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May 1, 305

On May 1, 305 CE, Diocletian and Maximian, the co-emperors of Rome retired. This was the first time a Roman Emperor had voluntarily abdicated the throne to allow new blood to take over. Diocletian rode out in the sunset to his little old palace on the Dalmatian coast and tended to his vegetable gardens until … Continue reading

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April 30, 1945

On April 30, 1945 just one day after being married, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. Many married couples throughout the world understood immediately. Several of the World’s leaders opined that if Adolph and Eva had met and married in 1939, they could have avoided the whole World War II fiasco.

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March 27, 1997

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate UFO Cult committed mass suicide as they tried to ascend to the UFO they believed was riding in the tail of the Hale-Bopp comet. 28 years later, their website www.heavensgate.com is still on the internet and being maintained and viewable with the … Continue reading

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September 21, 1576

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1576, Gerolamo Cardano, an Italian Renaissance mathematician, philosopher, doctor, gambler and astrologer died. He was famous and infamous throughout Europe of that time and was paid handsomely for his astrological forecasts. He even predicted the time and date of his own death, which was September 21, 1576. When the … Continue reading

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April 30, 1945

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1945 newlyweds Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. They had been married for just one day. In their personal diaries on April 30th, Adolf wrote “I can’t believe how much she changed in just one day. It’s nag this, nag that, I want a fur coat this, a … Continue reading

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