On this day in 1858,Anna J. Cooperwas born into slavery in Raleigh, North Carolina. She went on to earn her PhD and became one of the most prominent African-American scholars in U.S. History. Her mother was a slave and her owner, George Washington Haywood, allegedly fathered Anna as ...
1/Jan/1881 Dr John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes 2/Jan/1947 Lord Bevin commented that with half of the population of beggars and thieves, India is ungovernable Nation 3/Jan/1925 Benito Mussolini announces he will become dictator of Italy 4/Ja
Sometimes we saw elephants or lions. They were amazing to watch and never attacked us. Every day, I collected plants and added them to my notes. There was so much new information to write down. There was, of cour...
He would spend the next 12 years of his life enslaved, until he was finally freed on this day in 1853.“It was like a farmer’s barnyard in most respects, save it was so constructed that the outside world could never see the ...
Phillip’s mother was Marie of Burgundy. In this case the Jews merely seemed to have gotten caught up in the dynastic swirl that was so much of European History prior to the French Revolution. 1506: Violence continued for a second day in ...
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December 9, 1993 - A five-day repair job in space on the $3 billion Hubble Space Telescope was finished by U.S. astronauts.December 9, 1994 - Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army's political wing, held its first formal talks with Britain in over 70 years....
Posted in Port Phillip history, Theatre, This Week in Port Phillip District 1842 What happened in Port Phillip in 1842: May 1842 Pt.II Posted on June 2, 2017 | 9 comments Feting the gentleman captors Not a lot else happened in May, other than the excitement of catching the Plenty ...
It is not unusual to spot a bald eagle flyover any day of the year carrying a bright orange goldfish in its talonsWe are used to thinking of goldfish as an aquarium pet; considering them as having a life in the wild requires a conceptual adjustment. Goldfish favor shallow, muddy, warm ve...
C-47 Skytrains in Vee-of Vees formation. On D-Day, The Sixth of June, 1944, a formation of C-47 Skytrains, nine airplanes abreast, 100 feet (30 meters) from wing tip to wing tip, 1,000 feet (305 meters) in trail, stretching for over 300 miles (483 kilometers), airdropped 13...