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

24th June 2022
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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28th February 1993: The Waco siege against the Branch Davidian Church begin in Texas

28th February 2022
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

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

5th July 1948: Launch of the National Health Service in England and Wales

4th July 1950: Radio Free Europe broadcasts for the first time

3rd July 1938: World speed record for steam locomotives set by Number 4468 Mallard at just under 126mph

2nd July 1964: Civil Rights Act signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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