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16
May
2012
Today
On This Day in History: May 16th, 1943 - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Ends!
In Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising comes to an end as Nazi soldiers gain control of Warsaw's Jewish ghetto, blowing up the last remaining synagogue and beginning the mass deportation of the ghetto's remaining dwellers to the Treblinka... more »
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15
May
2012
Yesterday
On This Day in History: May 15th, 1756 - The Seven Years War Begins!
The Seven Years War, a global conflict known in America as the French and Indian War, officially begins when England declares war on France. However, fighting and skirmishes between England and France had been going on in North America for... more »
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14
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 14th, 1948 - State of Israel Proclaimed!
On May 14, 1948, in Tel Aviv, Jewish Agency Chairman David Ben-Gurion proclaims the State of Israel, establishing the first Jewish state in 2,000 years. In an afternoon ceremony at the Tel Aviv Art Museum, Ben-Gurion pronounced the words "We... more »
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13
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 13th, 1568 - Mary Queen of Scots Defeated!!
At the Battle of Langside, the forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, the regent of her son, King James VI of Scotland. During the battle, which was fought out in the southern... more »
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12
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 12th, 1949 - Berlin Blockade Lifted!
On May 12, 1949, an early crisis of the Cold War comes to an end when the Soviet Union lifts its 11-month blockade against West Berlin. The blockade had been broken by a massive U.S.-British airlift of vital supplies to West Berlin's two million... more »
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11
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 11th, 1987 - The "Butcher of Lyon" Goes on Trial!
Klaus Barbie, the former Nazi Gestapo chief of German-occupied Lyon, France, goes on trial in Lyon more than four decades after the end of World War II. He was charged with 177 crimes against humanity.

As chief of Nazi Germany's... more »
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10
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 10th, 1940 - Churchill Appointed Prime Minister!
On this day in 1940 Winston S. Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, is called to replace Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister following the latter's resignation after losing a confidence vote in the House of Commons.

In... more »
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09
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 9th, 1950 - L. Ron Hubbard Publishes Dianetics!
On this day in 1950, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986) publishes Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. With this book, Hubbard introduced a branch of self-help psychology called Dianetics, which quickly caught fire and, over time,... more »
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08
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 8th, 1945 - V-E Day Celebrated!
On this day in 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war... more »
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07
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 7th, 1915 - Lusitania Sunk!
On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania (the ship that provoked The White Star Line into building the SS Titanic) is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Within 20 minutes, the... more »
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06
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 6th, 1937 - "Oh, The Humanity"!
The airship Hindenburg, the largest dirigible ever built and the pride of Nazi Germany, bursts into flames upon touching its mooring mast in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers and crewmembers.

Frenchman Henri Giffard... more »
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05
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 5th, 1821 - Napoleon Dies in Exile
Napoleon Bonaparte, the former French ruler who once ruled an empire that stretched across Europe, dies as a British prisoner on the remote island of Saint Helena in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

The Corsica-born Napoleon, one of the... more »
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04
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 4th, 1977 - David Frost Interviews Richard Nixon!
On this day in 1977, British journalist David Frost interviews former President Richard Nixon.

In the televised interview, Nixon answered questions regarding the Watergate scandal and his resignation, admitting that he had let the... more »
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03
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 3rd, 1469 - Machiavelli Born!
On this day in 1469, the Italian philosopher and writer Niccolo Machiavelli is born. A lifelong patriot and diehard proponent of a unified Italy, Machiavelli became one of the fathers of modern political theory.

Machiavelli entered... more »
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02
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 2nd, 1933 - First Sighting of "Nessie"!
Although accounts of an aquatic beast living in Scotland's Loch Ness date back 1,500 years, the modern legend of the Loch Ness Monster is born when a sighting makes local news on May 2, 1933. The newspaper Inverness Courier related an account of a... more »
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01
May
2012
On This Day in History: May 1st, 1851 - The Great Exhibition Opens!
On Thursday 1st May 1851 Her Royal Majesty Queen Victoria officially opened The Exhibition of Industry of All Nations, now better known as the Great Crystal Palace Exhibition.

The project took almost two and a half years to come to... more »
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30
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 30th, 1945 - Hitler Dead!
On this day in 1945, holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Soon after, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allied forces, ending... more »
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29
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 29th, 1863 - William Randolph Hearst is Born!
The newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst is born on this day in 1863 in San Francisco. He was the only son and principle heir to western mining magnate George Hearst.

George Hearst had made a fortune with his shrewd investments... more »
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28
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 28th, 1789 - Mutiny on the Bounty!
Three weeks into a journey from Tahiti to the West Indies, the HMS Bounty is seized in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the master's mate. Captain William Bligh and 18 of his loyal supporters were set adrift in a small, open boat, and the... more »
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27
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 27th, 4977 B.C. - The Universe is Created!
On this day in 4977 B.C., the universe is created, according to German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, considered a founder of modern science. Kepler is best known for his theories explaining the motion of planets.

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Lost of Legend
Lost of Legend
Lost of Legend is a browser-based real-time MMORPG by Wondershare Games,
which publishes Call of Gods and Soul of Guardian.
here is some more info about it
www.dotmmo.com/lost-of-legend-8711.html more »
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26
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 26th, 1986 - Chernobyl Disaster!
On April 26, 1986, the world's worst nuclear power plant accident occurs at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union. Thirty-two people died and dozens more suffered radiation burns in the opening days of the crisis, but only after... more »
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25
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 25th, 1915 - ANZAC Day: Gallipoli Landings Begin!
On April 25, 1915, a week after Anglo-French naval attacks on the Dardanelles end in dismal failure, the Allies launch a large-scale land invasion of the Gallipoli Peninsula, the Turkish-controlled land mass bordering the northern side of the... more »
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24
April
2012
ANZAC Day 2012 - Why We Still Remember!
What is ANZAC Day?
ANZAC Day – 25 April – is probably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.
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On This Day in History: April 24th, 1916 - The Irish Easter Rebellion Begins!
On this day in 1916, on Easter Monday in Dublin, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret organization of Irish nationalists led by Patrick Pearse, launches the so-called Easter Rebellion, an armed uprising against British rule. Assisted by... more »
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23
April
2012
Cities xl updates for this year
The cities xl series was pretty cool over the years. The first one was pretty lame and odd. The 2011 one improve some of the other stuff before, and the 2012 one topples the rest of the series. But hey, did you ever wonder if they may make a 2013... more »
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On This Day in History: April 23rd, 1564 - William Shakespeare is Born!?!
According to tradition, the great English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-on-Avon on April 23, 1564. It is impossible to be certain the exact day on which he was born, but church records show that he was baptized on... more »
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22
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 22nd, 1915 - Birth of Chemical Warfare!
On April 22, 1915, German forces shock Allied soldiers along the western front by firing more than 150 tons of lethal chlorine gas against two French colonial divisions at Ypres, Belgium. This was the first major gas attack by the Germans, and it... more »
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21
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 21st, 753 B.C. - Rome is Founded!
According to tradition, on April 21, 753 B.C., Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where they were suckled by a she-wolf as orphaned infants. Actually, the Romulus and Remus myth originated sometime in the fourth century... more »
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20
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 20th, 1902 - Radium Isolated by the Curies!
On April 20, 1902, Marie and Pierre Curie successfully isolate radioactive radium salts from the mineral pitchblende in their laboratory in Paris. In 1898, the Curies discovered the existence of the elements radium and polonium in their research... more »
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On This Day in History: April 19th, 1824 - Lord Byron Dies!
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, dies in what is now Greece, where he had traveled to support the Greek struggle for independence from Turkey. Even today, he is considered a Greek national hero.

Byron's scandalous history,... more »
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18
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 18th, 1775 - The Ride of Paul Revere!
On this day in 1775, British troops march out of Boston on a mission to confiscate the American arsenal at Concord and to capture Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, known to be hiding at Lexington. As the British departed, Boston... more »
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17
April
2012
Book Download Portal Taken Down!
Library.nu, a real knowledge “Mecca” for millions of Internet users, was taken offline under the copyright protection shield. This event made industry observers to take an extensive view on the file-sharing phenomenon.

Nishant Shah... more »
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On This Day in History: April 17th, 1790 - Benjamin Franklin Dies!
On April 17, 1790, American statesman, printer, scientist, and writer Benjamin Franklin dies in Philadelphia at age 84.

Born in Boston in 1706, Franklin became at 12 years old an apprentice to his half brother James, a printer and... more »
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On This Day in History: April 16th, 1917 - Lenin Returns from Exile!
On April 16, 1917, Vladimir Lenin, leader of the revolutionary Bolshevik Party, returns to Petrograd after a decade of exile to take the reins of the Russian Revolution. One month before, Czar Nicholas II had been forced from power when Russian... more »
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15
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 15th, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln Succumbs to Gunshot Wound!
At 7:22 a.m., Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, dies from a bullet wound inflicted the night before by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer. The president's death came only six days after Confederate... more »
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14
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 14th, 1912 - Titanic Hits Iceberg!
Just before midnight in the North Atlantic, the RMS Titanic fails to divert its course from an iceberg, ruptures its hull, and begins to sink.

Four days earlier, the Titanic, one of the largest and most luxurious ocean liners ever... more »
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13
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 13th, 1970 - "Houston, we have a problem"!
On this day in 1970, Apollo 13's crew realised the craft had suffered a catastrophic event. Just after their late night broadcast to Earth disaster strikes 200,000 miles from Earth when oxygen tank No. 2 blows up on Apollo 13, the third manned... more »
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On This Day in History: April 12th, 1961 - First Man in Space!
On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to... more »
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12
April
2012
On This Day in History: April 11th, 1814 - Napoleon Exiled to the Island of Elba!
On this day in 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba.

The future... more »
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