov 21 4 368
On this day, November 18, 1947, the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 0 380
On this day, November 16, 1938, LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 16 Nov 17 5 512
On this day, November 16, 1920, Qantas was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 16 Nov 16 1 317
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