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21st April 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shot down and killed

21st April 2026
Tagged as: Aircraft, Australia, First World War, Germany, Pilot, Somme, War

The German fighter pilot Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, was shot down and killed.

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18th November 1916: Battle of the Somme ends

18th November 2018
Tagged as: Britain, First World War, France, Germany, Haig, Somme, War

On the 18^th November 1916, the Battle of the Somme ended when German troops retired from the final large British attack at the Battle of the Ancre amid worsening weather.

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21st April 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shot down and killed

18th November 1916: Battle of the Somme ends

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2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

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11th September 1978: Janet Parker becomes the last recorded person in the world to die from smallpox

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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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