Moments in Time – October 4, 2023
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On Oct. 16, 1968, American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos sparked controversy at the Mexico City Olympics by giving “Black power” salutes during a ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – September 27, 2023
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On Oct. 9, 2004, Afghan voters went to the polls for the first time in their nation’s history to vote for a president and elected Hamid Karzai, who had served as ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – September 20, 2023
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On Oct. 2, 1614, Louis XIII of France was declared an adult. His mother, Marie de’ Medici, continued to act as his Regent, however, as she had begun upon the assassination ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – September 13, 2023
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On Sept. 25, 1890, Sequoia National Park in central California, famed for some of the tallest and largest trees in the world, was established by the U.S. Congress as ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – September 6, 2023
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On Sept. 18, 1769, John Harris, a spinet and harpsichord maker from Boston, completed the first spinet piano to be made in America. Upon its debut, the Boston Gazette ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – August 22, 2023
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On Sept. 4, 1925, laws were enacted to ensure that farm wagons would be equipped with lights for traveling at night, due to an increase in the number of accidents the ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – August 16, 2023
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On Aug. 28, 1789, William Herschel, court astronomer under England’s King George III, discovered Enceladus, one of Saturn’s innermost moons, while using his ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – August 9, 2023
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On Aug. 21, 1888, American inventor and former bank clerk William Seward Burroughs patented the adding machine. Two years earlier, Burroughs had co-founded the American ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – August 2, 2023
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On Aug. 14, 1040, Scotland’s King Duncan I was killed, not in his sleep, as Shakespeare would later portray the event in his famous play, but in a battle against ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – July 19, 2023
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On July 31, 1703, author Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe) was placed in a pillory after being found guilty of seditious libel for publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, ... Continue Reading →
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