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Wall paintings on the wall of a vaulted tomb that, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), date back 1,700 years to the Roman era, near the beach of Ashkelon, Israel. 📸 #Picstr Amir Cohen #grownostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1959 British Motor Corporation introduces the Morris Mini-Minor, designed by Alec Issigonis. It is only 10 feet long yet seats four passengers. #OTD | #PlebChain | #GrowNostr…

Palestinians inspect damage in Qatari-funded Hamad City, following an Israeli raid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. 📸 #Picstr Hatem Khaled #grownostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1944 German commander Dietrich von Choltitz surrenders Paris to the Free French forces of Philippe Leclerc, disobeying Adolf Hitler's orders to destroy the city. President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Charles de Gaulle gives a famous speech at the Hôtel de Ville.

Lava spurts and flows after the eruption of a volcano in the Reykjanes Peninsula near Grindavik, Iceland, August 23. 📸 #Picstr Civil Protection of Iceland #grownostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹410 Rome overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for the first time in nearly 800 years, seen as the fall of the Western Roman Empire #OTD | #PlebChain | #GrowNostr…

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📰 On this day 🔹1305 Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed for high treason by Edward I of England at Smithfield, London #OTD | #PlebChain | #GrowNostr…

Oprah Winfrey waits to take the stage on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, August 21. 📸 #Picstr Elizabeth Frantz #grownostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1864 First Geneva Convention adopted in Geneva "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field" signed by 12 nations #OTD | #PlebChain | #GrowNostr…

A supermoon, known as the blue moon and "Sturgeon Moon," rises behind the Juscelino Kubitschek Memorial in Brasilia, Brazil, August 19. 📸 #Picstr Ueslei Marcelino #grownostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1911 "Mona Lisa" is stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Peruggia; recovered in 1913 #OTD | #PlebChain | #GrowNostr…

Ukrainian servicemen ride military vehicles from a crossing point at the border with Russia, in Sumy region, Ukraine, August 13. 📸 #Picstr Viacheslav Ratynskyi #grownostr | #plebchain…

📰 On this day 🔹1968 During the night, 250,000 Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia to put down the Prague Spring #OTD | #PlebChain | #GrowNostr…

📰 On this day 🔹1839 Louis Daguerre's daguerreotype photographic process with complete working instructions is published "free to the world" in Paris as a gift from the French government #OTD | #PlebChain | #GrowNostr…

📰 On this day 🔹1940 Battle of Britain: Air battle known as "The Hardest Day" occurs; Luftwaffe lose approximately 69 aircraft and the RAF 68 in one of the largest ever air battles #OTD | #PlebChain | #GrowNostr…

📰 On this day 🔹1939 "The Wizard of Oz", American musical fantasy film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's book, premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood; directed by Victor Fleming and King Vidor with cast featuring Judy Garland (Dorothy), Ray Bolger (Scarecrow), Jack Haley (Tin Man)

📰 On this day 🔹1945 V-J Day, the Empire of Japan surrenders unconditionally to the Allies, ending World War II (August 15 in Japan and other countries depending on the time zone) #OTD | #PlebChain | #GrowNostr…