On this day in 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia brings an end to the bloody Thirty Years War. The conflict bankrupts Central Europe's major powers and leaves as many as 8 million dead.

You're looking at the first photo of the Earth from space. It was taken by a camera mounted on a captured German V2 rocket launched by the U.S. military on this day in 1946.

On this day in 1775, King George III officially declares Britain's American colonies in open rebellion and calls on his military to crush the uprising.

I would use this in class and have students try to verify if the info is correct, and if it is, what could or should be done about that?

“When there is a mortal threat to Freedom all division stops…” Zelenskyy

On this day in 1923, Adolf Hitler launches his failed Beer Hall Putsch in Munich. The uprising is crushed within hours and the future German Führer is jailed for nine months.

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The tragedy of #Auschwitz shows only the painful end of a long process. It's essential to remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred slowly grew from human ideas, words, prejudice, through legal exclusion, to dehumanisation, violence and murder. It's a warning.

#OnThisDay in 1966, Edward W. Brooke became the first Black American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate. Brooke represented Massachusetts from 1967 to 1979. He co-wrote the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which prohibits housing discrimination. #APeoplesJourney #ElectionDay

On this day in 2001, an American drone kills several al-Qaida operatives in Afghanistan with a Hellfire missile. It's history's first successful Predator strike.

17 November 1934 | A German Jewish boy, Gert Loewenstein, was born in Aken. He emigrated to The Netherlands. He was deported from Westerbork to #Theresienstadt ghetto on January 1944 and on 16 May 1944 deported to #Auschwitz. He was murdered after the selection in a gas chamber.

On this day in 1861, the state of Delaware votes against joining the Confederacy.

On this day in 1945, Adolf Hitler briefly emerges from his bunker beneath the ruins of Berlin to survey what's left of his "Thousand-Year Reich." A photographer captures the moment. It's believed to be the last known image ever taken of the German Führer.

A seventh grader stepped up and took control of a school bus after the driver lost consciousness. cbsn.ws/412eWjT

Just talked about "faction" in my US history class, good modern day example potentially here?

Off to a strong start with the 2023 #DemocracyProject hosting civics educators from 11 different districts across the state for the signature summer institute of the Delaware Center for Civics Ed UD Institute for Public Administration University of Delaware Biden School Univ. of Delaware

Breaking news: OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush was identified as one of the five people on the missing submersible, along with British businessman Hamish Harding, retired French navy commander Paul-Henri Nargeolet, British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood and his teen son,

On this day in 1898, the remote Spanish colony of Guam surrenders to a lone American cruiser. The island's defenders have no idea that their country is at war with the United States and give up without firing a shot.

Today in 1759, a British army under James Wolfe lays siege to the fortress city of Quebec. The 78-day standoff ends when the redcoats draw the French out onto the Plains of Abraham and defeat them in less than an hour. Wolfe dies in the battle but New France falls to the British.