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December 29
British Admiralty launches ship of iron
1860 The world's first true ironclad warship, Warrior, was launched at Blackwell on the River Thames today. The 9210-ton battleship is the first capital ship in the world to be built of iron throughout. The British Admiralty first showed interest in the idea of iron-built warships as a consequence of the calamitous showing of a wooden-built vessels during the ...
— Jan 12, 2026 05:34AM
British Admiralty launches ship of iron
1860 The world's first true ironclad warship, Warrior, was launched at Blackwell on the River Thames today. The 9210-ton battleship is the first capital ship in the world to be built of iron throughout. The British Admiralty first showed interest in the idea of iron-built warships as a consequence of the calamitous showing of a wooden-built vessels during the ...
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MAY 1
EMPIRE STATE SCRAPES THE SKIES OF NEW YORK
1931 US President Herbert Hoover opened the tallest building in the world in New York today — the 102-storey Empire State Building on Fifth Avenue, which stands an incredible 1250 ft (380 m) high. It is the city's third new "skyscraper" in just one year. It went up with lighting speed, the steel framework being finished in less than six months. It met its deadline..
— May 03, 2026 03:31PM
EMPIRE STATE SCRAPES THE SKIES OF NEW YORK
1931 US President Herbert Hoover opened the tallest building in the world in New York today — the 102-storey Empire State Building on Fifth Avenue, which stands an incredible 1250 ft (380 m) high. It is the city's third new "skyscraper" in just one year. It went up with lighting speed, the steel framework being finished in less than six months. It met its deadline..
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APRIL 30
1900 The republic of Hawaii cedes itself to the US.
— May 01, 2026 05:12AM
1900 The republic of Hawaii cedes itself to the US.
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APRIL 29
What horrors herein?
1945 As the Allies continue their advance into territory previously held by German forces they are gradually uncovering evidence of unspeakable crimes agains humanity perpetrated by the Nazis. The latest abomination has been uncovered on the outskirts of the small Bavarian market town of Dachau, just north-west of Munich. In this ironically picturesque setting, Hitler's SS set up a ...
— Apr 29, 2026 05:02AM
What horrors herein?
1945 As the Allies continue their advance into territory previously held by German forces they are gradually uncovering evidence of unspeakable crimes agains humanity perpetrated by the Nazis. The latest abomination has been uncovered on the outskirts of the small Bavarian market town of Dachau, just north-west of Munich. In this ironically picturesque setting, Hitler's SS set up a ...
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APRIL 28
1788 Maryland becomes the seventh state of the Union.
— Apr 28, 2026 07:23AM
1788 Maryland becomes the seventh state of the Union.
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APRIL 27
Slovo comes home
1990 The leader of the South African Communist Party, Joe Slovo, will arrive in Pretoria tomorrow to take part in peace talks with the administration of President de Klerk. The return of the 64-year-old Lithuanian ends a 27-year exile made possible because the South African government's has ceased to ban the SACP and ANC. Many white South Africans are very suspicious of the former ...
— Apr 27, 2026 05:41PM
Slovo comes home
1990 The leader of the South African Communist Party, Joe Slovo, will arrive in Pretoria tomorrow to take part in peace talks with the administration of President de Klerk. The return of the 64-year-old Lithuanian ends a 27-year exile made possible because the South African government's has ceased to ban the SACP and ANC. Many white South Africans are very suspicious of the former ...
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APROL 26
1915 Allied troops land at Cape Helles, in the Dardanelles.
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1915 Allied troops land at Cape Helles, in the Dardanelles.
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APRIL 25
Hit man kills train robber
1990 One of Britain's most notorious criminals, Charles Wilson, was murdered yesterday as he sat beside the swimming pool of his vila in Marbella, Spain. His killer coolly pumped three bullets into him before shooting this alsatian guard dog, then escaping on a yellow mountain bike. The killing is thought to be the work of a British "hit man" sent by a rival drug baron.
— Apr 26, 2026 06:39AM
Hit man kills train robber
1990 One of Britain's most notorious criminals, Charles Wilson, was murdered yesterday as he sat beside the swimming pool of his vila in Marbella, Spain. His killer coolly pumped three bullets into him before shooting this alsatian guard dog, then escaping on a yellow mountain bike. The killing is thought to be the work of a British "hit man" sent by a rival drug baron.
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APRIL 24
1939 Robert Menzies becomes prime minister of Australia as leader of the United Australia Party.
— Apr 25, 2026 06:30AM
1939 Robert Menzies becomes prime minister of Australia as leader of the United Australia Party.
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APRIL 23
Kennedy killer sent to Death Row
1969 A Los Angeles jury decide today that Sirhan B. Sirhan should be sent to the gas chamber for the murder of Senator Robert Kennedy in June last year. Last week the jury rejected psychiatric evidence that portrayed Sirhan as a psychotic mentally incapable of premeditated murder. Sirhan claims to have shot Kennedy to bring attention to the plight of the Palestinian Arabs.
— Apr 24, 2026 07:17AM
Kennedy killer sent to Death Row
1969 A Los Angeles jury decide today that Sirhan B. Sirhan should be sent to the gas chamber for the murder of Senator Robert Kennedy in June last year. Last week the jury rejected psychiatric evidence that portrayed Sirhan as a psychotic mentally incapable of premeditated murder. Sirhan claims to have shot Kennedy to bring attention to the plight of the Palestinian Arabs.
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APRIL 22
1915 The Germans use poison gas for the first time on the Western Front.
— Apr 23, 2026 06:41AM
1915 The Germans use poison gas for the first time on the Western Front.
