Rob Brent
Recent Event Contributions
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Massive Anti-Government Protest Erupts in Russia
Via a Facebook group "Суббота на Болотной площади" (Saturday at Bolotnaya Square), a call was made for a mass protest against the government on... Read more
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President Obama Arrives in Moscow to Discuss Arms Controls
The United States and Russia, seeking to move forward on one of the most significant arms control treaties since the end of the cold war, have... Read more
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Benito Mussolini is Executed by Italian Partisans
Mussolini's death: On April 27, 1945, as Allied forces closed in on Milan, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was captured by Italian Partisans. He... Read more
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The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb to become the world's second nuclear power.
The RDS-1 (Russian: РДС-1), was the Soviet Union's first nuclear weapon test. It is also known as Joe-1, in reference to Joseph Stalin. It was... Read more
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Operation Valkyrie: Adolf Hitler Narrowly Escapes Explosion of Bomb Planted by Claus von Stauffenberg
The 20 July plot of 1944 was a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, inside his "Wolf's Lair" field headquarters... Read more
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Operation Charnwood Begins
Operation Charnwood was a Second World War Anglo-Canadian offensive that took place from 8–9 July 1944, during the Battle of Normandy. The... Read more
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President Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act of 1964 into Law
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed racial segregation in schools, public places,... Read more
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President Kennedy Delivers "Ich bin ein Berliner" Speech at Berlin Wall
Under simultaneous and opposing pressures from the Allies and the Soviets, Germany was divided. The Berlin Wall separated West and East Berlin, the... Read more
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German Luftwaffe Bombs English City of Bath as Part of the Baedeker Blitz
The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids were a series of Vergeltungsangriffe ("retaliatory raids") by the German air force on English cities in... Read more
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First V-1 Flying Bomb Attack on London as Part of Germany's Vergeltungswaffe Offensive
On 12 June 1944, the first V-1 flying bomb attack was carried out on London. A total of 9,251 V-1s were fired at Britain, with the vast majority... Read more
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Heaviest Bombing of the Manchester Blitz, known as the 'Christmas Blitz'
The Manchester Blitz (also known as 'the Christmas Blitz') was the heavy bombing of the city of Manchester and its surrounding areas in England... Read more
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German Luftwaffe Bombs Norwich as Part of the Baedeker Blitz
The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids were a series of Vergeltungsangriffe ("retaliatory raids") by the German air force on English cities in... Read more
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Luftwaffe Begins Heavy Bombing of British Cities
From November 1940 to February 1941, the Luftwaffe attacked industrial and port cities. Targets included Coventry, Southampton, Birmingham,... Read more
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Llandaff Cathedral is Badly Damaged by a German Bomb During the Cardiff Blitz
On the evening of 2 January 1941 during World War II the cathedral was severely damaged when a landmine was dropped near it during the Cardiff... Read more
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First Attack of Operation Steinbock, or 'Baby Blitz'
Operation Steinbock was a late war German operation carried out by the Luftwaffe between January and May 1944 against targets in southern England,... Read more
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German Luftwaffe Commences Main Air Raid on English City of Southampton
Southampton Blitz The Second World War hit Southampton particularly hard. Pockets of Georgian architecture remain, but much of the city was leveled... Read more
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Germany Begins Heavy Bombing of Birmingham
Situated in the Midlands, Birmingham is an important industrial and manufacturing location and is also heavily populated, being the UK's second... Read more
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Sheffield Blitz
The Sheffield Blitz is the name given to the worst nights of German Luftwaffe bombing in Sheffield, England during the Second World War. It took... Read more
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Belfast Blitz
William Joyce (known as "Lord Haw-Haw") announced in radio broadcasts from Hamburg that there will be “Easter eggs for Belfast”. On Easter... Read more
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First Use of V-2 Rocket on London by German Forces through the Vergeltungswaffe Offensive
Vergeltungswaffen (English: retaliatory weapons, reprisal weapons, vengeance weapons) was a particular set of Wunderwaffen (English: superweapons)... Read more
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The Diamond Sutra, Oldest Known Dated Printed Book
The Buddhist text known around the world as the Diamond Sutra (although a more accurate translation of the Sanskrit title might be, for instance,... Read more
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Julius Caesar Assassinated
On the Ides of March (or March 15), 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated, at the foot of a statue of Pompey where the Senate was... Read more
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Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng Escapes House Arrest
The dramatic nighttime escape of a blind rights lawyer from extralegal house arrest in his village dealt a major embarrassment to the Chinese... Read more
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Swiss Scientists Demonstrate Thought-Controlled Robot
Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone. Read more
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New Case of Mad Cow Disease in California
A new case of mad cow disease has surfaced in a dairy cow in California, but the animal was not bound for the nation's food supply and posed no... Read more