Why King Edward VIII of England gave up his throne for a Woman in 1936
On December 11, 1936, Edward VIII (1894-1972), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Emperor
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Historical Eras
Regulus and the Great Serpent of Bagradas
Let me burst your brain! You must have been familiar with the apocryphal Hausa history of a snake (Sarki) at
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The Day President Richard Nixon of the United States resigned
On August 9, 1974, President Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) of the United States of America resigned due to the Watergate
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Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombs
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was preparing to leave Hiroshima when the atomic bomb fell. The 29-year-old naval engineer was on a three-month-long business trip
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100 Days of Hell: The 1994 Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide occurred over the course of 100 days in 1994, between April 7 and mid-July. Nearly a million
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25 Interesting Facts you did not know about Martin Luther King Jnr.
On this day in 1968, Martin Luther King Jnr. (January 15, 1929–April 4, 1968), an American Baptist minister and activist
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Did Alexander Graham Bell kill the 20th President of America?
On the morning of July 2, 1881, the 20th President of America, James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) was preparing for a
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John XII: The Pope who turned the Vatican to a Whorehouse
Octavianus was only 18 years old when he ascended the Papacy of the Roman Catholic Church and became Pope John
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Thomas Blood: A Thief pardoned, rewarded for stealing the King’s Crown
On May 9, 1671, one “Colonel” Thomas Blood made a bold and daring attempt to steal the British crown jewels.
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