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A Waffen-SS machine-gunner before the onset of winter. (source: Steam Community) On this day in 1944 the Battle of Vianden took place in Northern Luxembourg (Western Europe). Allied forces had recently pushed German forces out of Luxembourg and armed local resistance fighters; the Luxembourgians were directed to take up positions in the Vianden castle -…
On this day in 1872 American activist Susan B. Anthony was arrested by US Marshals on charges of voting illegally. Anthony and a number of women in Rochester, New York, had registered in the days leading up to the 1872 election; Anthony and 14 others had successfully cast their ballots, but were arrested afterwards. As…
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Nixon, centre, entangled in a metaphorical web of lies and deception during the 1972-74 Watergate Scandal. (source: Flickr) On this day in 1973 American President Richard Nixon reassured the public that "I am not a crook" - right after pressuring Solicitor General Robert Bork to fire the Special Prosecutor investigating Nixon for obstruction of justice.…
"Dostoevsky" by Vasili Perov, 1872. (source: Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1849 Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky and fellow members of the Petrashevsky Circle were sentenced to death for "dangerous" political speech. The Circle, composed of intellectuals and writers, shared radical ideas about government and religion. Gogol's Letter, a written statement denouncing Ukrainian playwright Nikolai…
British soldiers at a checkpoint on Conway Street, Belfast, in 1970. (source: Flickr) On this day in 1985 the Anglo-Irish Agreement was signed by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish leader Garrett Fitzgerald. The Agreement gave the government of Ireland a role in the Northern Irish government and confirmed that the country's constitution would…
Northern Alliance fighters advance into Kabul. (source: Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 2001 US-backed Afghan fighters from the Northern Alliance recaptured Kabul (Afghanistan's capital) from Taliban forces. Since the early 1990s, Kabul had been under the oppressive rule of the "Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice", a paramilitary wing of the…
American activist Rosa Parks is fingerprinted after being removed forcibly from a Montgomery bus in 1956. (source: Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1956 the United States Supreme Court passed the Browder v. Gayle ruling, stating that the Alabama practice of segregating public buses was unconstitutional. The ruling ended the Montgomery Bus Boycott - which…
Leon Trotsky in 1918. (source: Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1927 Ukrainian politician Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Soviet Communist Party. Trotsky and a colleague, Ukrainian Grigory Zinoviev, had attempted to stage a commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Bolshevik victory during the October Revolution in November 1917; Joseph Stalin and Trotsky's…
Canadian soldiers celebrate after their victory at Vimy Ridge, 1917. (source: Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1918 Allied Supreme Commander Ferdinand Foch convened a meeting in a train car 60 km (40 miles) from Paris to sign the Treaty of Compiègne, ending the First World War. The armistice brought a complete end to all…
Potsdamer Platz, Berlin: Berliners and tourists gather in disbelief at the new opening in the "Wall of Shame". (source: Wikimedia Commons) On this day in 1989 Germans began to tear down the Berlin Wall. The 155 km (96 mile) wall had split East and West Germany in two through Berlin since 1961. Prior to the…
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