Moments in Time – April 3, 2019
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On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln dies from an assassin’s bullet. Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington the night before, Lincoln ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – March 28, 2019
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On April 13, 1360, a hailstorm kills an estimated 1,000 of King Edward’s III’s English soldiers in France. The heavy losses were seen as a sign from God, convincing ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – March 13, 2019
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On March 30, 1855, in territorial Kansas’ first election, some 5,000 “Border Ruffians” invade the territory from western Missouri and force the election of a ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – March 6, 2019
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On March 20, 1345, according to scholars at the University of Paris, the Black Death plague is created from what they call “a triple conjunction of Saturn, Jupiter and ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Feb. 27, 2019
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On March 15, 44 BC, Julius Caesar, dictator of Rome, is stabbed to death in the Roman Senate house by 60 conspirators led by Brutus and Cassius, who believed that his death ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Feb. 20, 2019
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On March 6, 1475, Michelangelo Buonarroti, the greatest of the Italian Renaissance artists, is born in Caprese. His most important early work was the Pieta (1498), a traditional ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Feb. 13, 2019
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On Feb. 28, 1844, President John Tyler cruises the Potomac with 400 others aboard the U.S. Navy’s new steam frigate USS Princeton. The Princeton carried a new 12-inch, ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Feb. 6, 2019
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On Feb. 24, 1836, Texan Col. William Travis sends a desperate plea for help when the Mexican army of 5,000 soldiers badly outnumber the several hundred defenders of the ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Jan. 30, 2019
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On Feb. 13, 1861, the earliest military action to be revered with a Medal of Honor award is performed by Col. Bernard J.D. Irwin, an Army surgeon serving in the ... Continue Reading →
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