July 10th, 1940The Battle of Britain begins during World War II as Nazi forces start attacking southern England by air. Just weeks earlier, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned his people to prepare for the assault. If the British Empire a

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January 12th,1991Just days before UN deadline,congress authorises the President George.W.Bush to use force to expell Iraq from Kuwait. The action taken by the US congress today is a very important step in hopefully getting Saddam Hussein to realize w

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模仿文本: Recently in America, exceptionalism has become the new name for this illness. All nations are exceptional, but some are more exceptional than others and America is the most exceptional of all. And then hatred of difference, notice - I

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French Rightist Says Nazi Occupation Wasn't Brutal The French government says it is trying to determine whether veteran far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen broke the law by saying that the Nazi occupat

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September 1st, 1939, start of WWII as Nazi Germanys dictator Adolf Hitler invades neighboring Poland. The war lasts for the next six years, spanning from Europe and North Africa to Asia and the Pacific. 2004, a hostage crisis unfolds in southern Rus

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This newspaper isnt exactly hot out of the press. In fact, it was originally printed over 75 years ago when Hitler came to power in Germany. But facsimiles of these Nazi papers are now on sale again in German newspaper shops, only this time with comm

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January 12th, 1991. Just days before UN deadline, congress authorizes President George W. Bush to use force to expel Iraq from Kuwait. The action taken by the United States congress today is a very important step, and, hopefully getting Saddam Hussei

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January 12th 1991. Just days before UN deadline, Congress authorizes President George H.W. Bush to use force to expel Iraq form Kuwait. The action taken by the United States Congress today is a very important step in hopefully getting Saddam Hussein

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January 12th 1991. Just days before UN deadline, Congress authorizes President George H.W. Bush to use force to expel Iraq form Kuwait. The action taken by the United States Congress today is a very important step in hopefully getting Saddam Hussein

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June 6th, 1944. Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandie, France, in the D-Day invasion of WWII. Commanding the massive operation General Dwight Eisenhower who tells the troops: You are about to embark upon the great crusade towards which we have

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August 17th, 1969Hurricane Camille slams into the Gulf Coast, making landfall just east of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The Category 5 storm kills more than 250 people, more than 35 years before Hurricane Katrina devastates the region. 1998 Th

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June 6th, 1944Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy, France, in the D-Day invasion of WWII. Commanding the massive operation General Dwight Eisenhower who tells the troops: You are about to embark upon the great crusade, toward which we have st

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May 27th, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge opens to the public, connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California. For the bridges first day, only pedestrians were allowed onto the span. Louis Riogiado helped build the famous suspensi

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May 10th, 1869, at Promontory, Utah, a golden spike is driven into the ground, completing the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. 1933, months after taking power in Germany, the Nazis stage massive public burnings of books considere

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May 8th, 1945, VE day as the Allies celebrate the end of World War II in Europe with Nazi Germanys defeat. In Washington, President Truman reminds Americans that the war in the pacific is not over yet. Our victory is but half-won. The West is free, b

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May 7th In 1915, during World War I, a torpedo from a German submarine sinks the Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. Nearly 1200 people aboard the British ocean liner including 128 Americans are killed. The sinking helps push the United States into j

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April 20th, 1889. Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany who ruled for more than a dozen years is born in Austria. Hitlers Third Reigh brought WWII and the Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews in Europe. 1999. They didnt care who they shot at, they w

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March 18th, 1965. Aleksei Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space. The cosmonaut from whats then the Soviet Union leaves his Voskhod 2 capsule secured by a tether. Astronaut Ed White makes the first American space walk months later. 1922. In

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August 17th, 1969. Hurricane Camille slams into the gulf coast, making landfall just east of the mounts of the Mississippi River. The Category 5 storm kills more than 250 people, more than 35 years before Hurricane Katrina devastates the region. 1998

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August 17th, 1969. Hurricane Camille slams into the gulf coast, making landfall just east of the mounts of the Mississippi River. The Category 5 storm kills more than 250 people, more than 35 years before Hurricane Katrina devastates the region. 1998

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