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10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

10th August 2020
Tagged as: History, Museum, Science, Smithsonian, Washington, Washington DC

It had taken Congress eight years to agree on how to fulfil James Smithson’s desire to establish and institution ‘for the increase and diffusion of knowledge’.

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6th May 1983: The Hitler Diaries proven to be forgeries

6th May 2020
Tagged as: Berlin, Culture, Diary, Forgery, Germany, History, Hitler, Second World War

West Germany’s Federal Archives revealed that forensic tests proved the Hitler Diaries were forgeries.

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31st May 1981: Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka burnt down during a violent attack

31st May 2019
Tagged as: biblioclasm, Books, Civil War, Culture, Fire, History, Library, Sri Lanka, Tamil, Tamil Tigers

The Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka was burnt down during a violent rampage by an organised mob of ethnic Sinhalese.

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10th August 1846: President James K. Polk signs legislation to establish the Smithsonian Institution

6th May 1983: The Hitler Diaries proven to be forgeries

31st May 1981: Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka burnt down during a violent attack

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HistoryPod Extra: Centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918

17th May 1792: The Buttonwood Agreement signed by 24 stockbrokers, establishing the New York Stock Exchange

1st February 1960: Start of the Greensboro sit-ins to protest segregation

18th August 1920: Ratification of the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees female suffrage

18th June 1812: The War of 1812 began when President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain

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

16th June 1884: The Switchback Railway, America’s first purpose-built roller coaster, opened at Coney Island in New York City

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

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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