History

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#TodayInHistory – March 14

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#March 13, 1770: Daniel Lambert – the heaviest person ever to have lived

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#TodayInHistory – March 13

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#TodayInHistory – March 12

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#TodayInHistory – March 11

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#TodayInHistory – March 10

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#March 9, 1974: the incredible Hiroo Onoda’s One-Man war finally ends

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#TodayInHistory – March 9

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#March 8, 1971: Frank Sinatra photographs the fight of the century

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#TodayInHistory – March 8

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The Terracotta Army: history of a legendary army

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#TodayInHistory – March 7

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#TodayInHistory – March 6

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#March 5, 1953: Dictator and mass murderer Stalin goes to his grave

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• Today In History 🗓

#TodayInHistory – March 5

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#March 4, 1975: Charlie Chaplin was knighted at Buckingham Palace

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#TodayInHistory – March 4

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#March 3, 1875: Carmen, the opera that shocked Paris

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#TodayInHistory – March 3

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#March 2, 1998: The film “Titanic” became the first ever movie to earn 1 billion US dollars at the box office.

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#TodayInHistory – March 2

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• Today In History 🗓

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• History

#February 29, 1504: The crafty Christopher Columbus’ leap year trick

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#February 28, 1874: the curious case of the “baronet” from Wagga Wagga

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Silver City Cemetery: all that remain of a once-booming mining town.

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• Abandoned Places

Treadwell: the ruins of an Alaskan gold mine that form a gorgeous ghost town.

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#February 24, 1825: Thomas Bowdler, the man who Re-wrote the “Offensive” Shakespeare

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#February 18, 1966: the casket that carried assassinated President John F. Kennedy buried at sea.

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• History

#February 16, 1923: A deadly bite, or King Tut’s revenge?

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• History

#February 14, 1779: Captain James Cook’s last adventure

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• Travel

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Wall

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#February 13, 1945: Ancient Dresden reduced to rubble

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• History

25 Great Insults From 18th Century British Slang

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• People, mysteries and stories

The dark origins of the fairy tale “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”

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• People, mysteries and stories

“Leatherman”: the mystery man who walked along the same path for 30 years

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• History

Don’t touch the Royals: the absurd death of the Queen of Siam in the 19th Century

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• History

Ramesses II: the first (and probably the last) mummy to receive a passport!

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• Travel

Baldpate Inn in Estes Park: the curious inn that houses 30,000 keys

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• Breaking News

Today is 02/02/2020: the first palindrome day after 909 years

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The “anomalous” burial of a child in a 5th century Umbrian cemetery

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• Travel

A forest of pillars, recalling the Holocaust: the controversial Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Chinese New Year 2020: the year of the Golden Rat. History and traditions of a millenary festival.

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