crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 12 hours ago70 years ago today, Dr. Sam Sheppard is convicted for beating his wife, Marilyn, to death inside their suburban home in Cleveland, Ohio five months earlier.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-link70 years ago today, Dr. Sam Sheppard is convicted for beating his wife, Marilyn, to death inside their suburban home in Cleveland, Ohio five months earlier.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square1fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 13 hours ago200 years ago today, James Parkinson, an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist and political activist, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-link200 years ago today, James Parkinson, an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist and political activist, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 2 days ago25 years ago today, Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-link25 years ago today, Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · edit-23 days ago50 years ago today, Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as vice president, replacing Gerald R. Ford, who became president when Richard M. Nixon resigned.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-link50 years ago today, Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as vice president, replacing Gerald R. Ford, who became president when Richard M. Nixon resigned.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 5 days ago190 years ago today, the Dublin and Kingstown Railway opened as the first public railway on the island of Ireland.plus-squareupload.wikimedia.orgimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1image190 years ago today, the Dublin and Kingstown Railway opened as the first public railway on the island of Ireland.plus-squareupload.wikimedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 5 days ago85 years ago today, the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled because its commander, Hans Langsdorff, was unwilling to risk the lives of his crew.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-link85 years ago today, the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled because its commander, Hans Langsdorff, was unwilling to risk the lives of his crew.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 6 days ago80 years ago today, Nazi Germany launched a counteroffensive against the Allies in the Ardennes region of Belgium, beginning the 'Battle of the Bulge'.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-link80 years ago today, Nazi Germany launched a counteroffensive against the Allies in the Ardennes region of Belgium, beginning the 'Battle of the Bulge'.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 6 days ago80 years ago today, Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, and environmentalist, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-link80 years ago today, Chico Mendes, a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, and environmentalist, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days ago30 years ago today, the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, a hydroelectric gravity dam, began. It spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in central China, downstream of the Three Gorges.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-link30 years ago today, the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, a hydroelectric gravity dam, began. It spans the Yangtze River near Sandouping in central China, downstream of the Three Gorges.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days ago225 years ago today, George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, military officer, and farmer, died. He served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down12
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-link225 years ago today, George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, military officer, and farmer, died. He served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square1fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days ago900 years ago today, Pope Callixtus II, the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from February 1119 to his death in 1124, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-link900 years ago today, Pope Callixtus II, the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from February 1119 to his death in 1124, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days ago80 years ago today, Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian painter and art theorist, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down12
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-link80 years ago today, Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian painter and art theorist, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days ago100 years ago today, Alexander Parvus, a Marxist theoretician, publicist, and controversial activist in the Social Democratic Party of Germany, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down12
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link100 years ago today, Alexander Parvus, a Marxist theoretician, publicist, and controversial activist in the Social Democratic Party of Germany, died.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days ago45 years ago today, NATO decided to offer the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact a mutual limitation of medium-range and intermediate-range ballistic missiles amidst the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-link45 years ago today, NATO decided to offer the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact a mutual limitation of medium-range and intermediate-range ballistic missiles amidst the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · edit-210 days ago105 years ago today, the citizens of Enterprise, Alabama, erected a monument to the boll weevil, the pest that devastated their fields.plus-squarewww.loc.govexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link105 years ago today, the citizens of Enterprise, Alabama, erected a monument to the boll weevil, the pest that devastated their fields.plus-squarewww.loc.govcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · edit-210 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 11 days ago235 years ago today, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the only one to award degrees in the 18th century, was chartered.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-link235 years ago today, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, one of the oldest public universities in the United States and the only one to award degrees in the 18th century, was chartered.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 11 days ago25 years ago today, Pope John Paul II inaugurated the restored 15th century fresco cycle in the Sistine Chapel.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-link25 years ago today, Pope John Paul II inaugurated the restored 15th century fresco cycle in the Sistine Chapel.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 12 days ago225 years ago today, the French National Assembly specified the platinum metre bar, presented on 22 June 1799 and deposited in the National Archives, as the final standard of the metre.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-link225 years ago today, the French National Assembly specified the platinum metre bar, presented on 22 June 1799 and deposited in the National Archives, as the final standard of the metre.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square0fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 13 days ago90 years ago today, Judi Dench, an English actress, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down13
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-link90 years ago today, Judi Dench, an English actress, was born.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square1fedilink
crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 13 days ago200 years ago today, the Battle of Ayacucho, a decisive military encounter during the Peruvian War of Independence, took place between Royalist and Independentist forces at Pampa de Ayacucho.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-link200 years ago today, the Battle of Ayacucho, a decisive military encounter during the Peruvian War of Independence, took place between Royalist and Independentist forces at Pampa de Ayacucho.plus-squareen.wikipedia.orgcrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@feddit.nlMEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square0fedilink
