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On 5th June 1989, the Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

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2021-06-05

On 29th May 1990, the Russian parliament elected Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
FULL VIDEO ON COLD WAR HERE: https://t.co/v4UIk5oM8W

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2021-05-30

On 26th May 946, King Edmund I of England was murdered by a thief whom he personally attacked while celebrating St Augustine's Mass Day.
FULL VIDEO ON MONARCHS OF ENGLAND HERE: https://t.co/lOCPap21Xp

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2021-05-26

On 18th May 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
FULL VIDEO ON NAPOLEONIC WARS HERE: https://t.co/eVzOjibQOQ

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2021-05-25

On 7th May 1915, German submarine U-20 sank RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans.
FULL VIDEO ON WW1 HERE: https://t.co/nTP5YJtl1h

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2021-05-08

On 6th May 1933, the Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.
FULL VIDEO ON WW2 HERE: https://t.co/KfoUjCGsds

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2021-05-06

On 5th May 1945, the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath became effective, encompassing all German armed forces opposing the 21st Army Group in northwestern Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
VIDEO ON WW2 HERE: https://t.co/KfoUjCGsds

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2021-05-05

On 29th April 1916, after six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrendered to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
FULL VIDEO ON EASTER RISING HERE: https://t.co/1w0HogNyWW

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2021-04-29

On 27th April 1813 American troops captured York (now Toronto), the capital of Upper Canada, in the Battle of York.
FULL VIDEO ON WAR OF 1812 HERE: https://t.co/b64hrmgEcE

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2021-04-27

On 23rd April 1014, at the Battle of Clontarf on Good Friday, High King of Ireland Brian Boru defeated Viking invaders, but was killed in battle.
FULL VIDEO ON IRISH HISTORY HERE: https://t.co/HxiZ1oFCiH

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2021-04-23

On 22nd April 1915, the use of poison gas in World War I escalated when chlorine gas was released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
FULL VIDEO ON WW1 HERE: https://t.co/1kDqiAxs5g

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2021-04-22

On 14th April 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the following day.
FULL VIDEO ON US PRESIDENTS HERE:
https://t.co/maA2q7bmDV

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2021-04-14

On 15th March 1917, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicated the Russian throne, ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
FULL VIDEO ON RUSSIAN REVOLUTION HERE:
https://t.co/NSQ1MvTndA

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2021-03-17

On 13th March 2020, Breonna Taylor was killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky.
FULL VIDEO ON CIVIL RIGHTS IN USA HERE:
https://t.co/fVkbAKjbpC

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2021-03-17

On this day, 5th January 1781, Richmond, Virginia, was burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
FULL VIDEO ON AMERICAN REVOLUTION HERE: https://t.co/Px9ZC4Rr54

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2021-01-05

On this day, 21st December 1620, William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims landed on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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2020-12-21