This Day in History is a free service of ocarino.com //ocarino.com en-us Farlex, Inc. Mon, 22 May 2023 05:00:00 GMT 360 //ocarino.com //img.tfd.com/modules/thm_history.png 120 60 Mon, 22 May 2023 05:00:00 GMT //encyclopedia.ocarino.com/Great+Chilean+Earthquake //encyclopedia.ocarino.com/Great+Chilean+Earthquake# Measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, the Great Chilean Earthquake was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. The tsunami it produced sent waves of up to 82 ft (25 m) racing across the Pacific Ocean to Chile, Argentina, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand, and the Aleutian Islands. It is estimated that between 2,000 and 6,000 people lost their lives in the earthquake and ensuing tsunami. The tsunami reached Japan how many hours after the initial earthquake? Discuss
]]> Sun, 21 May 2023 05:00:00 GMT //encyclopedia.ocarino.com/Leopold+and+Loeb //encyclopedia.ocarino.com/Leopold+and+Loeb# Now famously known as Leopold and Loeb, Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb were two University of Chicago students who murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924 as part of an elaborate plan to commit the "perfect crime." Although the duo attempted to conceal or destroy all evidence linking them to the crime, a pair of Leopold's eyeglasses was found near the scene, and the two later confessed. Spared the death penalty, they were instead sentenced to life in prison plus how many years?
]]> Sat, 20 May 2023 05:00:00 GMT //encyclopedia.ocarino.com/Battle+of+Hamburger+Hill //encyclopedia.ocarino.com/Battle+of+Hamburger+Hill# Fought over a period of 10 days in 1969, the Battle of Hamburger Hill was the last major US ground assault of the Vietnam War. Attacks on the heavily fortified hill were primarily carried out by infantry using small arms fire, with fighting akin to WWI trench warfare. The site was of little strategic value, and the high number of casualties that resulted from capturing it sparked controversy and led to dramatic changes in US strategy. How did the hill get its name?
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