Thursday, June 30, 2011

June 30, 1908 – Tunguska Impact Alters the World

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In an event unable to be understood at the time, a pinpoint black hole struck the Earth near the Stony Tunguska River in Siberia, Russia. T...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

June 24, 1812 – Napoleon Reorganizes his Grande Armée

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On the night before his army number more than half a million men crossed the Neman River in the Second Polish War, Napoleon suddenly came do...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

June 22, 1941 – Hitler Calls off Invasion of Soviet Union

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Upon the receipt of confirmed espionage of the military preparedness of the Soviet Union, German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler gave the last-minute or...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

June 21, 1916 – Battle of Carrizal Sparks Second Mexican-American War

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The chaotic Mexican Revolution finally began war with the United States after an altercation at the town of Carrizal in the northern state o...
Monday, June 20, 2011

June 20, 451 – Attila’s Victory at the Catalaunian Plains

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One of the greatest victories in the career of the great conqueror Attila the Hun came as he swept the allied Roman-Visigoth force from the ...
Friday, June 17, 2011

June 17, 1579 – Drake Founds New Albion

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After pillaging the once-untouchable Pacific towns and sea lanes of the Spanish, Francis Drake and his fleet led by the Golden Hind continu...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

June 14, 1926 – Brazil Remains in the League of Nations

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During his famous “Fourteen Points” speech in 1918, ten months before the Great War would reach its armistice, United States President Woodr...
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