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Nov 27, 2017
The Executions of James Pratt and John Smith
There appears to be a correlation between the value of…
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Nov 26, 2017
The
Manchester Guardian
Publishes Details of the Sykes-Picot Agreement
Everyone wants peace in the Middle East. But no one talks about why there isn’t peace there in the first place.
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Nov 25, 2017
The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950
With devastating hurricanes battering the American coast every few years, I wanted to focus on a powerful Nor’easter today. It’s like an inland hurricane that…
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Nov 24, 2017
Lee Harvey Oswald Shot By Jack Ruby
In this entry, I want to focus on the fatal shooting of Lee Harvey…
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Nov 23, 2017
John Milton Publishes
Areopagitica
”Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely…
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Nov 22, 2017
William Lyon Mackenzie Calls for Independence from Britain
William Lyon Mackenzie needs to be talked…
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Nov 21, 2017
Bloody Sunday in Dublin
Chronologically, this is the 7th of the 19 Bloody Sundays. It’s only the…
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Nov 20, 2017
The Windsor Castle Fire
What do you do when something priceless gets ruined? There’s no insurance…
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Nov 19, 2017
”Malice at the Palace” NBA Brawl
Full disclosure — I was born and raised in central Indiana, and the Indiana Pacers have always been my NBA team. My first NBA game was at Market Square Arena. I was at…
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Nov 18, 2017
St. Elizabeth’s Flood
At first glance, this may not seem all that bad, but populations have to be accounted for. It is estimated that the population of the Netherlands was under 2 million around the time…
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