Welcome toToday In Historyfor Sunday, March 9, 2025. On this day in history .. 1452- Pope Nicolaas I crowns Frederik III RC-German emperor 1496- Jews are expelled from Carintha Austria 1497- Nicolaus Copernicus 1st recorded astronomical observation, ...
In June 1837, King William IV died and he was succeeded by his 18-year-old niece Queen Victoria. Victoria never knew her father, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, because he died when she was eight months old. Melbourne was her first Prime Minister. In Queen Victoria, Melbourne had the child...
Charles Hamilton, a travelling medicine-seller in 18th-century Somerset, was a dapper, charming suitor, wooing a landlady’s niece and settling into the role of husband until, in 1746, the newlywed bride denounced their marriage as fraudulent. After a Glastonbury jury ruled Hamilton had impersonat...
Scotland banned ordinary people from wearing kilts in 1746 for 35 years, after which it made a comeback with a renewed sense of Scottish patriotism. Science fiction loves skirts Miniskirts became an integral part of science fiction comics, books, and shows which often portrayed women in short,...
By 1746, British plantation owners in Guyana increased, which caused a shift in the colonial powers in the area. The Napoleonic Wars and the subsequent political turmoil in Europe led to a shift in the control of colonies. Control over Guyana shifted between the Netherlands, Britain, and France...
In a culture which only values the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary player, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire...
Another bright, big and beautiful open star cluster for all optics is NGC 1746 (RA 5 : 03.6 Dec +23 : 49). It contains about two dozen members and although its not very compressed to the telescope, makes a very nice showing in binoculars or a rich field telescope. What’s clever abou...
Chartered in 1746, Princeton University is the fourth-oldest college in the United States and well known for its scholarship and service to all nations. By Ralph C. Jensen Jul 01, 2012 Xray May Alert Officials Before Tragedy Strikes After the tragedies at Columbine High School and Virginia Te...
Pensees philosophiques, 1746. Disraeli, Benjamin (1804-1881), English Prime Minister: "The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes." Douglas, William O. (1898-1980), U. S. Supreme Court Justice: "The great and ...
Our entire “period of recorded history” is the story of this human experiment with agro-technological control over nature’s processes and the power, surplus and destruction it brings. This is the actual source of the “evil” in the fabric of our world… (Of course it springs from natura...