My News LinksOfficial reason: ill health.
Real reason: mass protests and a regime losing control.
Egon Krenz, his successor promises change. Just 22 days later, the Berlin Wall
#otd 1989: East Germany’s communist leader Erich Honecker is forced from power after 18 years.
Official reason: ill health.
Real reason: mass protests and a regime losing control.Egon Krenz, his successor promises change. Just 22 days later, the Berlin Wall
— @ColdWarPod Oct 18, 2026
Today in 1944, the Nazis give the late Erwin Rommel a lavish state funeral. Although the famed ‘Desert Fox’ chose to take poison after being implicated in the failed July 20 bomb plot against Hitler, propagandists opt to make the popular field marshal out to be a national hero.
— @MilHistNow Oct 18, 2026
The Wagner Group heir is making a killing in guns, drugs and gold. After his father died aboard an exploding plane, Pavel Prigozhin, 28, took command of the world’s most notorious mercenary force. on.wsj.com/4saD2aY
— @WSJ Oct 18, 2026
Ilya Repin painted here a 4th century story where Bishop Nicholas halts an unjust execution.
In 1880s Russia, it resonated.
Tsarist courts were corrupt and the Church was regaining moral influence.
Repin used the saint as a symbol of conscience intervening against state injustice.
— @xmuse_ Oct 17, 2026
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— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Oct 17, 2026
Hanning and Patrushev – Google Search google.com/search?q=Hanning+…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Oct 17, 2026