Moments in Time – January 18, 2023
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On Jan. 30, 1661, Oliver Cromwell was ritually executed. That is, his corpse was. The former Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England was posthumously convicted ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – January 11, 2023
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On Jan. 25, 1533, England’s King Henry VIII secretly married Anne Boleyn. The bride was pregnant with the future Queen Elizabeth I, and the ceremony took place ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – January 4, 2022
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On Jan. 16, 1547, Ivan IV Vasilyevich (aka “Ivan the Terrible”) crowned himself the first czar of Moscow. But was that nickname really deserved? Yes and no: “Terrible” ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – December 28, 2022
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On Jan. 9, 1859, Carrie Lane (later Catt) entered the world in Ripon, Wisconsin. A staunch women’s suffragist and peace advocate, she founded the League of Women ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – December 21, 2022
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On Jan. 5, 1914, Henry Ford introduced a revolutionary pay deal of $5 per day wages for all of his employees. When asked about it, he told reporters that he wanted his ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – December 14, 2022
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On Dec. 28, 1900, Mrs. Lulu Jenkins, of Chicago, was paid $4,000 in compensation for the lynching of her husband in Ripley County, Indiana. Mr. Jenkins allegedly was involved ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – December 7, 2022
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On Dec. 23, 1672, Italian astronomer, mathematician and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovered Rhea (originally christened Sidera Lodoicea), the second largest ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – November 30, 2022
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On December 16, 1773, a group of highly disgruntled Boston colonists board three ships loaded with taxed tea from Britain. While it would undoubtedly have been enjoyed ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – November 24, 2022
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On Dec. 10, 1768, the first part of the first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, the oldest continuously published and revised work in the English language, was ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – November 16, 2022
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On Nov. 28, 1967, England’s National Hunt Committee, following the advice of the Ministry of Agriculture, canceled all horse racing in the country due to new outbreaks ... Continue Reading →
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