Moments in Time – Jan. 8, 2020
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On Jan. 26, 1918, soon after the Bolsheviks seized control in Russia, the former Russian state of Ukraine declares its total independence. In 1922, Ukraine became part ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Dec. 25, 2019
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On Jan. 8, 1835, President Andrew Jackson achieves his goal of entirely paying off the United States’ national debt. It was the only time in U.S. history that the ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Dec. 11, 2019
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On Dec. 28, 1793, British-born American revolutionary Thomas Paine, author of “Common Sense,” is arrested in France for treason, having been tried in absentia and convicted. ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Nov. 27, 2019
On Dec. 13, 1577, English seaman Francis Drake sets out from Plymouth, England, with five ships and 164 men on a mission to raid Spanish holdings on the Pacific coast of the ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Nov. 20, 2019
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On Dec. 4, 1783, George Washington, commanding general of the Continental Army, informs his officers that he will be resigning his commission and returning to civilian ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Nov. 13, 2019
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On Nov. 28, 1520, after sailing for weeks through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan enters the Pacific ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Nov. 6, 2019
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On Nov. 22, 1718, Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, is killed off North Carolina’s Outer Banks during a battle with a British navy force. In 1717, Teach took ... Continue Reading →
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