Today in History

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It was 80 years ago today. Operation Barbarossa....the largest armed conflict in the history of the human race began

 

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Tonight is the 250th anniversary of the minight ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes

 

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April 21

1926 - Queen Elizabeth II was born
2016 - Prince died
1836 - Sam Houston and his army easily defeated Santa Anna and his Mexican army securing Texas. With the battle cry ' Remember The Alamo' they avenged their comrades who held off the Mexican army for 13 days at the Alamo. RIP David Crockett

 

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HAPPY 229th Birthday TENNESSEE!!

Tennessee Officially became the 16th State on June 1st, 1796

 

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81 years ago today.

 

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Also, but it seems like it's just been the 21,185 day war.

Six Day War. June 5th, 1967

 

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Its hard to imagine what they faced on Omaha that day. Not much for cover.

 

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June 28, 1919, the treaty of Versailles was signed, formalizing the terms of the end of WWI.

 

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162 years ago July 1st, 1863 the 1st day of the Battle of Gettysburg took place.

 

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Gettysburg Day 2