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kylemillerrocks: September 12, 1940: The Lascaux cave...
kylemillerrocks: September 12, 1940: The Lascaux cave paintings are discovered. The discoverers of the celebrated Paleolithic cave paintings were four teenagers, who had stumbled upon the site while...
View Articleoops! got my caves all mixed up!
They’re very similar, and the movie is fantastic, so no big deal! Thanks for the recommendation, too.
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I am so terrible with the Gilded Age and everything (in U.S. history) between 1865 and the 1920s. Anyone have any suggestions?
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September 13, 1501: Michelangelo begins work on...
September 13, 1501: Michelangelo begins work on David. Michelangelo was commissioned in August of 1501 by the Operai of the Florence Cathedral to complete his great masterpiece. Several artists,...
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September 14, 1901: Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as president...
1902 moose 1904 September 14, 1901: Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as president upon the death of William McKinley. Vice-President Roosevelt was on his way to Buffalo to visit the President (who had...
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I love coming back from school to messages like this - thank you very much. It helps.
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Arthur Rackham’s illustrations for Der Ring des Nibelungen...
Arthur Rackham’s illustrations for Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung). We have been told in ancient tales many marvels of famous heroes, of mighty toil, joys, and high festivities, of...
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September 15, 1916: The tank makes its debut at the Battle of...
September 15, 1916: The tank makes its debut at the Battle of the Somme. In an attempt to counter the dragging, senseless brutality of trench warfare, the British began developing armored vehicles...
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September 16, 1620: The Mayflower departs Plymouth. Intwo...
on the Speedwell Montague Dawson September 16, 1620: The Mayflower departs Plymouth. Intwo months, the Mayflower crossed the Atlantic Ocean and anchored at a harbor in Cape Cod. She was carrying 121...
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September 17, 1787: The U.S. Constitution is adopted. We the...
Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, Howard Chandler Christy September 17, 1787: The U.S. Constitution is adopted. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more...
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dearserendipity: unhistorical: September 17, 1787: The U.S....
Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, Howard Chandler Christy dearserendipity: unhistorical: September 17, 1787: The U.S. Constitution is adopted. We the People of the United...
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September 18, 1931: The Japanese engineer the Mukden...
September 18, 1931: The Japanese engineer the Mukden Incident. Similar to Germany’s Gleiwitz Incident, which was used to justify the 1939 invasion of Poland, the Mukden Incident served as the prelude...
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September 19, 1911: Sir William Golding is born. From his most...
September 19, 1911: Sir William Golding is born. From his most famous and most controversial work, Lord of the Flies (1954): This is our island. It’s a good island. Until the grown-ups come to fetch...
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September 20, 480 BC: An allied Greek force defeats the Persians...
September 20, 480 BC: An allied Greek force defeats the Persians at the Battle of Salamis. In the most significant engagement of the second Persian invasion of the Peloponnese, Greek forces duplicated...
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I really should… I did provide more links before, but I stopped doing it. I’ll definitely try to provide more sources from now on. And thanks for reading!
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September 21, 1937: The Hobbit is...
September 21, 1937: The Hobbit is published. J.R.R.Tolkien’s classic children’s novel turns 75 years old today. The book begins with the line “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit”, a sentence...
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September 23, 1889: Nintendo is founded. When Fusajiro Yamauchi...
September 23, 1889: Nintendo is founded. When Fusajiro Yamauchi founded Nintendo Koppai (as it was called until 1933) in Kyoto, the company’s sole product was handmade Japanese-style playing cards,...
View ArticleSometimes I get people asking me to write about specific topics, and I see...
Sometimes I get people asking me to write about specific topics, and I see and acknowledge your input, but please understand that I’m still a huge newbie (and a busy newbie who is currently applying to...
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