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24th June 1374: Dancing Plague breaks out in the German city of Aachen and continues for many weeks

24th June 2026
Tagged as: Aachen, Cult, Dance, Dancing, Dancing Plague, Germany, Medieval, Religion

Known variously as St John’s Dance, St Vitus’ Dance, or the ‘dancing plague’, the occurrence in Aachen was neither the first nor the last outbreak but is one of the best documented.

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15th June 1970: Trial of Charles Manson begins in Los Angeles, California, for conspiracy to commit murder

15th June 2025
Tagged as: America, Charles Manson, Cult, Helter Skelter, Los Angeles, Manson Family, Murder, Trial, United States, USA

The trial lasted over nine months, making it the longest murder trial in U.S. history at that time. In January 1971, Manson and three of his followers were found guilty.

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28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas

28th February 2025
Tagged as: ATF, Branch Davidian, Christianity, Church, Cult, David Koresh, FBI, Firearms, Mount Carmel, Siege, Texas, United States, Waco

The Waco siege began in Texas after agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided the Branch Davidian church.

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24th June 1374: Dancing Plague breaks out in the German city of Aachen and continues for many weeks

15th June 1970: Trial of Charles Manson begins in Los Angeles, California, for conspiracy to commit murder

28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas

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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

8th September 1941: Start of the Siege of Leningrad

7th September 1940: The Nazi German Luftwaffe launches The Blitz

6th September 1914: First Battle of the Marne begins with a French counter-offensive against the advancing German army

5th September 1698: Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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