Category: Today in history
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Katherine Johnson was a hidden genius

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December 12, 1915: Frank Sinatra’s 103rd birthday

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The Titanic II may never set sail

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December 9, 1531: The Virgin of Guadalupe first appears to Juan Diego

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Potosi, the sunken town, re-emerges from the depths

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During World War II D.C. experiences worst flood ever

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Jesse James robbed Alexander Mitchell and Co. bank

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Robert The Bruce: from outlaw king to Netflix star

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The Can-can’s debute in Paris

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The Battle of Ramree island: Worst crocodile disaster in history

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New major discovery as georadar locates buried Viking ship

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Mexican Americans turned on each other during the Civil War

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106-year-old Union soldier honored as last surviving Civil War combatant

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You can now read Leonardo da Vinci’s private notebooks online

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September 10th, 1509: Earthquake known as “The Lesser Judgment Day” hits Constantinople

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September 9th 1956: Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show

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NASA’s ‘hidden figure’ Katherine Johnson turns 100

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September 7th, 1911: French poet arrested for stealing Mona Lisa from Louvre

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Historical events that were actually photographed

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Weird ways animals have served in military through history

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World 01.14.19

Princess Diana was no ordinary princess

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History Today

January 14, 1967: The Human Be-In kicks off in San Francisco, marking the beginning of the “Summer of Love”

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History Today 01.13.19

January 13, 1968: Johnny Cash delivers famous performance inside Folsom State Prison

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History Today 01.12.19

January 12, 1998: Nineteen European countries jointly ban human cloning

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History Today 01.11.19

January 11, 1922: Insulin used to treat diabetes patient for first time

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World 01.10.19

Rare photos of the circus’s strange and amazing acts

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History's Mysteries

Famous UK folk singer who had gone missing resurfaces 30 years later

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World

Incredible photos of the last Mongolian eagle hunters

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History Today

January 10, 1776: Thomas Paine publishes ‘Common Sense’

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US 01.09.19

Bessie Coleman: America’s first black female pilot

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John Hancock: The man who financed the American Revolution

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US

How lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis pioneered early female badassery

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History Today

January 9, 2007: Steve Jobs unveils the first ever iPhone

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History Today 01.08.19

January 8, 1964: Lyndon B. Johnson declares “War on Poverty”

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It's a conspiracy! 01.07.19

10 declassified operations the government kept secret for years

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History's Mysteries

World War II veteran returns to Germany to solve a mystery that’s been haunting him for 70 years

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History Today

January 7, 1927: First commercial phone call made between London and New York

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History Today 01.05.19

January 5, 1930: When Bonnie met Clyde

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History Today 01.04.19

January 4, 1958: Sir Edmund Hillary travels to the South Pole

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General, US

Where are they now? People in the news we forgot all about

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History Today 01.03.19

January 3, 1521: Martin Luther is excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church

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History Today 01.02.19

January 2, 1903: Theodore Roosevelt backs the first black postmaster

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Ancient 01.01.19

Shining a light on the Dark Ages of medieval Europe

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