Countries That Have Changed Their Name

Countries That Have Changed Their Name

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The Loomis Fargo Heist

In the evening of October 4, 1997, a large cash haul of about $17.3 million was stolen from the Loomis Fargo & Co. vault in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was one of the largest cash robberies in history. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the work of criminal masterminds. The plot was quic ...  Show more

The Battle of Kasserine Pass

In February 1943, the United States Army saw its first major battle of World War II.They confronted the German Afrika Korps in the mountains of Tunisia at Kasserine Pass. It was, to put it bluntly, a disaster and one of the most humiliating defeats in the history of the American ...  Show more

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