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You are the master of the sky. Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot to...
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July 12, 1191: The Siege of Acre ends. The siege of the city of...
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July 13, 1863: The New York City draft riots begin. The United...
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July 14, 1789: A Paris mob storms the Bastille. The storming of...
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July 14, 1862: Gustav Klimt is born. I can paint and draw. I...
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July 16, 1945: The U.S. conducts the first successful atomic...
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It seemed as if all of them guessed their fate, but not one of...
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July 18, 1918: Nelson Mandela is born. I had no epiphany, no...
July 18, 1918: Nelson Mandela is born.I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities and a thousand unremembered...
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John Martin (July 19, 1789 – February 17, 1854) Vastness is his...
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That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for...
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Landscapes after Ancient Masters (1674 - 1677) - Wang Hui and...
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View Articlehave you checked out reddit's askhistorians subreddit? it's an amazing...
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July 23, 1942: Treblinka extermination camp opens. Treblinka was...
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (January 1, 1797 - April 14, 1861)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (January 1, 1797 - April 14, 1861)
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July 24, 1802: Alexandre Dumas is born. This prolific French...
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Alphonse Mucha (July 24, 1860 - July 14, 1939) The purpose of...
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