Category: Today in history
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Is Elizabeth of York the basis for Sansa Stark from Game of Thrones?

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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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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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Albert Anastasia was murdered by the mafia

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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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Modern Shakespeare: Tupac the legend, unmasked

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220-year-old time capsule found inside Boston State House

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General 03.14.19

Hindsight’s 20/20: 11 people who could’ve prevented WWII

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General

Kristallnacht horrified America, but they did nothing about it

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World

Winged Polish cavalrymen were a force to be reckoned with

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History's Mysteries

When a bucket managed to spark a major battle

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General

Why the Parental Advisory Label saved music in the 80s

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Ancient 03.13.19

Viking raids and marine exploration were all made possible because of tar

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General

Russian men were once taxed for having beards

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General

The gruesome true story of the noblewoman serial killer

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Ancient 03.12.19

Beer is older than we thought

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US

The notorious Benedict Arnold became a U.S. traitor for a pretty selfish reason

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US

For a short period of time in the 1700s, New Jersey women had the right to vote

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General 03.11.19

You’ve never seen “Little House on the Prairie” like this

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History's Mysteries

Meet Eston Hemings, Thomas Jefferson’s ‘forgotten’ son

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It's a conspiracy!

Nostradamus predicted history’s biggest events — and why we can’t ignore what he foretold about our future

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General 03.10.19

The most killer quotes from history’s first empowered first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt

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Ancient 03.09.19

The history of the Amish and why they still rock horse and buggies

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World 03.01.19

Photos found 30 years later! The doomed hot-air balloon North Pole expedition

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World

15 lost treasures around the world

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General 02.27.19

A closer look at the private life of notorious drug kingpin, Pablo Escobar

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Technology 02.26.19

Bodacious! 25 of the best ’80s TV shows

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US 02.25.19

They investigated who?! 15 influential people you didn’t know have an FBI file

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World 02.19.19

Keep out! 30 places your grandparents visited that you no longer can

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History's Mysteries

Was Amelia Earhart’s plane found off the coast of Papua New Guinea?

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