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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World History
The day India beat the Green Eagles of Nigeria 99-1
It was unbelievable, implausible and incredible. The Green Eagles of Nigeria had been walloped 99-1 by a little known India
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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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Edward VIII: The King who gave up his Throne for a Woman
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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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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Weird, Interesting Facts: Linking Lincoln and Kennedy
On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln of the United States was pronounced dead after he had been shot in
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