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    What Was the Most Famous Car Wreck?

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    By Major Dan on July 29, 2022 July 29, Uncategorized, Vehicles

    A Brief History On July 29, 1973, British race car driver Roger Williamson met his death when his Formula 1 race car crashed at the Dutch Grand Prix. Digging Deeper Many other famous and infamous people have died in car wrecks, and we ask you to tell us which wreck you believe is the most famous, giving you a list of some of the notable wrecks to choose from: General George Patton, 1945 24 Hours at LeMans Race, 1955 (84 people died!) James Dean, actor, 1955 Jayne Mansfield, actress, 1967 Ted Kennedy, Senator, Chappaquiddick, 1969 Harry Chapin, singer, 1981 Princess…

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    By Dr. Zar on April 24, 2022 April 24, Uncategorized

    A Brief History Today, April 24, 2022, we explore the history of Ukraine. Digging Deeper This playlist presents a collaboration between 30+ channels, all on Ukraine’s history. The preceding videos have covered just some aspects of Ukraine’s history.  Question for students (and subscribers): Who is your favorite Ukrainian from history?  Please let us know in the comments section below this article. If you liked this article and would like to receive notification of new articles, please feel welcome to subscribe to History and Headlines by liking us on Facebook and becoming one of our patrons! Your readership is much appreciated!…

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    What are Four Casino Secrets which You Need to Learn Immediately?

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    By Abdul Alhazred on September 9, 2019 Uncategorized

    A Brief History In 2016, Statista predicted that the online gambling market would reach $45.86 billion, growing to $56.05 billion by 2018.  Are you looking for alternative ways to win at online casinos and slot machines? In case of a positive answer, get ready for something completely new. Most people give bad advice to players but there are also useful instructions about winning at online casinos. We can confirm that online slots come with different tips and tricks. Make sure to select advice which is useful and practical for you. Read on and reveal four online slot secrets as soon…

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    Armin Faber

    5 Blunders that put Important Technology into Enemy Hands

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    By Major Dan on June 24, 2019 June 23, Military, Uncategorized

    A Brief History On June 23, 1942, Oberleutnant Armin Faber of the German Luftwaffe made an historic blunder when he landed his state of the art Focke-Wulf 190 fighter plane at a Welsh airfield at RAF Pembrey, handing the British Germany’s latest and best fighter aircraft complete and in flyable condition.  Faber apparently mistook the Bristol Channel for the English Channel which caused his navigational error.  So eager were the British to capture an example of the FW-190 they actually considered mounting a commando raid in order to steal one of the high performance fighters.  Lucky for the British, Armin…

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    Do You Think Immigration Problems are Something New? Guess Again!

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    By Major Dan on May 19, 2019 May 19, Politics, Uncategorized

    A Brief History On May 19, 1921, the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921 became effective, a law also called The Emergency Quota Act, a law specifically designed to limit the immigration of certain people to the United States.  The goal of this legislation and previous legislation was to attempt to keep the ethnic and national origin percentages existing in the American demography the same, without allowing new influxes of immigrants to change the complexion of the American population. Digging Deeper Using the 1910 Census, the law required that no more than 3% of the same nationality already existing in the…

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