On this day in 1492, the Muslim stronghold of Granada surrenders to the armies of Castile and Aragon ending more than 700 years of Islamic rule on the Iberian Peninsula.

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On this day in 1781, 2,400 Continental soldiers from Pennsylvania mutiny over unpaid wages. Eventually, the state offers the troops discharges, but many accept bonuses to reenlist.

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On this day in 1945, the Luftwaffe launches its last major air attack of WW2: Operation Bodenplatte. The 1,000-plane raid into Belgium, the Netherlands and France causes only moderate damage and does nothing to stem the Western Allied advance into Nazi Germany.

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RIGHT NOW in 1863, President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect. It reads: "All persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a state in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."

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During the Battle of the Bulge, an M10 tank destroyer opens fire on German positions on a winter night in the Ardennes. 🪖

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RIP to legendary Easy Company commander, Major Dick Winters, who died 15 years ago today in his home state of Pennsylvania. 🇺🇸

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During the Battle of the Bulge, paratroopers return to the front line after getting rations in Bastogne….Don’t be alarmed, they’re supposed to be surrounded. 🪂

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On the outskirts of Bastogne, paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division & tankers of the 6th Armored Division gather around a fire 5 days after the surrounded city had been relieved. 🪖

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During the Battle of the Bulge, an American soldier works his way through the thick snow to assault a German machine gun position in the Ardennes. 🪖

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📜 This clay tablet dates back to the reign of the Achaemenid king Cyrus the Great, who ruled Iran between 550-530 BCE. The cylinder describes the king's peaceful capture of the city of Babylon in the year 539 BCE and how he built the main temple there.

The text claims that Cyrus restored temples in the neighboring cities and returned deported people to their homes.

With reference to his just and peaceful rule, this cylinder has been referred to as an early charter of human rights. From Babylon, Mesopotamia, Iraq. Mid-6th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).

📷 Photo ©️ by Osama S.M. Amin.

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83 years ago today, B-17 ball turret gunner Alan Magee fell 22k feet without a parachute. The glass roof of St. Nazaire train station mitigated his impact. He was taken prisoner & treated for several broken bones, a nearly severed right arm, & lung & kidney damage. He survived.

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During the Battle of the Bulge, paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division recover a canister of medical supplies which has been airdropped to the men defending Bastogne. 🪖

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During the Battle of the Bulge, Pfc. Andy Masiero & Staff Sgt. Urban Minicozzi of the 75th Infantry Division examine the headgear of Pfc. Masiero in the Ardennes. 🇺🇸

Masiero’s helmet & liner were pierced by an enemy’s bullet which drew blood from his temple. 🪖

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In January of 1943, natives lead men of the 1st Marine Division up the Tenaru River one month before Guadalcanal was declared secured. 🪖

PieceJake on the colorization 🎨

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In January of 1945, 22 year old Alfred Michel of JG 53 surveys the remains of his downed Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-14, surrounded by soldiers of the 90th infantry division. 🪖

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Today in 1861, Delaware votes against leaving the Union. Despite being a slave state — nearly 1,800 African-Americans are enslaved there — it votes overwhelmingly against secession. "Delaware was the first to adopt, so will she be the last to abandon the Federal Constitution.”

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During the Battle of the Bulge, an infantryman and a medic of the 80th Infantry Division take a short break from the war to read a comic in Luxembourg 🪖

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During the Battle of the Bulge, Captain Joseph Kenny, a chaplain with the 82nd Airborne Division, holds Sunday services for his flock of paratroopers from the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment. 🪂

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81 years ago today, paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division,l advance through snow & ice-covered terrain near Arbrefontaine, Belgium. 🇺🇸

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