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Khirbet Kerak
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Khirbet Kerak (Arabic: Khirbet al-Karak, "the ruins of the castle") or Beth Yerah (Hebrew: "House of the Moon (god)") is a tell located on the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee in modern day Israel. Read more L...
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The Battle of Gazala
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The Battle of Gazala was an important battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, fought around the port of Tobruk in Libya from 26 May - 21 June 1942. Read more
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Kangchenjunga
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Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world. It rises with an elevation of 8,586 m in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal that is limited in the west by the Tamur River and in the east by the Teesta River. Kangchenjunga is located on the boundary between Nepal and the Indi...
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Drogheda log-boat
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Ancient wooden boat found in the Boyne river[url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/ancient-wooden-boat-fo...
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Old Sarum project
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Old Sarum project sees Neolithic huts built Three Neolithic-style huts have been built at Old Sarum to offer an insight into how Stonehenge's builders lived. The huts, made of chalk and straw daub and wheat-thatched roofing, have been based on archaeological remains found at Durrington Walls, ne...
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Morse telegraph
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The first telegram in the United States was sent by Samuel Morse on 11 January 1838, across 3 km of wire at Speedwell Ironworks near Morristown, New Jersey. On 24 May 1844, he sent the message "WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT" from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the Capitol in Washington to the old Mt...
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Mutiny on the Bounty
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Crew begin Bligh's Pacific voyage Four men have set sail in the South Pacific in their bid to recreate the epic 7,000 km voyage of Captain William Bligh. Captain Bligh was cast adrift after the famous mutiny on the Bounty in 1789. The crew is sailing in a 7.6m open-deck boat with two small sails. They are...
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USS Scorpion
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USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear submarine of the United States Navy, and the sixth ship of the U.S. Navy to carry that name. Sank on 22 May 1968 Read more
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The Battle of the Granicus River
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The Battle of the Granicus River in May 334 BC was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire. Fought in Northwestern Asia Minor, near the site of Troy, it was here that Alexander defeated the forces of the Persian satraps of Asia Minor, including a large...
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Cherokee Operation Redwing nuclear test
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Operation Redwing was a United States series of 17 nuclear test detonations from May to July 1956. Read more
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The Simplon Tunnel
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The Simplon Tunnel is a railway tunnel that connects Brig, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy, through the Alps, but not under Simplon Pass itself. Read more
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Operation Chastise
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Operation Chastise was an attack on German dams carried out on 16-17 May 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, subsequently known as the "Dambusters", using a specially developed "bouncing bomb" invented and developed by Barnes Wallis. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org...
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Viking treasure
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Archaeologists said on Monday they found more than 1 000 silver coins in a Viking-age hoard discovered by chance on the Swedish island of Gotland.
The treasure, believed to have been buried in the 10th century, also included several silver bracelets and weighed about three kilograms.
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NC-4 transatlantic flight
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The NC-4 was a Curtiss NC flying boat which was designed by Glenn Curtiss and his team, and manufactured by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. In May 1919, the NC-4 became the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, starting in New York State and making the crossing as far as Lisbon, Portuga...
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Warsaw Pact
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On 14 May 1955, the USSR established the Warsaw Pact in response to the integration of the Federal Republic of Germany into NATO in October 1954 - only nine years after the defeat of Nazi Germany (1933-45) that ended with the Soviet and Allied invasion of Germany in 1944/45 during World War II in Europe...
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