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Read moreDetailsIn the early hours of 15 April 1912, the Sinking of the Titanic shattered one of the most enduring claims...
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Read moreDetailsOn this day in 1895, Alfred Dreyfus was publicly stripped of his rank and sent to the remote penal colony...
Read moreDetailsOn this day, the United States issued a patent that would fundamentally change how and where people wrote, marking the...
Read moreDetailsThe trial of Adolf Eichmann began in Jerusalem on 11 April 1961, marking one of the most consequential legal proceedings...
Read moreDetailsPakistan’s adoption of its third constitution in 1973 marked a decisive turning point in the country’s political development, shifting authority...
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Read moreDetailsPablo Picasso, one of the most influential and transformative artists of the 20th century, died in France at the age...
Read moreDetailsAgathe Uwilingiyimana’s killing removed one of Rwanda’s last moderating forces, accelerating a collapse that would lead to one of the...
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