A country of central and northwest North America with coastlines on the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It includes the noncontiguous states of Alaska and Hawaii and various island territories in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. The area now occupied by the contiguous 48 states was originally inh...
Charles Paul Gruppe, 1860-1940; American artist, born in Canada Charles Paul Renouard, 1845-1924; French artist Charles Paul de Kock, 1793-1871; French writer of Dutch lineage Charles Samuel Keene, 1823-1891; English artist Charles Stanley Reinhart, 1844-1896; American artist Charles Théophile...
Tortolawas first settled in 1648 by Dutch buccaneers who held the island until it was taken over in 1666 by a group of English planters. In 1672 Tortola was annexed to the British-administeredLeeward Islands. In 1773 the planters were granted civil government, with an elected House of Assembly...
William Henry Harrison (1773 - 1841) Ninth president of the US; born in Berkeley. Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) Third president of the US; born in Albermarle County. Meriwether Lewis (1774 - 1809) and William Clark (1770 - 1838) Led a famous expedition to the Pacific ocean; both born...
in helping the family financially. Her role was to make and sell the little white caps worn by many girls at that time. Betsy always put a unique design on each cap. It was considered something of a status (地位) symbol for girls to wear a cap designed and made by Betsy. In 1773 ...
in helping the family financially. Her role was to make and sell the little white caps worn by many girls at that time. Betsy always put a unique design on each cap. It was considered something of a status (地位) symbol for girls to wear a cap designed and made by Betsy. In 1773 ...
A rare signed edition of Phillis Wheatley’s poetry from 1773SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: I'm Shirley Griffith. RAY FREEMAN: And I'm Ray Freeman with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about someone important in the history of the United States....
Khrushchev was born in 1894 in the village of Kalinovka, which is close to the present-day border between Russia and Ukraine. He was employed as a metal worker during his youth, and he was a political commissar during the Russian Civil War. With the help of Lazar Kaganovich, he worked ...
in helping the family financially. Her role was to make and sell the little white caps worn by many girls at that time. Betsy always put a unique design on each cap. It was considered something of a status (地位) symbol for girls to wear a cap designed and made by Betsy. In 1773 ...
Étienne Vincent Borne (January 22, 1907 – June 14, 1993) was born in Manduel (Gard). He was a professor of philosophy Hypokhâgne at Lycée Henri-IV in Paris. Étienne Borne founded the Mouvement republicain populaire (MRP), and the French Christian Democratic Party. He was a colu...