Every year on July 4th, this country celebrates its independence from Great Britain. It took a long war to achieve this end, but the events that led up to the Declaration of Independence provide an interesting story in their own right. The Seven Years War, Ending February 10, 1763: From 1756 to 1763 the British […]
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Much has been written and re-enacted about the wreck of R.M.S. Titanic on April 14, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland. Several movies have been made attempting to capture the drama of the ill-fated ship. But relatively little has been made known about the relief effort that swung into action after the ship was stricken.
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When the first week of June as it relates to World War II is mentioned, most of the time the reference is to the D-Day Invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. This event was arguably the most significant event in the European Theater of the war. But an equally important event took place June
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The Golden Gate Bridge that connects San Francisco, California, with Marin County to the north was built from 1933 to 1937. Once upon a time it was the longest suspension bridge in the world at 1.7 miles. It remains a major transportation segment for the San Francisco Bay Area drawing millions of commuters and tourists
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During the 10th Century, a group of Vikings landed on Greenland and in time developed settlements there. About 400 years later they vanished from the island. No one outside of Greenland even knew that they were gone until 1721 when some missionaries arrived at the sites and found only the ruins of their settlements. Their
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In 1877, France colonized the land in southeast Asia now known as Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. With this occupation came Catholicism, Western Culture, and some economic growth and industrialization. It also brought about a movement of groups of the local population to seek a removal of these Western influences. Here is a timeline of pertinent
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In Ancient Rome in the year 68 A.D. the emperor Nero committed suicide. A civil war followed, and Titus Flavius Vespasianus rose to the top and became the emperor Vespasian. One of Nero’s generals, Vespasian was the first of a dynasty of three emperors including his two sons: Titus and Domitian. The rise of the
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In 1803, President Jefferson negotiated a major land transaction with the First French Republic and its First Consul, Napoleon Bonaparte. Known as the Louisiana Purchase, the land acquisition nearly doubled the territory of the United States, stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. Jefferson sent a military expedition to explore this territory and
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Is inflation over? Will interest rates be coming down soon? Some economists reading their stat sheets and perhaps their tea leaves are pointing to future trends that will be bringing inflation in many of the G7 countries under control by the end of the year. However, central bankers have thrown a damp towel over investor
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Since the famous ship sank in April, 1912, there have been at least seventeen attempts to put together an expedition to find the wreck. Many of these attempts seemed credible at the time, but most of them failed owing to a lack of funding. Finally, after failing to find the sunken ship in a 1977
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