Erik Thackrey

27, Canadian, fascinated in video games, collecting games, and sharing my love of history and military history with others.

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@NivNixxi @freakyfeelingx I do 🙋🏽‍♂️

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June 13, 1923

#OTD The value of the German mark fell further to an exchange rate of 100,000 marks to the U.S. dollar. Prior to World War One, the exchange rate had been 4.20 marks to a U.S. dollar. By June 1923, the rate was 81,000 marks to a dollar.

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June 13, 1922

#OTD France granted Austria a loan of 55 million francs.

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June 13, 1921

#OTD The British cargo ship SS Canastota (Pictured) left Sydney, Australia, bound for Wellington, New Zealand. It never arrived, and was presumed to have foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all 49 crew. Fire-damaged wreckage was eventually washed ashore

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June 13, 1920

#OTD Essad Pasha Toptani (Pictured), the nominal ruler of Albania, was assassinated by a 25-year-old Albanian student, Avni Rustemi, during a visit to Paris. Essad was departing the Hotel Continental when Rustemi stepped from behind a pillar and shot him twice.

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June 13, 1919

#OTD The village of Rimbey, Alberta, Canada was incorporated.

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June 13, 1917

#OTD Oil industrialist Frank Phillips and his brother Lee founded the Phillips Petroleum Company in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and began marketing many of its oil products as Phillips 66.

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June 13, 1917

#OTD World War I: The first major bombing raid on London killed 162 people and injured another 432, including more than 40 schoolchildren when a single bomb hit the Upper North Street School (Both Pictured) in Poplar, London.

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June 13, 1916

#OTD World War I: Battle of Mont Sorrel

Canadian and British troops surprised German defenses following a morning barrage, forcing them to fall back to their original lines within an hour. Around 200 German soldiers were taken prisoner.

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June 13, 1916

#OTD The village of Spirit River, Alberta, Canada was established.

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June 13, 1915

#OTD World War I: Second Battle of Artois

French forces under command of General Victor d'Urbal (Pictured) launched renewed artillery bombardments and infantry assaults against the German line on the Western Front south of German-held Souchez, France.

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June 13, 1915

#OTD World War I: Dutch air craft designer Anthony Fokker (Left) and German pilot Otto Parschau (Right) demonstrated the E.II model of the Fokker Eindecker fighters to the German military command, including Crown Prince Wilhelm at Stenay, France.

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June 13, 1914

#OTD René Viviani (Pictured) was appointed to become the 81st Prime Minister of France after receiving a vote of confidence of 370 to 137 by the French National Assembly.

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@AlexandraC25721 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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June 13, 1914

#OTD Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (Right) concluded his visit with Archduke Franz Ferdinand (Left) after they discussed the tenuous balance of power in the Balkans, as the Archduke was scheduled later that month to visit military expansion efforts in the region.

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June 13, 1903

#OTD Italy's Prime Minister, Giuseppe Zanardelli (Pictured), resigned after losing a vote in the Italian Chamber of Deputies. He would reconsider the next day, and would remain in the post until November.

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@NivNixxi @thetoxickingx Absolutely stunning ❤️🖤🔥🔥🔥

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@Superkiii17 Oh for sure 👍🏼

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@oldtimescore I have it on ps3

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@DarkyRose00 10/10