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BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks ago[BBC] The Netherlands' name reflects its low-lying topography, with more than a quarter of its total area under sea level. Now a constitutional monarchy,...
If the EU learnt the lessons of the Habsburg empire then Brexit might not have happened, says...
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoExclusive: Hungary’s ambassador to the Vatican Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen spoke to The Independent...
The ‘ravening wolf’ priest who led a doomed revolution
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe decisive battle of the German Peasants’ War was fought on May 15 1525, upon a hilltop outside...
Today-History-May25
The Canadian Press - Olympics 2022 via Yahoo Canada Sports· 2 months agoToday in History for May 25: In 585 B.C., the first known prediction of a solar eclipse occurred. In 1085, Alfonso VI of Castile captured Toledo, Spain, and brought the Moorish centre of science ...
Today in History: April 17, US launches Bay of Pigs invasion to topple Fidel Castro in Cuba
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoToday is Wednesday, April 17, the 108th day of 2024. On April 17, 1961, some 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel ...