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30th September 737: Umayyad Caliphate defeated in the Battle of the Baggage

30th September 2021
Tagged as: Afghanistan, Caliph, Caliphate, Islam, Middle East, Muslim, Turgesh, Umayyad

The Battle of the Baggage saw the defeat of an army from the powerful Umayyad Caliphate by Turgesh forces.

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2nd January 1980: Jimmy Carter instigates the end of détente after the USSR invades Afghanistan

2nd January 2021
Tagged as: Afghanistan, Brezhnev, Carter, Cold War, Detente, Soviet-Afghanistan War, USA, USSR

In response to Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter brought the period of détente to an end.

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13th January 1842: William Brydon, the sole survivor of 4,500 British soldiers, arrives at Jalalabad in Afghanistan

13th January 2020
Tagged as: Afghanistan, Akbar Khan, Anglo-Afghan War, Britain, Jalalabad, Kabul, War

Dr William Brydon of the British East India Company Army was the only survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers to reach safety at Jalalabad in Afghanistan.

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30th September 737: Umayyad Caliphate defeated in the Battle of the Baggage

2nd January 1980: Jimmy Carter instigates the end of détente after the USSR invades Afghanistan

13th January 1842: William Brydon, the sole survivor of 4,500 British soldiers, arrives at Jalalabad in Afghanistan

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

21st May 1927 and 1932: Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic, followed five years later by Emilia Earhart as the first woman

20th May 1882: Establishment of the Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

19th May 1536: The execution of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife and mother of the future Elizabeth I

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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