/u/OutofPlaceOneLiner's posts in /r/AskHistorians
In 1984, there was a failed coup in Romania on Ceaușescu. From wikipedia, "it failed when the military unit assigned to carry out the plan was sent to harvest maize instead." Can someone explain this event a little further?
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Sergei Rachmaninoff played his last concert in Russia in 1917. He died in 1943. Wiki says he missed and had nostalgia for Russia. Why wasn't he able to return?
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How long have classical Roman first names been as popular as they are in the black community? And why?
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Is there truth to the claim that there were no childbirths in the history of concentration camps during the holocaust?
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How quickly did prejudice towards Japanese-Americans by the general American population end after WW2?
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How strong was "We need to stop inventing weapons because we are going to destroy the world." sentiment before world war 1?
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Were there any easily habitable places that premodern societies "missed"? Or did humanity claim it all?
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Given the United States' history with native Americans, why are so many cities/states/schools etc. named after Native American cultures?
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