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#OnThisDay 1658 Oliver Cromwell died. Have a great day.#Ireland#History pic.twitter.com/DyTy1Y9nY0 -
"Sugar" Ray Robinson plays drums on a recording for an Glasgow Celtic song in 1964
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Double tow. Dakota and two Waco gliders.
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In the early hours on the 1 September 1939, 82 years ago today, the sleepy town of Wieluń was woken up to the sound of falling bombs & explosions. The town of approx.16,000 was being bombed by the Luftwaffe. This was one of the first acts of war against Poland by Germany
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#Yankees pitcher Jim Abbott, born without a right hand, throws a no-hitter vs. the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium!#Inspiration#MLB#Baseball#History pic.twitter.com/vzv2yeuymg -
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#OTD in 1939, Germany invaded Poland and thus plunged the world once more into war. Canada was forever changed by the war. Out of a nation of only 11 million people more than 1 million Canadians served in the armed services. More than 43,000 lost their lives.#canada#history pic.twitter.com/7KqhO7TQoT -
Big Dave has brought a great photo into the clubhouse of when his Granddad used to live on Merseyside
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ISU-152 fording a river in Latvia, summer 1944.
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#OTD in 1944. Major Fotheringham from "X" Company Scots Guards carrying a German Karabiner 98 kurz rifle.#WW2#HISTORY pic.twitter.com/TfI89tRSUC -
Red Army tanks and Chinese civilians in Harbin, September 1945.
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Portrait of a German soldier during the Battles of
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#OnThisDay 1607 Hugh O'Neill & 90 of his followers left Ireland from Rathmullan, Donegal in what became known as "The Flight of the Earls". They hoped to build an army on the continent & return to Ireland. They never saw home again. O'Neill died in Rome in 1616#Ireland#History pic.twitter.com/4s3WXZ4P8x -
"Irish" Micky Ward is worked on between rounds during his epic first war with Arturo "Thunder" Gatti in 2002
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The Crown of Princess Blanche c.1370. In 1402 it was part of the dowry of Princess Blanche of England when she married the son of the German King. It is the oldest surviving crown of England, made from gold with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, enamel & pearls
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Women helping with the war effort show off their military uniforms while standing across from Broadway.
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Peasant women gathering mushrooms, 1935, Paleśsie (South
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October 1940. Hurricanes (1 Squadron) and Spitfires (266 Squadron).
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Wonderful Wooden Carving Of Kapadvanj
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#Art#History#Medieval Billesley, Warwickshire.pic.twitter.com/4ilDsbkmFE
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