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On June 1, 2001, the Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal sent the country into shock and sorrow as he went on to massacre the king, queen and several other members…
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Late in the evening, after battling an unknown illness for nearly two weeks, Alexander the great quietly died at the royal palace in the heart of Babylon. After almost a…
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For the first time in a week, the sun rose in peaceful skies around the Sinai Peninsula on June 11th,1967. The nation of Israel, surrounded by hostile armies from Egypt,…
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Along the southern edge of the Himalayas, one of the world’s most diverse geographical areas spreads out like a lush green carpet. The natural beauty – raved about for generations…
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In a small coastal town to the southeast of Dublin, the famed Irish poet and nationalist William Butler Yeats was born on June 13th, 1865 to John Butler Yeats and…
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At 10:10am local time in Athens, a trademark white-and-red Boeing 727 owned by TransWorld Airlines lifted off the runway bound for Rome carrying 145 passengers and a staff of eight…
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For generations, the rule of law in England was a disorganized mess. Subject to local tradition far more than national statute, subjects within the kingdom were often tried in cruel…
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Outlaw. Renegade. Warrior. One of the most famous figures in the long and sordid history of the American West was born on June 16th, 1829 somewhere along the Gila River.…
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As the spring months came to a close, the sun just began to ascend into the Chinese sky on the morning of June 17, 1854. On that day, in a…
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Just as the sun set behind the coastal capital of the Greek Orthodox Empire on this day in 860, a flotilla of 200 Viking warships began making landfall in the…
