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ON THIS DAY: Fall of Berlin (1945)

The Fall of Berlin on May 2, 1945 marked one of the most decisive moments of the 20th century. After weeks of intense urban...

ON THIS DAY: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide (1945)

End of a regime in Berlin On this day in 1945, Adolf Hitler died by suicide in his underground bunker in Berlin, as Soviet forces...

ON THIS DAY: Act of Union creates Kingdom of Great Britain (1707)

In 1707, the English and Scottish Parliaments approved the Act of Union, a landmark political agreement that united the two kingdoms under a single...

ON THIS DAY: The flawed hero, Oskar Schindler is born (1908)

On 28 April 1908, Oskar Schindler was born in Zwittau, Moravia, then part of Austria-Hungary and today Svitavy in the Czech Republic. History would...

ON THIS DAY: John Milton sells rights to ‘Paradise Lost’ for £10 (1667)

The English poet John Milton, already blind and living in relative poverty, agreed in 1667 to sell the publication rights of his epic poem...