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1869: Calouste Gulbenkian – One of the Wealthiest Armenians in History

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1869: Calouste Gulbenkian – One of the Wealthiest Armenians in History

Gulbenkian was one of the first entrepreneurs who searched for oil deposits in what is now Iraq. This day ...

Gulbenkian was one of the first entrepreneurs who searched for oil deposits in what is now Iraq. This day in 1869 marked the birth of Calouste Gulbenkian, one of the wealthiest Armenians in history. H ...

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1839: What Exactly Does the Widespread Abbreviation “OK” Mean?

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1839: What Exactly Does the Widespread Abbreviation “OK” Mean?

On this day in 1839, the phrase OK appeared in the U.S. newspaper The Boston Morning Post for the first t ...

On this day in 1839, the phrase OK appeared in the U.S. newspaper The Boston Morning Post for the first time in the history of print. Today it is a universally understood sign of approval. Although th ...

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1998: Movies with the Most Academy Awards in History

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1998: Movies with the Most Academy Awards in History

On this day in 1998 the film Titanic won a record number of Academy Awards in the history of cinematograp ...

On this day in 1998 the film Titanic won a record number of Academy Awards in the history of cinematography. It was nominated for 14 Academy Awards and won 11. By the number of Oscars won, only two ot ...

March 23, 2020
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Did you know a ghost’s testimony was used as evidence to convict a man of murder?

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Did you know a ghost’s testimony was used as evidence to convict a man of murder?

The Greenbrier Ghost is a name popularly given to the the alleged ghost of 23-year-old Elva Zona Heaster, ...

The Greenbrier Ghost is a name popularly given to the the alleged ghost of 23-year-old Elva Zona Heaster, who was found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, on 23 January 1897. Her death was at f ...

March 21, 2020
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1900: Tesla Patented Wireless Energy Transfer

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1900: Tesla Patented Wireless Energy Transfer

On this day Nikola Tesla received a patent for the wireless transmission of electricity. He thought that ...

On this day Nikola Tesla received a patent for the wireless transmission of electricity. He thought that the need for transmission lines and power lines would thus be eliminated. On the basis of this ...

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1922: The First American Aircraft Carrier had Carrier Pigeons

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1922: The First American Aircraft Carrier had Carrier Pigeons

On this day the first aircraft carrier in history officially became part of the U.S. Navy. Her name was U ...

On this day the first aircraft carrier in history officially became part of the U.S. Navy. Her name was USS Langley, full classification symbol CV-1. The U.S. Navy abbreviation CV indicates a Fleet ai ...

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1854: The Party that Produced the most U.S. Presidents

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1854: The Party that Produced the most U.S. Presidents

This day in 1854 marked the first public meeting of a party named the Republican Party in the U.S. Later, ...

This day in 1854 marked the first public meeting of a party named the Republican Party in the U.S. Later, that party grew into one of the two leading parties in U.S. politics, but its beginnings were ...

March 20, 2020
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1816: Filippo Mazzei: An Italian who Helped the Americans Achieve their Independence

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1816: Filippo Mazzei: An Italian who Helped the Americans Achieve their Independence

Filippo Mazzei, an interesting Italian who greatly helped the United States during their struggle for ind ...

Filippo Mazzei, an interesting Italian who greatly helped the United States during their struggle for independence, died on this day. He was a contemporary of Giacomo Casanova (who was also his countr ...

March 19, 2020
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