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by AustrianPainter
Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:02 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (March 25 1821)
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Today In History (March 25 1821)

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1821: Greek Independence Day, celebrating the beginning of the war for Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire in that year.
by AustrianPainter
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:27 pm
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (March 24 1721) Johann Sebastian Bach
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Today In History (March 24 1721) Johann Sebastian Bach

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1721: Johann Sebastian Bach dedicates six concertos to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046–105.
by AustrianPainter
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:20 pm
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (March 23 1933) Enabling Act of 1933
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Today In History (March 23 1933) Enabling Act of 1933

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1933: The German legislature passes the Enabling Act of 1933, putting an end to the party division and degeneracy of the Weimar Republic and uniting the nation, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, as the world’s first National Socialist state.
by AustrianPainter
Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:19 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (March 22 1995) Valeri Polyakov
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Today In History (March 22 1995) Valeri Polyakov

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1995: Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting the record for the longest stay in space, 438 days.
by AustrianPainter
Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:41 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (March 21 1999)
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Today In History (March 21 1999)

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1999: Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, from Switzerland and the UK respectively, become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
by AustrianPainter
Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:22 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (March 20 1854)
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Today In History (March 20 1854)

TODAY IN HISTORY repubs_crop-768x451.jpg 1854: The Republican Party of the United States is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin. It would be instrumental in turning America from a White republic into a multiracial mass democracy, with major moves in that direction being the illegally adopted 14th and 15t...
by AustrianPainter
Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:27 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (March 19 2018) Extinction
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Today In History (March 19 2018) Extinction

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2018: The last known male northern white rhinoceros dies, all but ensuring the extinction of the species.
by AustrianPainter
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:01 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (March 18 1965)
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Today In History (March 18 1965)

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1965: Alexei Leonov becomes the first man to walk in space.
by AustrianPainter
Sun Mar 17, 2024 3:18 pm
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (March 17 1985) Richard Ramirez
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Today In History (March 17 1985) Richard Ramirez

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1985: Mestizo serial killer Richard Ramirez, also known as the Night Stalker, commits his first two murders in Los Angeles. In 1989, he would be convicted of thirteen counts of murder, five attempted murders, eleven rapes, and fourteen burglaries.
by AustrianPainter
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:52 am
Forum: Today In History
Topic: Today In History (March 16 1945) Würzburg, Germany
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Today In History (March 16 1945) Würzburg, Germany

TODAY IN HISTORY WURZBURG_Bischofspalais_alt-768x554.jpg 1945: Ninety percent of the city Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by Allied firebombers, which deliberately target civilian homes, churches, and hospitals with over 300,000 incendiary bombs. The Allies intentionally create a ...