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... offer Syria independence in an effort to stimulate Syrian revolt against their Vichy rulers. Vichy France protests vigorously at these British proposals.
1942: Fifteen Poles, including 12 women are publicly hanged in Poznan. The bodies left hanging for 48 hours as a warning.
1944: The U.S. Fifth Army continues its drive North in Italy, taking Civita Castell... |
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| ... at age 69 in Nashville, Tennessee, of cancer on November 20, 1996. Kerry's daughter, Char "Kaci" Fontane would go on to guest appearances on several popular TV shows during the 1970s, including "Love, American Style", "Barnaby Jones", and "The Love Boat". One of her most memorable performances was as a prostitute in the 1978 ABC television miniseries, "Pearl". She had a small role... |
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| ... which lands near Caen and some 12,000 paratroopers of the US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions which are dropped on the Cotentin peninsula. These forces are supported by 1,213 warships, including 7 battleships and 23 cruisers, 1,600 auxiliary ships, and 4,126 landing craft, as well as massive British and American air support, which fly's 14,674 sorties that day. Opposing them in t... |
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... 'lronsides', small groups of highly mobile, armed men for defense against parachutists.
1940: The Germans begin 'Operation Red', the 'Battle of France' with 119 divisions, including 10 Panzer division's. Army Group B, with 50 divisions, opens the offensive against the French left wing which is anchored along the Somme for 120 miles, in fortified positions known as the ... |
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... miles of east and south-east coasts of England and Isle of Wight.
1940: German troops enter Dunkirk, taking 40,000 French prisoners and huge quantities of abandoned equipment, including 84,000 vehicles, 2,500 guns and 650,000 tons of supplies and ammunition.
1940: French planes attack Munich and Frankfurt as reprisals for Paris bombing.
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And local violence erupted under the corrupt rule of Gallus, brother-in-law of Constantius II. Beginning in Sepphoris under Patricius, it spread to Tiberias, and Lod. Many towns including the above were destroyed, and with them the talmudic academies. This blow resulted in the further weakening of the centers of Jewish learning in Eretz Israel.
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... were forced to build vertically. Many times accidents occurred from weakened structures. On this occasion, two weddings held in the same house caused it to collapse. Twenty-eight women (including one of the brides) and three men were killed.
1902. május 31. Véget ér a búrok honvédő háborúja. Dél-Afrika a brit birodalom részévé válik. A győzelem kivívása érdekében Angli... |
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... introduce conscription in Northern Ireland finally scrapped.
1941: 400 miles west of Brest, the crippled Bismarck is relentlessly bombarded by dozens of British warships, including the battleships Rodney and King George V. After all her guns are silenced, she is sunk by torpedo's from the cruiser Dorsetshire. There are only 110 survivors out of a crew of 2,300. (Watch ... |
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... the innkeeper and his wife which had been made after being tortured (although they later retracted their statements). Thirteen of those Jews were released upon converting. Many others, including the local rabbi, were quartered alive. One couple converted on the spot and were granted a beheading.
1839. május 26. XVI. Gergely pápa szentté avatja Liguori Alfonzot, akinek k... |
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