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24th August AD 79: Mount Vesuvius destroys Pompeii & Herculaneum

24th August 2020
Tagged as: Archaeology, Italy, Natural Disaster, Roman Empire, Rome, Volcano

The 24^th August AD 79 is traditionally believed to have been the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that wiped out numerous Roman settlements including Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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27th August 1883: The eruption of Krakatoa

27th August 2019
Tagged as: Eruption, Krakatoa, Volcano

One of the most destructive volcanic events in modern history occurred when Krakatoa’s eruption reached its climax.

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24th August AD 79: Mount Vesuvius destroys Pompeii & Herculaneum

27th August 1883: The eruption of Krakatoa

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12th October 1915: British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad

17th November 1903: The Bolshevik-Menshevik split within the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

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

21st October 1921: U.S. President Warren G. Harding publicly condemns lynching in a speech in Alabama

31st October 1517: Martin Luther reputedely posts his 95 Theses

30th October 1961: The Tsar Bomba detonated by the USSR

29th October 1964: ‘Murf the Surf’ and two accomplices carry out the biggest jewel heist in New York’s history

28th October 1971: Prospero, the only British satellite launched with a British rocket

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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