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ON THIS DAY: Sylvia Pankhurst, suffragette and socialist, was born

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On 5 May 1882, Sylvia Pankhurst- suffragette, socialist, and staunch anti-fascist- was born in Manchester, England. A daughter of the famed Emmeline Pankhurst, Sylvia...

ON THIS DAY: Revolutionary philosopher Karl Marx is born (1818)

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On 5 May 1818, Karl Marx, one of the most influential political philosophers in modern history, was born in Trier, then part of the...

ON THIS DAY: PIN technology is patented paving way for modern ATMs (1966)

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On 2 May 1966, Scottish engineer James Goodfellow filed UK Patent No. 1,197,183, introducing the Personal Identification Number (PIN) system that revolutionised banking security...

ON THIS DAY: Adolf Hitler dies as Nazi Germany collapses (1945)

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On 30 April 1945, Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany, died by suicide in his bunker beneath the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, as...

ON THIS DAY: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is executed (1945)

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On 28 April 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were captured and executed by Italian partisans as they attempted to...
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