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1730: Von Steuben: The German Who Organized the U.S. Army in the War of Independence

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1730: Von Steuben: The German Who Organized the U.S. Army in the War of Independence

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (also known as Baron von Steuben), one of the Germans who helped the USA ga ...

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (also known as Baron von Steuben), one of the Germans who helped the USA gain independence, was born on this day in 1730. He was born in the German city of Magdeburg, and ...

September 17, 2018
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1745: Mikhail Kutuzov – the Commander-in-Chief who Confronted Napoleon

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1745: Mikhail Kutuzov – the Commander-in-Chief who Confronted Napoleon

Mikhail Kutuzov, the Commander-in-Chief who played an important role during the Napoleonic Wars, was born ...

Mikhail Kutuzov, the Commander-in-Chief who played an important role during the Napoleonic Wars, was born on this day in 1745. Kutuzov reached the rank of the Russian Field Marshal, and became famous ...

September 16, 2018
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1620: Mayflower – the Ship that Transported the Ancestors of Tens of Millions of Modern Americans

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1620: Mayflower – the Ship that Transported the Ancestors of Tens of Millions of Modern Americans

On this day in 1620 the famed Mayflower set sail, taking the mostly English colonists to the North Americ ...

On this day in 1620 the famed Mayflower set sail, taking the mostly English colonists to the North American coast. The Mayflower has an almost mythical significance regarding the creation of the Unite ...

September 16, 2018
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1613: Birth of François de La Rochefoucauld – the Writer of the Highest Noble Origin

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1613: Birth of François de La Rochefoucauld – the Writer of the Highest Noble Origin

This day in 1613 marked the birth of François de La Rochefoucauld, the famous French writer of aristocrat ...

This day in 1613 marked the birth of François de La Rochefoucauld, the famous French writer of aristocratic origin. He had extraordinarily high status among the French nobility, because he was a membe ...

September 15, 2018
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1616: The First School for Poor Children Opened by St. Joseph Calasanz

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1616: The First School for Poor Children Opened by St. Joseph Calasanz

The first public school in Europe was opened in the Italian town of Frascati on this day in 1616. Only no ...

The first public school in Europe was opened in the Italian town of Frascati on this day in 1616. Only noble families’ children and future priests attended the schools which had been opened before tha ...

September 15, 2018
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1789: Why are U.S. Foreign Ministers Called State Secretaries?

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1789: Why are U.S. Foreign Ministers Called State Secretaries?

The United States Department of State was established on this day in 1789, and it is something akin to th ...

The United States Department of State was established on this day in 1789, and it is something akin to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United States. This institution had been originally named ...

September 15, 2018
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1715: Dom Pérignon – the French Catholic Monk

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1715: Dom Pérignon – the French Catholic Monk

The French Catholic monk Dom Pérignon died on this day in 1715. The famous brand of champagne was named ...

The French Catholic monk Dom Pérignon died on this day in 1715. The famous brand of champagne was named after him. Dom Perignon was born as Pierre Pérignon, and the word Dom was something akin to an ...

September 14, 2018
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1792: Theft of the Most Famous Diamond in the World

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1792: Theft of the Most Famous Diamond in the World

The French king Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette had their diamond stolen on this day in 1792. It was ...

The French king Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette had their diamond stolen on this day in 1792. It was the famous blue diamond, named "Hope", also known as "Le Bleu de France" (French blue). Today, ...

September 11, 2018
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