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This Day in History

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June 20, 2001, the World Refugee Day is established. Since then, June 20 is considered the World Refugee Day. Some statistics: over 27,000 refugees have drowned in the Meditarannean since 2014. 52% of refugees come from Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine, created by NATO's and Russia's imperialism.

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Fascinating coincidence: On this day in 1941, Soviet anthropologist Michael Gerasimov opened the tomb of Timur, founder of the Timurid Empire, and allegedly found the inscription that whoever opens the tomb shall "unleash an invader more terrible than I." Three days later, Germany invaded the USSR.

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On this day in 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte and France were defeated at Waterloo by British forces under the Duke of Wellington and Prussian troops under Field Marshall von Blücher. Wellington described the battle as the closest run thing he ever saw in his life.

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#OTD… June 18 is an especially important date in French history, a bit like November 9 in German history. It marks important events from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth century. Here is a little text on three of these events.

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#OTD… June 18 is an especially important date in French history, a bit like November 9 in German history. It marks important events from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth century. Here is a little text on three of these events.

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On this day in 1922, Portuguese aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral reached Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and completed the first aerial crossing of the southern Atlantic.

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#OTD in 1939, last public execution in France. Serial killer Eugen Weidmann, nicknamed the “killer with a velvet look”, is guillotined on the then place Louis Barthou in front of the Versailles prison. The following executions will be conducted inside prison walls.

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#OTD in 1939, last public execution in France. Serial killer Eugen Weidmann, nicknamed the “killer with a velvet look”, is guillotined on the then place Louis Barthou in front of the Versailles prison. The following executions will be conducted inside prison walls.

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World First Kidney Transplant in 1950 - On This Day in World

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World First Kidney Transplant in 1950 - On This Day in World

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