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Online Resources for Historians 6 RZM Feb 2012 Mar 2018 7 43992
Welcome to the DU World History Group! 0 RZM Feb 2012 Dec 2011 3 55295
Marie Louise von Franz - "When A Man Has Not Developed His Anima, His Feminine Side Is Narcissistic" 3 Uncle Joe Monday Tuesday 10 456
The Paris Girl: The Young Woman Who Outwitted the Nazis and Became a WWII Hero 3 bucolic_frolic Monday Monday 24 981
On January 26, 1972, an air stewardess fell 33,000 feet and lived to tell the tale. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 7 454
On this day, January 27, 1945, David Dushman drove a Soviet tank through the barbed wire of Auschwitz. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 12 364
🇫🇷 Fall of Paris, June 14, 1940 - Nazi Germany Occupation of France, World War II 2 appalachiablue Sunday Sunday 3 277
The Theory of STUPIDITY Dietrich Bonhoeffer 2 Uncle Joe Saturday Saturday 12 479
On Monday morning, January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the 15th chancellor of the Weimar Republic. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 4 253
Valerie Andre, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 15 306
On this day, January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was guillotined in Paris. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 21 5 280
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 3 300
On this day, January 21, 1976, Concorde entered commercial service, on the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 21 1 189
How a town in Poland - once in Germany - is discovering its troubling past.- BBC broadcast 0 irisblue Jan 21 Jan 21 5 298
Life in Fascist Italy, Il Duce, Dictator Benito Mussolini 1922- 1943 0 appalachiablue Jan 18 Jan 18 10 412
The Lost Towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline Wars -- Italian history I did not know 1 erronis Jan 18 Jan 18 6 319
On this day, January 17, 1945, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was taken into Soviet custody. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 2 218
On this day, January 17, 1961, Patrice Lumumba was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 3 202
On this day, January 17, 1944, the Battle of Monte Cassino began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 2 212
Hitler Created a Fictional Persona To Recast Himself as Germany's Savior 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 7 437
On this day, January 16, 1862, 204 men and children died in the Hartley Colliery disaster. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 1 289
Adolph Hitler Commits Suicide; The Fake Funeral of Hitler in Marolles, Brussels, Belgium 1945 0 appalachiablue Jan 14 Jan 14 3 445
Krupp Trial 1947-48, Nazi Clemency, Steel Industrialist, Slave Labor; Flick, IG Farben; J McCloy; Marshall Plan 1 appalachiablue Jan 13 Jan 13 4 384
On this day, January 12, 2000, Britain lifted its ban on LGBT people serving in the military. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 12 Jan 12 0 249
January 12, 1925: A murder that shook British India and toppled a king 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 12 Jan 12 5 361
Dorothea Lange photographs of Japanese internment camps 6 Beringia Jan 6 Jan 8 15 625
On this day, January 8, 1981, a local farmer in Trans-en-Provence, France, reported a UFO sighting. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 8 Jan 8 3 359
How To Be Fully Alive Now - Alan Watts 2 Uncle Joe Jan 7 Jan 7 11 484
On this day, January 7, 2015, the Charlie Hebdo shootings occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 7 Jan 7 3 276
Jung vs Buddha: Self vs Non-Self 0 Uncle Joe Jan 3 Jan 3 6 422

World History Continued...

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Names of 425,000 suspected Nazi collaborators published 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 3 Jan 3 22 849
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 9 349
On December 28, 1879, the Tay Bridge collapsed as a train passed over it, killing all aboard. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 30 1 249
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 8 790
On this date, December 27, 1571, Johannes Kepler was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 27 Dec 27 2 285
One this day, December 27, 1923, Gustave Eiffel died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 27 Dec 27 3 297
'Really incredible' sixth-century sword found in Kent 5 Jilly_in_VA Dec 26 Dec 26 32 1524
WW2 Christmas 1944, Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne & the Legendary 'Nuts!' That Changed the War ⭐ 8 appalachiablue Dec 25 Dec 26 9 576
On this day, December 26, 1944, the siege of Bastogne was lifted. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 26 6 357
This Day in Labor History: December 25, 1831. The Baptist Rebellion began in Jamaica. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 26 2 242
On this day, December 26, 2004, an earthquake and tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 26 1 275
The story of "Carol of the Bells" and its relevance to the Russian invasion of Ukraine 1 erronis Dec 25 Dec 25 7 451
On December 21, 2024, at least 41 people were killed in a traffic accident in Brazil. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 25 2 284
On December 17, 2023, Maureen Sweeney, weather watcher who influenced D-Day plans, died at 100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 24 Dec 24 3 315
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 4 283
On this day, December 18, 1981, the Tupolev Tu-160 "White Swan" first took to the skies. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 2 374
On this day, December 17, 1961, over 500 were killed in the Niteroi circus fire in Brazil. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 0 327
The Argentine dictatorship's dirty war 0 struggle4progress Dec 15 Dec 15 1 434
The Revolt of 1381 2 struggle4progress Dec 14 Dec 15 20 985
The French Resistance 0 struggle4progress Dec 15 Dec 15 4 430
Jewish Partisans Against Nazis 0 struggle4progress Dec 14 Dec 14 3 371
How Norwegians Resisted Nazi Occupation 4 struggle4progress Dec 14 Dec 14 14 945
The Polish Resistance 0 struggle4progress Dec 13 Dec 13 2 395
On this day, December 13, 1937, the Nanjing Massacre started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 8 494
Henri Borlant, French survivor who endured Auschwitz as a teen, dies at 97 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 7 419
On this day, December 12, 1988, the Clapham Junction rail crash occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 0 314
Spinoza's God: The Mind-Blowing Philosophy That Inspired Einstein - Baruch Spinoza 1 Uncle Joe Dec 10 Dec 10 8 497
80 Years After December 1, 1944, Killings, Senegal Wants the Facts From France 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 3 375
On this day, December 4, 1872, Mary Celeste was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 3 527
On December 2 and 3, 1984, the Bhopal disaster occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2 Dec 2 2 482

World History Continued...

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The world gets its first glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years under wraps 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 29 Nov 29 13 533
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 1 423
On November 26, 1914, the second most catastrophic accidental explosion in the history of the United Kingdom occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 26 Nov 26 3 368
On this day, November 26, 2003, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 26 Nov 26 0 392
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 2 296
On this day, November 14, 1974, the Australopithecus afarensis skeleton nicknamed "Lucy" was discovered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 24 Nov 24 4 339
On this day, November 24, 2012, the Tazreen Fashion factory fire, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 24 Nov 24 1 1176
Truth & Conviction: The Helmuth Hubener Story. Youth Resistance To Nazi Germany, Executed at 17 0 appalachiablue Nov 24 Nov 24 1 395
Madeleine Riffaud, 'the Girl Who Saved Paris,' Dies at 100 1 Omaha Steve Nov 24 Nov 24 13 33223
USA uber alles???!! 2 Montauk6 Nov 22 Nov 23 5 560
Stanislaw Ryniak was born this date in 1915, he was the first Polish prisoner registered in Auschwitz 1 irisblue Nov 21 Nov 21 4 350
On this day, November 18, 1947, the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 0 358
On this day, November 16, 1938, LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 16 Nov 17 5 483
On this day, November 16, 1920, Qantas was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 16 Nov 16 1 297
On this day, November 15, 1907, Claus von Stauffenberg was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 15 Nov 15 2 367
On this day, November 13, 2015, ISIL conducted an array of terror attacks in Paris. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 13 Nov 13 0 363
On this day, November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 9 Nov 9 1 307
On November 8, 1923, the Beer Hall Putsch, the failed coup d'etat by the Nazi Party, began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 9 Nov 9 3 380
"Eat the rich" 2 multigraincracker Nov 7 Nov 7 6 324
The Deportation Campaigns of the Great Depression. It has happened here 2 irisblue Nov 6 Nov 6 6 266
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