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A Heinkel HE 111 light bomber like the one Mikhail Devyatayev and his comrades stole in 1945. (Flickr) On this day in 1945, Soviet fighter pilot Mikhail Devyatayev and 9 others escaped from a Nazi labour camp located in the Baltic Sea. Shot down over the Eastern Front in 1944, Devyatayev was captured by German…
The EU flag flies at the Union's HQ in Brussels, Belgium. (Flickr) On this day in 1992, the Maastricht Treaty was signed in the Netherlands by 12 member states, signalling the creation of the EU (European Union). Today, the EU is a historically unprecedented community that shares a common currency (the euro), open borders and…
A modern interpretation of warrior queen Dandara. (Youtube) On this day in 1694, warrior queen Dandara, a leader of free Alagoan Afro-Brazilians, committed suicide in order to avoid enslavement. Dandara was renowned throughout Alagoas for her expertise in capoeira - a form of martial combat developed by Brazilian slaves - and since a young age,…
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