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Today in History: February 24, Soviet sub torpedoes ship, kills nearly 800 Jewish refugees
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn Feb. 24, 1942, the SS Struma, a charter ship attempting to carry nearly 800 Jewish refugees from Romania to British-mandated Palestine, was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine in the Black Sea ...
Today in History: December 23, Japanese war leaders executed
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn Dec. 23, 1788, Maryland passed an act to cede an area “not exceeding ten miles square” for the seat of the national government; about two-thirds of the area became the District of Columbia ...