#OnThisDay in 1942, French General Henri Giraud made a daring escape from a Nazi stronghold in Saxony, Germany.
He had been imprisoned in the Königstein Castle in May of 1940 after being captured while defending France against the German invasion.
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#TodayInHistory On April 18, 2007, China achieved a significant milestone in its railroad equipment manufacturing industry by launching the Harmony, a domestic high-speed locomotive capable of reaching speeds of 200 kilometers per hour. #OnThisDay
#TodayinHistory : Taken #OnThisDay in 1928, this #NYTMCollection photo depicts Smith Street between Carroll Street and 1st Place. It was taken as survey photograph prior to the construction of the IND 8th Avenue line.
#Todayinhistory , 16th April 2001, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and Iyom Bianca traditional marriage happened in Ngwo, Enugu State.
Who do you recognise in these pictures?
#TodayinHistory : #OnThisDay in 1918, the first train pulled into Woodlawn station on the IRT Jerome Avenue line. Designed by the #NYCsubway ’s chief architect, Squire J. Vickers, the station was built in the Arts and Crafts style.
What's your favorite station on this line?
The audacity to comment like this on my tweet. Yet, he/she tweeted a post of #TodayInHistory without the proper citation to the original author, Kristoffer Pasion.
Magnanakaw talaga? Lol. ✌️👊
Today in History: April 13, 1968
Tanzania became the first country to recognise the independence of Biafra.
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Today in HERstory 1693 – Mary Alexander was born. She was a colonial merchant, who was successful and influential; she married twice and had ten children. Her fortune was estimated at 100,000 pounds in 1743.
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#TodayinHistory : #OnThisDay in 2003, R33-ML cars made their final trip in revenue service. Several R33 cars have been preserved by the #NYTransitMuseum and repainted in various vintage paint schemes to represent the fleet’s storied history. When was the last time you rode an R33?
#TodayinHistory : #OnThisDay in 2003, the #NYC subway stopped accepting tokens after nearly 50 years in use. First introduced in 1953, the token had six variations in its time, and became a well-known symbol of #NYC . Do you have any old subway tokens at home?
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On this day in 2014, 304 people, including 250 students, died after the MV Sewol ferry capsized near the southwestern shores of South Korea. The victims were on their way to the tourist island of Jeju for a school trip.
What happened on Apr 16th in history?
1746: Battle of Culloden in Scotland
1912: Harriet Quimby flew across the English Channel
1917: Lenin issues his 'April Theses' calling for Soviets to take power during the Russian Revolution
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Today, April 15, is the 76th death anniversary of former President Manuel Roxas.
Born on Jan. 1, 1892, he obtained his law degree from the University of the Philippines and topped the bar exam in 1913.
#TodayInHistory #OnThisDay #otd #tih Apr 12, 1777 - Birth of American Statesman Henry Clay, who greatly influenced #Lincoln - legallegacy.wordpress.com/2021/04/12/apr…
What happened on Apr 14th in history?
193: Lucius Septimius Severus crowned Emperor of Rome
1912: The Titanic hit an iceberg, leading to its sinking.
1775: 1st abolitionist society in US organizes in Philadelphia
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1865 - US President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington; he dies a day later #History #TodayInHistory #OnThisDay buff.ly/49BBVGo