What happened in Jerusalem that resulted in the destruction of the city by Rome in 70 AD?
The siege of Jerusalem during AD 70 marked a defining moment in the first Jewish-Roman War. The city, occupied by Jewish defenders since...
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Robert Edinger
May 10, 20233 min read
Irish Booze and Manhood, Wassailing the apple trees 1927
Wassailing the apple trees in the west country in 1927, something that goes back into antiquity. Wassailing apple trees is a rural...
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Robert Edinger
May 10, 20232 min read
1765, The Stamp Act Goes Into Effect
November 1, 1765: The Stamp Act Goes Into Effect. The cost of war is a hefty burden that must be paid for somehow. Great Britain's vast...
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Robert Edinger
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Sinead O'Conner Rips up Picture of Pope on Live TV Protesting Child abuse, 1992
Sinead O'Conner Rips up Picture of Pope on Live TV, 1992
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Robert Edinger
Nov 1, 20211 min read
Ann Glover, Last Person Executed for Witchcraft in Boston
Ann Glover, Irish immigrant nanny: the Last Person Hung in Boston for Witchcraft
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Robert Edinger
Nov 1, 20211 min read
Kaiser Wilhelm II Visiting the Front in the First World War, WWI
Kaiser Wilhelm II visits the front in WWI
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Robert Edinger
Nov 1, 20215 min read
1875: Black Prisoners Worked to Death on the Railroad, Raleigh, NC
Incarcerated mostly Black Railroad Workers worked to death in North Carolina, 1875. Western North Carolina Railroad
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Robert Edinger
Nov 1, 20211 min read
October 27, 1918: Verdun, Heroics of Corporal Timothy Ahearn, the Yankee Division in France
Corporal Timothy Ahearn, the Yankee Divsion, Verdun, 1918
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Robert Edinger
Oct 31, 20212 min read
Brexit, Britain Leaving the European Union by the End of 2020, Consequences, Comments
Brexit Timeline and Discussion, Was it a Success?
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Robert Edinger
Oct 31, 20211 min read
Obama Brings Hope, Becomes 1st President of Color of the USA, January, 2009
Barack H. Obama became the 44th President and the 1st African-American President of the United States of America in January of 2009. He...
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Robert Edinger
Oct 31, 20213 min read
India 1984, Golden Temple Assault, Indira Gandhi Asassinated
Attack on the Golden Temple, Assassination of Indira Gandhi
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Robert Edinger
Oct 31, 20213 min read
The Iraq War (2003- ) in Images, Comments, Perspectives
The Iraq War in Hindsight, Comments, Perspectives, Defining Images, Videos
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Robert Edinger
Oct 31, 20211 min read
The Beginning and End of the Afghan War
Beginning to End of the War in Afghanistan, 2001-2021, America's Longest War
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Robert Edinger
Oct 31, 20215 min read
September 11, 2001, 911 Attack on the USA: "Approximately 8:45 a.m., Tuesday Morning
911 A day of infamy. What really happened?
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Robert Edinger
Oct 31, 20211 min read
The Fall of the Angels / Descent into Nightmare, Last Song Before Berlin Fell
The Fall of the Angels, Last Song Played for the Fall of Berlin, the Kroll Opera House
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Robert Edinger
Oct 31, 20214 min read
The Destiny of Stalin's Body, Destalinazation after his Death in 1953
October 30, 1961 Destalinization: Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed...
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Robert Edinger
Oct 31, 20211 min read
Burma Railway, Allied Prisoners' Forced Labor, ('the Death Railway') 100,000 Workers Perished
The Death Railway, Burma-Thailand, Forced Labor of Allied Prisoners in WW2
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Robert Edinger
Oct 28, 20212 min read
The Poison Squad, 1902, US Government, Georgetown Medical School
The Poisen Squad Blog, 1902, the USA, Medical Student Volunteers
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Robert Edinger
Oct 28, 20211 min read
La Rochelle, France, 17th Century, A Whole People Martyred for Religious Freedom
La Rochelle, 17th Century France, Siege and Martyrdoom of a People in the Last Religious Wars
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Robert Edinger
Mar 4, 20214 min read
Mary Howard was born in 1519 at Kenninghall, Norfolk, the perils and advantages of being upper-class
St Michaels the Archangel, resting place of Mary Howard, b. 1519
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