Archive - Things in History That Interested Me

Anniversaries - October - Royal Navy

2-OCT-1942: RMS Queen Mary collided with, and sank, a light-cruiser HMS Curacoa. Carrying 12,000 US troops, the QM was met by the Curacoa off the west…

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The Dilettante Polymath

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Anniversaries - October- General

Best Boxer in the World Takes on Toughest Boxer in the World

Oct 1 •

The Dilettante Polymath

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