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History Short: The First Olympic Games Mascot!

History and Headlines 2026-09-29 | History Short: The First Olympic Games Mascot!

History Short: Ending the Year with Tornadoes! #Shorts

History and Headlines 2024-12-31 | On December 31, 2010, the Central and Southern portion of the US was bombarded with 37 tornadoes, leaving nine people dead, more injured, and much damage across mainly Missouri and Mississippi, but including Arkansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, and Louisiana.

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Author: Major Dan

Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar

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History Short: People We Lost in 2023

History Short: An Elite List of Those We Lost in 2024 #Shorts

History and Headlines 2024-12-30 | On December 30, 2024, we take a look back at the ones we lost this year, and instead of trying to amass a giant list of everyone and everything, we aim to keep this list limited to those of particular note, at least to us!

The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-an-elite-list-of-those-we-lost-2024

Author: Major Dan

Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar

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History Short: Are Pipelines Safe?

History and Headlines 2024-12-30 | On December 30, 2009, the Lanzhou–Zhengzhou–Changsha diesel oil pipeline in Shaanxi, China, suffered a rupture and spilled about 40,000 gallons of fuel into the Wei River and on to the Yellow River.

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Author: Major Dan

Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar

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Animated Map of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine (through December 28th, 2024)

History and Headlines 2024-12-30 | This animated map shows the daily progress of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine from February 24th, 2022 through December 28th, 2024.

For more information, please see our article at historyandheadlines.com/animated-map-of-the-2022-russian-invasion-of-ukraine

Author, Narrator, and Video Editor: Dr. Zar

Music: “Buccaneer’s March” and “Dance of the U-boat” by Aakash Gandhi and “Drums of Apocalypse” by The Mini Vandals from the YouTube Audio Library

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Seven Fascinating Events from the Past Week in History (December 22nd through December 28th)

History and Headlines 2024-12-30 | Hello, everyone! This video presents a notable event that happened on each day from the past week in history.

As a question for my students and subscribers, which event from this past week in history would you most like to learn more about? Please let me know in the comments section below this video.

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For image, audio, and other credits and attributions for components of the individual videos in this compilation, please see the descriptions of their respective videos, which are linked to in this video's description.

Compilation Author, Editor, and Narrator: Dr. Zar

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1. History Short: What is The Strategic Petroleum Reserve: youtube.com/watch?v=by2GAuIoMAM
2. History Short: Who is the Greatest Firearms Designer?: youtube.com/watch?v=fzSOjHMZptc
3. History Short: When Free Speech is Not Free!: youtube.com/watch?v=ufXAek_MbiI
4. History Short: Christmas in Ukraine!: youtube.com/watch?v=g-7pwU5qndU
5. History Short: What are the Most Disliked Christmas Gifts?: youtube.com/watch?v=b5OMLiWjS-g
6. History Short: What Doors are left for Women to Open?: youtube.com/watch?v=UU5h5Uek2ws
7. History Short: Sometimes, The Draft Dodges You!: youtube.com/watch?v=57C_MSlvKxo

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History Short: Skiing is Dangerous!

History and Headlines 2024-12-29 | On December 29, 2013, 44 year old champion auto racer Michael Schumacher suffered a major head injury from a skiing accident in the French Alps.

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Author: Major Dan

Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar

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History Short: Sometimes, The Draft Dodges You!

History and Headlines 2024-12-28 | On December 28, 1972, the last day for inductees to be sworn in to the US armed forces due to the draft, most induction centers were closed due to President Nixon declaring the day a National Day of Mourning due to the death of former President Truman.

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History Short: Fascinating Cities to Visit #Shorts

History and Headlines 2024-12-27 | On December 27, 2007, Mombasa, Kenya, was the scene of violent protests over a disputed presidential election.

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History Short: What Doors are left for Women to Open?

History and Headlines 2024-12-27 | On December 27, 1935, Regina Jonas was ordained as the first female Rabbi in the Jewish faith. Born in Germany in 1902, she died during the Holocaust at Auschwitz in 1944, although her legacy lives on.

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History Short: Sometimes Mercenaries Do Not Do So Well #Shorts

History and Headlines 2024-12-26 | On December 26, 1776, George Washington led his Continental Army across the Delaware River to surprise and attack the German Hessians employed by the British, killing about 22 of the German mercenaries and capturing another 800 to 900 for the loss of only two American killed.

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History Short: What are the Most Disliked Christmas Gifts?

History and Headlines 2024-12-26 | On December 26, 2023, hordes of recipients of unwanted Christmas gifts will start the annual pilgrimage to the stores to return those hated gifts.

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A Delightful Dachshund Plays with Her Christmas Present! #Shorts

History and Headlines 2024-12-25 | Hello, everyone! Merry Christmas in 2024! Here is just a short clip of my miniature dachshund playing with her Christmas present today. Did you give or receive any interesting presents this year? Please let us know in the comments section for this video.

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History Short: The Man Who Won the War in the Pacific #Shorts

History Short: The Man Who Won the War in the Pacific #Shorts

History Short: Christmas in Ukraine!

History and Headlines 2024-12-25 | On December 25, 1991, on the day that Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet Union, Ukraine’s referendum was completed, meaning Ukraine was no longer part of the USSR.

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History Short: Mother Nature Hates Airplanes! #Shorts

History and Headlines 2024-12-24 | On December 24, 1971, a bolt of lightning took down a Lockheed 188A turboprop airliner over Peru, killing all but one of the 82 people aboard.

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History Short: When Free Speech is Not Free!

History and Headlines 2024-12-24 | On December 24, 1913, someone, either as a prank or as an evil way of messing with the crowd, yelled, “Fire!” in the crowded Italian Hall in Calumet, Michigan.

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Animated Map of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine (through December 21st, 2024)

History and Headlines 2024-12-24 | This animated map shows the daily progress of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine from February 24th, 2022 through December 21st, 2024.

For more information, please see our article at historyandheadlines.com/animated-map-of-the-2022-russian-invasion-of-ukraine

Author, Narrator, and Video Editor: Dr. Zar

Music: “Buccaneer’s March” and “Dance of the U-boat” by Aakash Gandhi and “Drums of Apocalypse” by The Mini Vandals from the YouTube Audio Library

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History Short: Fighter Jet 1, Drone 0! #Shorts

History and Headlines 2024-12-23 | On December 23, 2002, the first known air to air battle between a manned fighter plane and an unmanned aerial drone took place in the sky above Iraq, when an Iraqi MiG-25 fighter jet shot down an American General Atomics MQ-1 Predator.

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History Short: Who is the Greatest Firearms Designer?

History and Headlines 2024-12-23 | On December 23, 2013, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Soviet designer of the AK-47 assault rifle and its entire family of spin-off products, died at the age of 94 in Izhevsk, Russia.

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Seven Fascinating Events from the Past Week in History (December 15th through December 21st)

History and Headlines 2024-12-23 | Hello, everyone! This video presents a notable event that happened on each day from the past week in history.

As a question for my students and subscribers, which event from this past week in history would you most like to learn more about? Please let me know in the comments section below this video.

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1. History Short: “Fixing” it to Keep it Broken!: youtube.com/watch?v=DK_ETeDC93c
2. History Short: Why Name Places after Those Who Lost? (Draft): youtube.com/watch?v=xCBkkHCdbOM
3. History Short: Excellent Airplanes that Never Saw Combat: youtube.com/watch?v=Qji3VtX5sxs
4. History Short: Big League Teams in Small Cities: youtube.com/watch?v=NAuXAjPJKa0
5. History Short: Is the Vice Presidency Important?: youtube.com/watch?v=7sKSzpYR8yY
6. History Short: How Mighty is the US Military?: youtube.com/watch?v=XKQjb02pmXU
7. History Short: The Largest Airplane Ever!: youtube.com/watch?v=OLOApz5j_-8

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History Short: What is The Strategic Petroleum Reserve

History Short: The Largest Airplane Ever!

History and Headlines 2024-12-21 | On December 21, 1988, the giant Soviet cargo jet, the Antonov An-225 Mriya, made its maiden flight.

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History Short: How Mighty is the US Military?

History and Headlines 2024-12-20 | On December 20, 2019, the United States Space Force became a branch of the US Military, a military that far exceeds any current competitor.

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History Short: Is the Vice Presidency Important?

History and Headlines 2024-12-19 | On December 19, 1974, former governor of New York, Nelson Rockefeller, was sworn in as Vice President of the US.

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History Short: Turboprop, The Best of Both Worlds? #Shorts

History and Headlines 2024-12-18 | On December 18, 1995, a Lockheed L-188 Electra airliner driven by four large turboprop engines crashed in Angola, leaving 141 of the 144 people aboard dead.

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History Short: Turboprop, The Best of Both Worlds? #Shorts

History Short: Big League Teams in Small Cities

History and Headlines 2024-12-18 | On December 18, 1932, the first NFL Championship game was played, between the Chicago Bears and the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans.

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History Short: Excellent Airplanes that Never Saw Combat

History and Headlines 2024-12-17 | On December 17, 1947, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet made its first flight.

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History Short: Why Name Places after Those Who Lost? (Corrected and Expanded Version) #Shorts

History and Headlines 2024-12-16 | On December 16, 1863, after bungling the defense of Chattanooga, Confederate Army General Braxton Bragg was replaced as Commander of the Army of Tennessee by General Johnston.

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History Short: Why Name Places after Those Who Lost? (Draft)

History and Headlines 2024-12-16 | On December 16, 1863, after bungling the defense of Chattanooga, Confederate Army General Braxton Bragg was replaced as Commander of the Army of Tennessee by General Johnston.

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Animated Map of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine (through December 1st, 2024)

History and Headlines 2024-12-16 | This animated map shows the daily progress of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine from February 24th, 2022 through December 1st, 2024.

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Music: “Buccaneer’s March” and “Dance of the U-boat” by Aakash Gandhi and “Drums of Apocalypse” by The Mini Vandals from the YouTube Audio Library

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Seven Fascinating Events from the Past Week in History (December 8th through December 14th)

History and Headlines 2024-12-16 | Hello, everyone! This video presents a notable event that happened on each day from the past week in history.

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1. History Short: When Russia Guaranteed Ukraine Territory Integrity: youtube.com/watch?v=IaeerpKk2HQ
2. History Short: Midwest Murder Mayhem!: youtube.com/watch?v=7BNLnuNo5nw
3. History Short: The Biggest Heist, Japan Edition: youtube.com/watch?v=BfFyRQBRa3A
4. History Short: What is the Greatest Video Game?: youtube.com/watch?v=iYvfWZhibT8
5. History Short: When Blunders by Officials Decide Sports Wins: youtube.com/watch?v=zo-avm4vyU8
6. History Short: America’s Greatest Artist?: youtube.com/watch?v=wyui4-f53lE
7. History Short: Whatever Happened to Anti-Trust Laws?: youtube.com/watch?v=3m4ulSSZVI8

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History Short: “Fixing” it to Keep it Broken!

History and Headlines 2024-12-15 | On December 15, 2001, the Leaning Tower of Pisa was finished with an 11 year project that cost $27 million to make sure it kept leaning, a fix that did not fix the original problem!

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History Short: Whatever Happened to Anti-Trust Laws?

History and Headlines 2024-12-14 | On December 14, 2017, the Walt Disney Company continued a trend of corporate mergers and acquisitions that are killing competition in many markets when they announced the deal to acquire the 20th Century Fox movie studio for over $52 billion.

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History Short: America’s Greatest Artist?

History Short: When Blunders by Officials Decide Sports Wins

History and Headlines 2024-12-12 | On December 12, 2021, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was won by Max Verstappen, beating Lewis Hamilton because of a mistaken conduct of a “safety car” restart at the end of the race.

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History Short: What is the Greatest Video Game?

History and Headlines 2024-12-11 | On December 11, 2009, Rovio Entertainment from Finland released Angry Birds, a video game that took the world by storm.

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History Short: The Biggest Heist, Japan Edition

History and Headlines 2024-12-10 | On December 10, 1968, a fake motorcycle cop stopped employees at the Nippon Trust Bank and stole 294 million yen, about $1 million in US dollars.

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History Short: Midwest Murder Mayhem!

History and Headlines 2024-12-09 | On December 9, 1935, muckraking journalist, Walter Liggett, was gunned down in front of his wife and children by a Minneapolis, Minnesota mobster with a Tommy Gun.

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Seven Fascinating Events from the Past Week in History (December 1st through December 7th)

History and Headlines 2024-12-09 | Hello, everyone! This video presents a notable event that happened on each day from the past week in history.

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Compilation Author, Editor, and Narrator: Dr. Zar

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1. History Short: US Government Intentionally Crashes an Airliner!: youtube.com/watch?v=qG3OXiuEgdw
2. History Short: What Replaced the Ford Model T?: youtube.com/watch?v=ADLzGMBT9WA
3. History Short: Disputed Presidential Elections are Nothing New!: youtube.com/watch?v=Mj3nmljSC6k
4. History Short: Casino Fire Leads to a Hit Song: youtube.com/watch?v=fCBClPm1534
5. History Short: What Do Former US Presidents Do?: youtube.com/watch?v=04YUutc8QME
6. History Short: America’s Magnificent Monuments: youtube.com/watch?v=zfuvZfSFJVE
7. History Short: Chuck Yeager, American Hero: youtube.com/watch?v=yrn5nsAu0qY

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History Short: When Russia Guaranteed Ukraine Territory Integrity

History and Headlines 2024-12-08 | On December 8, 1991, Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus signed a treaty called the Belovezha Accords, an agreement that dissolved the USSR and put in its place the Commonwealth of Independent States.

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History Short: Chuck Yeager, American Hero

History and Headlines 2024-12-07 | On December 7, 2020, fighter ace and aviation record breaker, Chuck Yeager, Brigadier General US Air Force, died at the age of 97.

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