American outlaw Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
Walter Haut, the public information officer of the Roswell Army Air Field, issued a press release saying that the military had recovered the remains of a ‘flying disc.’
14th April 1935: Black Sunday dust storm sweeps across the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl era
- 14th April 2024
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The Black Sunday dust storm brought a massive wall of dust estimated to be over 2 miles high that engulfed entire communities in darkness and choking dust, reducing visibility to just a few feet.
HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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