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21st July 1970: Construction of the Aswan High Dam completed in Egypt

21st July 2022
Tagged as: Africa, Aswan, Construction, Dam, Egypt, Nile, River Nile, Water

Construction of the Aswan High Dam took just over ten years and cost nearly $1 billion.

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10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa

10th November 2021
Tagged as: Africa, Britain, Dr Livingstone, Exploration, Henry Morton Stanley, Livingstone, Nile, Queen Victoria, Scotland, Slavery, Zambezi

Henry Morton Stanley, a Welsh-American journalist and explorer, allegedly greeted the missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone with the phrase, “Dr Livingston, I presume?”

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21st July 1970: Construction of the Aswan High Dam completed in Egypt

10th November 1871: Henry Morton Stanley locates Dr David Livingstone in Africa

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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 December 1848: President James K. Polk sparks the California Gold Rush as a result of his State of the Union Address

4th December 1971: A fire during a concert at the Montreux Casino inspires the song “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple

3rd December 1775: The first national US Grand Union Flag flown for the first time on the ship ‘Alfred’

2nd December 1805: The Battle of Austerlitz sees Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée defeat Russia and Austria

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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