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Grant as president in the 1870s. (Wikipedia). On this day in 1862, American Major-General Ulysses S. Grant issued General Order No. 11, a decree ordering the removal of all Jews from Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi. Grant was commander of all Union (northern, "Yankee") forces during the American Civil War, and he sought the eradication of…
A Bangladeshi poster commemorating their war for independence. (Flickr) On this day in 1971, the Pakistan Armed Forces (PAF) signed a formal ceasefire with India and the new nation of Bangladesh in the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender. The agreement ended the Bangladesh Liberation War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Initial fighting had broken out…
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The memorial at Drobitsky Yar. (Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1941, men of the German Wehrmacht (regular army) massacred 15,000 Jewish people in Drobitsky Yar, a ravine on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine. Although the circumstances of the massacre are not completely clear, the general historical consensus is that Wehrmacht units invading Ukraine (then…
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