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- An account of the 1929 Wall Street Crash 'As it happened' http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/crash.htm 7 comments economics
- Battling the Saracens, 1250 Combat in the Seventh Crusade http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/crusade1250.htm 7 comments history
- TIL during WWII, rather than sieging Leningrad, the Germans cut it off and bombed it from the sky. For 900 days people starved and were attacked and by the end only 700,000 of the pre-war 3.5 million remained. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/leningrad.htm 8 comments europe
- 1862 http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/antiet.htm 77 comments politics
- In the battle of Trafalgar, a French sniper climbed his ship and shot Admiral Lord Nelson, who later died, despite being fired upon by Nelson's ship http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lordnelson.htm 8 comments history
- The Destruction of Pompeii (AD 79), as written by Pliny the Younger in letters to his friend and historian Cornelius Tacitus http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pompeii.htm 139 comments history
- The Execution of Charles I, 1649 http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/charlesi.htm 7 comments history
- The Assassination of Julius Caesar, 44 BC http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/caesar2.htm 4 comments history
- The Spanish Massacre the French in Florida, 1565(xpost from r/SpanishHistory) http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/spanishmassacre.htm 38 comments history
- The Battle of Gettysburg, 150 years ago today, through the eyes of a 15-year-old girl who was an eyewitness. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/gtburg.htm 62 comments history
- "I have just had to tell your mother that I shall be dead in a quarter of an hour." The forced suicide of Field Marshall Rommel. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/rommel.htm 96 comments history
- TIL why Washington's crossing of the Delaware (actually, the attack that followed it) was such an important event in the U.S. Revolution http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/washingtondelaware.htm 4 comments history
- Almost 65 Years Ago, The First Atomic Bomb Was Tested at "Trinity Site" Near Los Alamos, NM. Less Than Two Months Later, WWII Was Over. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/atomictest.htm 3 comments history
- Eyewitness account of The Black Death, 1348 http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm 2 comments reddit.com
- Anthony meets Cleopatra (41 B.C.) by the Greek historian Plutarch. One of the greatest passages in ancient literature. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/cleopatra.htm 3 comments reddit.com