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1 day ago · Ostsiedlung (German pronunciation: [ˈɔstˌziːdlʊŋ], lit. 'East settlement') is the term for the Early Medieval and High Medieval migration of ethnic Germans and Germanization of the areas populated by Slavic, Baltic and Finnic peoples; the most settled area was known as Germania Slavica. Germanization efforts included eastern parts of ...
1 day ago · April 20, 1904 (Wednesday) A coal dust explosion at a mine in Stearns, Kentucky, killed five African American miners. [212] Twelve miners were killed at the La Blanc mine near Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, when a cable attached to a cage broke, causing the cage and its occupants to fall 350 metres (1,150 ft). [213] Born: