#OnthisDay

A NOBLE SIGHT—to see th' accursed TEAMingled with MUD—and ever for to be;For KING and PRINCE shall know that we are FREE.The destruction of the tea was carried out #OnThisDay
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Russian Navy Kursk thread! #OnThisDay August 12th 2000 While on exercise in the Barents sea the Project 949A Antey (NATO codenamed Oscar II) class submarine K141 Kursk Sank with the
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THREAD - THE SOUTHAMPTON BLITZ:#OnThisDay eighty years ago - 23 November 1940 - the Luftwaffe targeted Southampton and the town suffered its most destructive raid of the Blitz so far.It
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#OnThisDay, Barbados, 1955, 4th Test, #WIvAUS, Aus lead by 2-0*THREAD*Before @imVkohli used it to gee up @mvj888 in 2018, WI Captain Denis St. Eval Atkinson must have used it to
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Thread: Born 16 Dec 1884 .. Jack Hobbs, one of the greatest batsmen of all time. #cricket #onthisday Laski’s description was hardly the image of archetypal Englishmen of the era.
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Thread 7 Feb 1999.That magical two hours and 22 minutes that saw the honest sweat of Anil Kumble trickle into the annals of immortality. It also gave rise to his
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#OnThisDay 1898 Melvin B. Tolson, author of Rendevous with America and Libretto for the Republic of Liberia, was born. He was also the famed coach of the Wiley College Forensic
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#OnThisDay The film Gone with the Wind, revolving around the American South during the Civil War, adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchel-premiered this day in Atlanta, Georgia, in1939.
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#onthisday in 1969, Boston's City Hall was dedicated. City Hall's brutalist design was chosen in a design competition that took place in 1962. Today, we're taking a look at the
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Thread. 31 Jan 1999. A tale of blood and tears, perhaps the greatest innings & the saddest tragedy of the splendid career of @sachin_rt . A match that will continue
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#OnThisDay in 2004, saw the release of a film that many feel was the best role portrayed by @iamsrk - Swades. After the highly successful Lagaan, Ashutosh Gowariker took on
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Thread: Born #onthisday 1963. Mohammad Azharuddin @azharflicks There was magic in every movement. The feet moved as if resting on a coil of spring. The bat flashed in arc and
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#OnThisDay, 1985, TheGabba, Aus vs NZ, 1st Test of the seriesA true & NZ hero, Richard Hadlee picks up 9 wkts in Aus' 1st inn. to help NZ win
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Thread: Born 12 Feb 1949 Gundappa Viswanath remains one of the most loved of Indian cricketers. #cricket #onthisday Be it the heady concoction of bewitchment & finesse in his stroke-play,
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“I am dying but let not the territory we were fighting for fall for the enemy”. #LestWeForgetIndia 'Naushera ka Sher' Brig Mohammad Usman, #MahaVirChakra (P), the gallant #IndianBrave made the
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Actress Susan Peters (born #OnThisDay) was paralyzed in a hunting accident on January 1, 1945. While we may look at her story as a tragic one, it's important to note
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