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Nazi Era French Resistance Leader Dies

By Research History | Published April 12
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Nazi era French Resistance leader dies – CNN.com By Tim Lister , CNN 2012-04-11T20:42:05Z CNN.com A photo of Raymond Aubrac taken May 5, 2009, shows the French Resistance leader in Paris. (CNN) — One of the heroes of the French Resistance against Nazi occupation, Raymond Aubrac, has died in Paris at the age of 97. [...]

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Pope John Paul II Dies

By Research History | Published April 2
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Apr 2, 2005 On this day in 2005, John Paul II, history’s most well-traveled pope and the first non-Italian to hold the position since the 16th century, dies at his home in the Vatican. Six days later, two million people packed Vatican City for his funeral, said to be the biggest funeral in history. John [...]

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Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879

By Research History | Published March 14
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Biography Albert Einstein was born at Ulm, in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879. Six weeks later the family moved to Munich, where he later on began his schooling at the Luitpold Gymnasium. Later, they moved to Italy and Albert continued his education at Aarau, Switzerland and in 1896 he entered the Swiss Federal Polytechnic [...]

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Fall of the Berlin Wall

By Research History | Published March 12
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By Johannes Eisele, Reuters People walk next to giant domino pieces, placed along a stretch of the Berlin Wall’s original path, near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Monday. Germany is marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin WITNESSES OF THE WALL Many readers said they remembered the Berlin Wall and its [...]

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