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Locations of famous places in history |
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 | The intact World Trade Center |  | 08/17/2005 | 7,640 | 
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 | THE TAKEOVER OF MONTE CASTELLO
On February 21, 1945 the Brazilian Expeditionary Force achieved one of its most remarkable feats during the Campaign of Italy—the conquest of Monte Castello, until then considered an inexpugnable fortress.
That conquest became legendary not only for its expressive tactical meaning but also for the extremely adverse conditions that inv... |  | 08/16/2005 | 299 |
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 | Latin America Memorial - Sao Paulo | | 08/15/2005 | 178 |
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 | Fort McHenry, the star fort that protected Baltimore in the War of 1812. Francis Scott Key, while watching the bombardment of this fort from a British ship, wrote the "Star Spangled Banner" about the flag flying at this fort. |  | 08/13/2005 | 540 |
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 | (Wikipedia) On December 2, 1942, under the direction of the brilliant Enrico Fermi, the world's first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction took place in the world's first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, shortened as CP-1, built on a racquets court under the abandoned west stands of the Alonzo Stagg Field stadium on the University of Chi... |  | 08/12/2005 | 270 |
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 | The capital of the Kingdom of Coacthemala (Guatemala) until 1773, when it was destroyed by an earthquake. |  | 08/12/2005 | 562 |
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 | Salem, Massachusetts (Wikipedia link), site of the infamous 17th Century Witch Trials. | | 08/09/2005 | 218 |
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 | "Ile des faisans" is the most little condominium in the world. In this place was signed (7 november 1659) a peace treaty between spain and France (the Pyrenees Peace). Since this day, this island is a condominium. During 6 mounth this island is French. The other six Mounth, this island is Spanish. |  | 08/09/2005 | 378 |
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 | Llivia is a Spanish enclave in France (since 1659). Llivia is linked to Spain by a neutral/international road. |  | 08/08/2005 | 368 |
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 | Site of the first McDonald's ever, located at 1398 N. E St., San Bernardino, CA | | 08/05/2005 | 844 |
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 | In the spring and summer of 1876 the United States Government launched a military campaign upon a portion of the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, who refused to live within the boundaries of the Great Sioux Reservation. They chose to continue their traditional nomadic way of life. The campaign was initiated when a Government ultimatum to return to the Great Sioux Reservation, in South Dakota, by Jan... | | 08/04/2005 | 675 |
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 | Eben-Emael was a Belgian fortress in between Liège and Maastricht, near the Albert Canal, defending the Belgian-German border. Constructed in 1931-1935, it was reputed to be impregnable. But on 10 May 1940, 85 German parachute troopers landed in the fortress with gliders (type DFS 230). One day later, they were reinforced by the German 151st Infantry Regiment. At 13:30 h on 11 May, the fortress... | | 08/03/2005 | 286 |
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 | On December 26, 1860, six days after South Carolina seceded, U.S. Army Major Robert Anderson abandoned the indefensible Fort Moultrie and secretly relocated his two companies (85 men) of the 1st U.S. Artillery to Fort Sumter. Over the next few months, repeated calls for Union surrender from Confederate Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard were ignored, and Union attempts to resupply and reinforc... | | 08/03/2005 | 1,267 |
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 | Pact of eternal mutual defence, thereby laying the foundation of the Swiss Confederation as it stands today. |  | 08/03/2005 | 193 |
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 | This site in Moscow, Maine was used to watch for Soviet missile attack during the Cold War. Abandoned almost as quickly as the Cold War. During its operational lifetime it provided cover to many marijuana farmers as surveillance helicopter flights were not allowed in the vicinity. | | 08/03/2005 | 470 |
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 | The fort of Bala Hissar, destroyed by the British in 1879 to avenge the death of their envoy in Kabul, is now a military college. The royal palace and an ancient citadel stand outside the present city.
Does anyone know what is written on the hill just North of it? | | 08/03/2005 | 407 |
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 | This is the place where the "Enola Gay" took off for its 6-hour-flight to Hiroshima.
During WW II Tinian was the largest airfield, with 4 runways and 500 B-29 bombers stationed.
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 | Castello (castle) Sforzesco, build in 1300 | | 08/03/2005 | 328 |
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 | Location of Philo Farnsworth's Green Street workshop in San Francisco, California, the spot where electronic television was invented. Original lab is gone but a nice memorial and plaque still remain.
From the Wikipedia: Farnsworth developed the vacuum tube television display, an idea he conceived at age 14 and developed at age 21. During a patent lawsuit against RCA his high school... | | 08/02/2005 | 160 |
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 | Former al-qaeda training camp outside of Jalalabad, Afghanistan | | 08/02/2005 | 551 |
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 | Historic Fort Wayne
Still standing at the old fort are the original 1848 limestone barracks building, the 1845 Star Fort which was renovated in 1861, the restored Commanding Officers House and Spanish American War Guardhouse, two large parade grounds, several Officers houses and support buildings built between the 1880s and 1940s, and a mound constructed by Native Americans that is nearl... | | 08/02/2005 | 395 |
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 | This is the workshop (or art studio) where Rembrandt van Rijn painted before he went to Amsterdam. | | 08/01/2005 | 163 |
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 | Crater left after the explosion of a large tank of ammonium nitrate. The explosion took place on September 21, 2001 (10 days after the World Trade Center terror attack) and left 31 victims. | | 08/01/2005 | 627 |
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 | The place where Napoleon finally lost his last battle | | 08/01/2005 | 519 |
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 | Fort Michilimackinac was built by the French on the south shore of the Straits of Mackinac in 1715 as a stretegically located fortified trading post. The fort was not built primarily as a military facility but as a link in the French trade system, which extended from Montreal through the Great Lakes region and northwest to Lake Winnipeg and beyond.
In 1761 the French relinquish... | | 08/01/2005 | 956 |
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