In 1778, British Captain James Cook discovered Hawaii, which he named "The Sandwich Islands" in honor of John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich -- the acting First Lord of…
The Paris mob beheaded King Louis XVI on January 21, 1793, as the Reign of Terror was gaining momentum. France was in debt from helping with America's independence, and from…
Army Day, Navy Day and Air Force Day were combined in 1949 to be Armed Forces Day, celebrated the 3RD SATURDAY IN MAY. Army Day formerly was the date the…
"Let us go up at once, and possess the land; for we are well able to overcome it," shouted Joshua and Caleb, after they spent 40 days spying out the…
Athens was a democracy where all citizens were equal, but Pericles rose in prominence. He pushed to have the Delian League treasury moved to Athens in 454 BC, then borrowed…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... On March 23, 2022, headlines appeared across the nation: "Judge Nominated to Supreme Court on the Basis of Her Sex Can't…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... Do you have a Social Security Number? Social Security numbers came into use in November of 1935, as part of Franklin D.…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... In 1857, the Supreme Court, with 7 of the 9 Justices being Democrat, decided that Dred Scott was not a citizen, but…
LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... In 1857, the Supreme Court, with 7 of the 9 Justices being Democrat, decided that Dred Scott was not a citizen,…
"Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Thus began the first of the Ten Amendments, or Bill of Rights, which…
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