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13th April 1919: British troops commit the Amritsar Massacre

13th April 2019
Tagged as: Amritsar, Army, Britain, Independence, India, Massacre, Nationalism, Violence

Troops from the British Indian Army committed the Amritsar Massacre when they opened fire on nonviolent protesters and pilgrims at Jallianwala Bagh.

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26th May 1940: Start of the Dunkirk evacuation

26th May 2018
Tagged as: Army, Britain, Churchill, Evacuation, France, Germany, Navy, Nazi, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Second World War

Operation Dynamo, better known as the evacuation of Dunkirk, began.

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HistoryPod Extra: Centenary of the Easter Rising

26th March 2016
Tagged as: Army, Britain, Ireland, Rebellion, Republic, Uprising

The armed insurrection began on Easter Monday which, due to Easter being a moveable feast as a result of its relationship to the lunar calendar, in 1916 fell on the 24^th April.

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13th April 1919: British troops commit the Amritsar Massacre

26th May 1940: Start of the Dunkirk evacuation

HistoryPod Extra: Centenary of the Easter Rising

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17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

3rd April 1860: The first Pony Express service went into operation

9th April 1767: John Hancock forcibly removes British customs officials from his ship

25th May 1977: The first Star Wars film is released in cinemas

18th June 1887: Germany and Russia sign the secret Reinsurance Treaty

17th June 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York from France

16th June 1846: Pope Pius IX begins the longest ever reign of a Catholic Pope

15th June 1215: King John agrees to Magna Carta by adding his seal

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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