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91Charles Carroll of Carrollton – Longest Living Signer of Declaration of Independence
When his turn came to sign the document on that hot August day in Philadelphia in 1776, Charles Carroll stepped forward briskly, signed Charles Carroll, started back to his seat and then abruptly returned...
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74Ink-redible - the fountain pen that writes after 70 years on the sea bed
Onoto British-made pens have a long-standing reputation for quality, but a recently discovered example of one of their earliest pens takes the prize for outstanding durability – it writes perfectly after...
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91Thomas Jefferson's Paris: 1784 to 1789
Thomas Jefferson in Paris. President Jefferson. Reasons why Jefferson went to Paris. Jefferson's love affair in the Paris of Marie Antoinette.
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83A New Years Celebration Where Time Begins in Tonga
The first country in the world to greet the New Year, each and every year, is Tonga in the South Pacific. That is because it lies very close to the 180th parallel (12 hours ahead of Greenwich). It sits...
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67Timeline of American Events from 1763-1774
Proclamation of 1763 – It was issued by King George III, and it prohibited colonists from settling past the Appalachians. The colonists ignored it because they felt they deserved the land beyond the...
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81How Barack Obama Became the First African American President of The US
Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America. This is a remarkable accomplishment for any person – to become leader of the most powerful nation in the world. It’s even...
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91Veterans Day November 11th
Veteran's Day is a day set aside to honor the veterans of America's wars. It was originally known as Armistice Day to commemorate the official ending of hostilities in World War I - which occurred at the...
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72What Not to Wear in Regency & Georgian England
In the course of writing sixteen novels set in either Regency or Georgian England, I've learned quite a lot about what people wore back then. I thought it might be fun to write a hub modeled around one of...
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73World War 2 The Home Front (The Home Guard)
Britains Last line of defence against a German invasion during World War 2 were the Volunteers who joined the Home Guard, originally called the Local Defence Volunteers. The men who were aged between 41 and...
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63World War II: German battleship Bismarck
The German battleship Bismarck is one of the most famous warships of the Second World War. Named after the 19th century German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, Bismarck's fame came from the Battle of the Denmark...
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