Moments in Time – November 30, 2022
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On December 16, 1773, a group of highly disgruntled Boston colonists board three ships loaded with taxed tea from Britain. While it would undoubtedly have been enjoyed ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – November 24, 2022
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On Dec. 10, 1768, the first part of the first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, the oldest continuously published and revised work in the English language, was ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – November 16, 2022
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On Nov. 28, 1967, England’s National Hunt Committee, following the advice of the Ministry of Agriculture, canceled all horse racing in the country due to new outbreaks ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – November 9, 2022
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On Nov. 7, 1885, at a remote spot called Craigellachie in the mountains of British Columbia, the last spike is driven into Canada’s first transcontinental railway. ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – November 2, 2022
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On Nov. 14, 1889, journalist Nellie Bly took a page from Jules Verne’s novel “Around the World in 80 Days” by following in the footsteps of the book’s protagonist, ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – October 26, 2022
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On Nov. 21, 1941, Tweety Bird debuted in the Warner Bros. cartoon “A Tale of Two Kitties.” Originally a wild, naked chick with rather malicious tendencies, the character ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – October 19, 2022
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On November 2, 1862, Mary Todd Lincoln wrote to her husband about the public sentiment against General George B. McClellan’s cautious command, saying people “would ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – October 12, 2022
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On Oct. 30, 1864, the town of Helena, Montana, is founded by four gold miners at a location they called Last Chance Gulch. Miners flooded to the area by the thousands, ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – October 5, 2022
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On Oct. 21, 1797, the USS Constitution, a 44-gun U.S. Navy frigate, is launched in Boston Harbor. She was built to fight Barbary pirates off the coast of Tripoli and won ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – September 8, 2022
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On Oct. 16, 1793, Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France, is taken to the guillotine and beheaded nine months after her husband, the former King Louis XVI of France. ... Continue Reading →
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