On this day in 1847, the first woman of a group of pioneers commonly known as the Donner Party dies during the group’s journey through a Sierra Nevada mountain pass.
Showing posts with label Bleak History Month. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bleak History Month. Show all posts
Saturday, February 2, 2019
Friday, February 1, 2019
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Monday, February 26, 2018
Bleak History Month™
World Trade Center is bombed - Six people died, 1,000 were injured by the powerful blast
-Feb. 26, 1993
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Sunday, February 25, 2018
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Bleak History Month™
A massive avalanche in the Austrian Alps buries homes and kills 13 people in Valzur
-Feb. 24, 1999
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Friday, February 23, 2018
Bleak History Month™
On this day in 1887, an earthquake off the Mediterranean coast of southern France and northern Italy destroys villages and kills more than 2,000 people.
I blame global warming.
-Feb. 23, 1887
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Thursday, February 22, 2018
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Bleak History Month™
On this day in 1864, at the Battle of Olustee,the largest conflict fought in Florida during the Civil War
-Feb. 20, 1864
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Monday, February 19, 2018
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Bleak History Month™
Arsonist sets fire in South Korean subway, 198 people were killed and nearly 150 others were injured.
-Feb. 18, 2003
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Saturday, February 17, 2018
Bleak History Month™
Approximately 900 people drown when a passenger ferry, the Neptune, overturns near Port-au-Prince, Haiti
-Feb. 17, 1993
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Friday, February 16, 2018
Bleak History Month™
On February 16, 1959, Fidel Castro is sworn in as prime minister of Cuba
-Feb. 16, 1959
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Thursday, February 15, 2018
Bleak History Month™
A massive explosion of unknown origin sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbor, killing 260
-Feb. 15, 1898
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Bleak History Month™
February 13, 1945, the Allied air war against Germany begins as hundreds of British bombers loaded with incendiaries and high-explosive bombs descend on Dresden, Germany
-Feb. 13, 1945
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Monday, February 12, 2018
Bleak History Month™
On this day, Congress passes the first fugitive slave law, requiring all states, including those that forbid slavery, to forcibly return slaves who have escaped, to their original owners
-Feb. 12, 1793
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Sunday, February 11, 2018
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