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Peter I (later known as Peter the Great) strongly desired to move Russia forward.
While America occupied Japan, after the end of World War II, The Philippines became an independent country.
It's July 3, 1863 and "Pickett's Charge" is about to begin. It ends in disaster for the Confederacy on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
In this clip, from "Gettysburg," General Longstreet instructs Colonel Alexander and General Pettigrew on the details for an attack which has since bee...
Before European countries (like Britain and France) turned against pirates and privateers, they had encouraged them (because piracy harmed Spain).
"Houston, we've had a problem," are the words Apollo 13's crew used to alert ground control of a near-fatal episode in space. Did the crew of Apollo 1...
So many people were upset about the "Community Charge" - more popularly known as the "Poll Tax" - that riots erupted throughout Britain.
In his second letter (6.
Before the 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on the 12th of January, 2010, the USGS recorded four months of seismic activity in the Central America region.
On the 4th of November, 1979, Iranian students stormed the U.
In this historical footage, recorded by Thomas Edisons film company, President McKinleys funeral cortege initially makes its way through Washington, D...
Polio, a virus-caused disease which also existed in ancient times, is incurable.
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