On this day in 2011, President Obama surprises the world with the announcement that U.S. forces have killed Osama bin Laden.

So interesting we have this footage Now imagine 1,500 Rebels running at you all doing this in unison. Truly scary

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"It was the first time the Atlantic Ocean was crossed." Scientists say they have pinned down a precise year that Norse explorers from Europe were on land that came to be Newfoundland — the year A.D. 1021, or exactly 1,000 years ago.

Archaeologists guess the Pyramids of Giza to be about ~4,600 years old as Carbon-14 can’t be used to estimate their age. An ostrich egg found in a tomb near Aswan shows the 3 Pyramid structures side by side. Carbon dating show it is ~7,000 years old. An interesting quagmire.

Machu Picchu pictured when it was first rediscovered (colorized) vs present time What other amazing places are awaiting discovery? 🤔🤔👀 #MachuPicchu #Explorer #Discovery

The single-family homes near downtown were replaced by apartment buildings. The development patterns along Boulevard, North Avenue, and Ponce de Leon are a direct result. The Great Fire permanently altered the way Atlanta looks today. #AtlantaGreatFire #Atlanta #TodayInHistory

Mayor Asa Candler ordered them to fetch crates of dynamite in order to create a barrier the flames could not cross. This plan worked and the flame was contained. For weeks the city was shrouded in smoke and ash. Thousands camped in Piedmont Park or vacant lots.

The city's firemen struggled to combat the flames - A mixture of a cotton warehouse, Grady Hospital's "pest house," and cotton mattresses caused the destruction. These blazes should have easily been contained but the firetrucks malfunctioned forcing them to use hand buckets.

May 21, 1917 - The Great Fire of Atlanta engulfs the heart of the city. 1,938 homes were destroyed, 300 acres of real estate were wiped out, and more than 10,000 people became homeless. It began as three small fires and quickly spread across the city. #TodayInHistory #Atlanta

With a submerged displacement of 48,000 tons, Soviet Typhoons are the largest submarines ever built, able to accommodate comfortable living facilities for the crew when submerged for months. This is one seen along a beach in Severodvinsk in the White Sea https://t.co/cwPZpxAejN

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May 6th, 1937 - the German airship Hindenburg erupts into flames while landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey - killing 36 of the 97 people aboard ending the Zepplin air transportation era. This was the largest airship ever constructed at 804 feet long. #TodayInHistory #Hindenburg

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Today, the location of the Führer bunker is now a parking lot. The bunker was filled in long ago. All that remains is a sign in the parking lot detailing the layout Hitler's death would end the fighting in Europe. In total, an estimated 75 million people would die in WW2 #Hitler

Both bodies were hastily burned outside the bunker. Soviet forces discovered the ashes and also some of his teeth, which they sent back to Moscow. In 2018, researchers were allowed to examine the teeth and confirmed the match - dispelling any notion that Hitler escaped Germany

April 30, 1945 - Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun committed suicide below a war-torn Berlin. Eva and Hitler each took a cyanide capsule - giving it to their dogs as well - with Hitler also shooting himself in the head The Soviets were only blocks away. #TodayInHistory #Hitler

27 April 1822: Ulysses S. Grant is born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He was the commander of the Union #army during the U.S. Civil War and was the 18th #president of the United States. #history #HistoryMatters #ad https://t.co/H4GTXEiqsA

The surrounding town of Pripyat was evacuated, with a "zone of exclusion" set up around the explosion. The area will not be safe for at least another 20,000 years. Pripyat sits just as it did in 1986. Today - a ghost town that still provides creepy imagery. #Pripyat #Chernobyl

April 26, 1986 - The world's worst nuclear disaster occurs in Chernobyl in today's Ukraine. 31 people would die, countless others infected with Radiation. Soviet authorities downplayed the event and did not admit an incident occurred until two days later. #Chernobyl #Ukraine