95. Streak 2 (1979) Bridget Riley Bridget Riley, of English descent, began working as commercial illustrator in the late 1950s; and then she saw an exhibition of Jackson Pollock’s paintings, which had a great impact on her. Around 1960, Riley developed her style of Op Art, which uses...
1861, January 9 - Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the American Civil War. 1861, January 29 - Kansas is admitted into the Union, becoming the 34th State 1863, January 1 - The Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln goes into effect, freeing...
Three individuals made the shortlist, including African-American civil rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune, environmental activist Marjory Stoneman Douglas and the founder of Publix grocery stores, George Jenkins. I can’t imagine the tone-deaf debate in favor of Jenkins, although in their defense, Fl...
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In the end, at least 18 lay dead, mostly bystanders, and by the end of the week four more would die. 150 were wounded or injured, and 177 were arrested, in what was the largest civil disturbance in New York at the time. The following day, a mass rally at City Hall...
Civil war in America had broken out in April and Britain had issued a proclamation of neutrality that in effect assisted the slave-owning south. Opinion was divided; many, especially in the cotton-manufacturing north of England, largely liberal in politics, supported their economic inter...
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British jobs abroad included civil and military service, missionary work, and infrastructure development. People from various imperial locations traveled to, studied in, and settled in Britain. Money, too, flowed both ways—the empire was a source of profit, and emigrants sent money home to ...
(Ancient Egyptian: Sopdet)—became visible above the horizon after a period of absence, which at that time occurred some weeks before the Nile began to rise for the inundation. Every 4 years the civil year advanced one day in relation to the solar year (with 3651/4days), and after a ...