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I must confess that I think her as delightful a creature as...
I must confess that I think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print, and how I shall be able to tolerate those who do not like her at least I do not know.Jane Austen on Elizabeth Bennet,...
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in...
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.January 28, 1813: Pride and Prejudice is published.Jane Austen’s most famous work, a...
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January 29, 1845: Edgar Allan Poe’s ”The...
January 29, 1845: Edgar Allan Poe’s ”The Raven” is published.Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous poem was published toward the end of his life - he died in 1849 of mysterious causes after suffering for years...
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Honestly? Probably. It’s something The History Channel has never tried before, so it could be either really terrible or really awesome.
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Soviet Guerrillas, c. 1942. Library of Congress
Soviet Guerrillas, c. 1942.Library of Congress
View ArticleNocturne No 1 in E♭ minor, Op 33/1 - Gabriel Fauré
Nocturne No 1 in E♭ minor, Op 33/1 - Gabriel Fauré
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January 31, 1865: The Thirteenth Amendment is ratified. The...
January 31, 1865: The Thirteenth Amendment is ratified.The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was the first to be passed in sixty years, the first since the passage of Twelfth Amendment in...
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February 1, 1968: Nguyễn Văn Lém is executed. Lém was a member...
February 1, 1968: Nguyễn Văn Lém is executed.Lém was a member of the Viet Cong whose execution on the streets of Saigon was captured in a photograph that eventually won the Pulitzer Prize and came to...
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An American sergeant is served a birthday cake topped with...
An American sergeant is served a birthday cake topped with “the tools of his trade”, May 1942. National Archives: African Americans During World War II
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Auschwitz, Dachau, Buchenwald “Arbeit macht frei” =...
Auschwitz, Dachau, Buchenwald“Arbeit macht frei” = “work sets you free”“Jedem das Seine” = “to each what he deserves”
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February 2, 1943: The Battle of Stalingrad ends. The decisive...
February 2, 1943: The Battle of Stalingrad ends.The decisive and bloody five month-long battle at Stalingrad, widely considered the turning point in the European Theatre of the Second World War, ended...
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whitecolonialism: newsweek: Go get ‘em, gurl. As if we needed...
whitecolonialism:newsweek:Go get ‘em, gurl.As if we needed more reasons to love Beyonce!
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February 4, 1913: Rosa Parks is born. I have learned over the...
February 4, 1913: Rosa Parks is born.I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
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February 4, 1945: The Yalta Conference opens. The “Big...
February 4, 1945: The Yalta Conference opens.The “Big Three” Allied leaders of World War II met at the Livadia Palace in Crimea for the second time (after the 1943 Tehran Conference) this time to...
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Denazification: an Allied soldier removes an “Adolf...
Denazification: an Allied soldier removes an “Adolf Hitler” street sign and replaces it with one named for Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945.National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.
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February 5, 1917: Congress passes the Immigration Act of...
February 5, 1917: Congress passes the Immigration Act of 1917.Also called the “Asiatic Barred Zone Act”, this piece of immigration legislation was passed over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto and added...
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Health inspector examines an immigrant at Angel Island, c. 1917....
Health inspector examines an immigrant at Angel Island, c. 1917. Between 1910 and 1940, inspectors at the “Ellis Island of the West” detained, examined, and processed around a million immigrants,...
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