The 100 Most Significant Events of the Last Thousand Years Reducing the millennium to a laundry list of highlights cannot pretend to be a definitive or…
Senate Years of Service: 1797-1798; 1823-1825Party: Democratic RepublicanJACKSON, Andrew, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee and 7th President of the United States; born on March 15…
Like people, countries sometimes change their names or disappear altogether. Have you ever wondered what happened to these places? Abyssinia, an ancient…
Eleven historic sites in danger of being lost forever In a report released in late May 2003, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (www.nationaltrust.org ) listed 11 historic sites across…
The long history of long pants
Trousers, pants, baji; whatever you happen to call long leg-wraps, you've probably worn a pair or two. Nowadays trousers are common across the world for casual…
Pop Culture Trends 1999 was the year of Pokémon, Latin pop, Harry Potter, and Dot-coms. by John Gettings Y2K Who knew that impending doom was going to be so popular? No other…
All about the March on Washington, August 28, 1963
by Shmuel Ross Related Links Quotes from Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Speeches Martin Luther King…
3.85 billion years ago: Life on Earth begins.10,000 years ago: More than 15 billion acres of land are covered with forest.1750–1850: The Industrial Revolution. Fossil fuels used in factories.1957–…
The Statue of Liberty (“Liberty Enlightening the World”) is a 225-ton, steel-reinforced copper female figure, 151 ft 1 in. (46.05 m) in height, facing the ocean from Liberty Island1 in New York…
