This day in bad drawings, 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first people to summit Mount Everest #thisdayinhistory
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On this day in history in 1736, American Founding Father Patrick Henry was born.

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Pictured is Henry's portrait as it hangs in the Second Bank of the United States Portrait Gallery in Philadelphia.

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This day in bad drawings, 1937: Volkswagen is founded #thisdayinhistory #History

29 May 1953 (71 years ago): Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

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29 May 1453 (571 years ago): Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih captured Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.

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Today in 1966 veterans demonstrated at Times Square to protest Mayor Lindsay's decision to evict the groups from quarters in city buildings #ThisDayInHistory

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1453, Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks.

After a two-month-long siege, the city finally fell, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire. The last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaiologos, was last seen casting off his imperial regalia and

This Day in The History | 1993 World Trade Center Bombing: Terrorists Sentenced for Deadly Attack

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On May 29, 1935, the French Line's Normandie made her maiden voyage.

Image: French Line poster, c. 1935. Stephen Barrett Chase Collection, SSHSA Archives.

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This Day in The History | Jawaharlal Nehru: The Architect of Modern India and His Enduring Legacy

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On This Day: Danica Patrick Became the First Woman to Lead the Indy 500 bit.ly/3grlrq3 #OTD #ThisDayinHistory #History #Indianapolis500

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1856, the #abolitionist #JohnBrown sent some #slaveowners to hell in what's called the #PottawatomieMassacre . This is where I differ from liberals, who would say wait for the laws to change. I won't acknowledge the legitimacy of a state accepting #slavery .

90 years ago, on #ThisDayInHistory , notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death by lawmen from Texas and Louisiana. history.visitlink.me/u0Kr-C

An Auspicious Day!
May 27, 1703: Tsar Peter the Great founded the City of St. Petersburg.
It was a great way name something after himself, but still have plausible deniability. Later Lenin renamed the city and wasn't so subtle.
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#OTD May 27, 1942

High ranking SS official Reinhard Heydrich was mortally wounded in an assassination attempt by members of the Czech underground. He died on June 4, 1942

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27 May 1930 (94 years ago): The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opened to the public.

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This day in bad drawings, 1918: The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established. #thisdayinhistory #history #georgia

This Day in History | Narendra Modi's Leadership: A Transformative Journey for India

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