Fashion during The Industrial Revolution
Photo by: Mikael Damkier The nineteenth century witnessed an amazing transformation in the political and economic life of Europeans and Americans alike. During the first decade of the century almost all of Europe was under the power of France s ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), or other members of his family who controlled the outer regions of the empire. With widespread support…
Kent State, Vietnam War
Kent State Shooting Young man lies dead after the Kent state Shootings Richard Nixon announced on April 30th, 1970 that American military forces would expand the Vietnam War into Cambodia. The Vietnam War by this point had already been controversial and this expansion angered many of the youth in America…
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World War Two in the Pacific
Japanese expansion in East Asia began in 1931 with the invasion of Manchuria and continued in 1937 with a brutal attack on China. On September 27, 1940, Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, thus entering the military alliance known as the Axis. Seeking to curb Japanese aggression…
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Date of first moon landing
On this date, Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed their moon module on a broad dark lunar lava flow, called the Sea of Tranquility. Six hours later, Neil Armstrong became the first human being to walk on the surface of a world beyond Earth. Today – July 20, 2015 – is the 46th anniversary…
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Oppenheimer Manhattan Project
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) Photo by Ulli Steltzer Much has been written about physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was born in 1904. The substance of his life, his intellect, his patrician manner, his leadership of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, his political affiliations and postwar military/security…
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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Expedition
In the fall of 1806 Meriwether Lewis returned from the Voyage of Discovery to a hero’s welcome. The press and the public adorned him with adulation and President Thomas Jefferson rewarded his services with sizable pay, land in Missouri, and an appointment as governor of the Louisiana Territory. Three…
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Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
1803 - The Preparation The following portion of this script is based on information in Donald Jackson s Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, with Related Documents, 1783-1854. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1962. - Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Lewis traveled to Lancaster to confer with astronomer…
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What was the effect of Pearl Harbor?
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, several things happened. On the isolated island of Nihau, a Japanese plane, crippled in the attack crash landed. A native Hawaiian disarmed the pilot of this plane. A message was quickly sent to the island of Kauai requesting assistance. While being held, the pilot of the plane convinced a Japanese descendant on the island to let him go and give…
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