Moments In Time – Sept. 5, 2018
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On Sept. 20, 1565, Spanish forces capture the French Huguenot settlement of Fort Caroline, near present-day Jacksonville, Florida. The French lost 135 men in the first ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Aug. 30, 2018
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On Sept. 11, 1857, Mormon guerillas, stoked by religious zeal, murder 120 emigrants at Mountain Meadows, Utah. The conflict with the wagon train of emigrants apparently ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Aug. 22, 2018
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On Sept. 7, 1776, during the Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe’s ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Aug. 15, 2018
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On Aug. 31, 1888, the first known victim of London serial killer “Jack the Ripper” is found murdered in the city’s impoverished Whitechapel district. At least ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Aug. 8, 2018
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On Aug. 24, 1814, during the War of 1812, British forces overwhelm American militiamen and march unopposed into Washington, D.C. Most congressmen and officials had already ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Aug. 1, 2018
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On Aug. 18, 1590, 100 colonists are discovered to be missing from the Roanoke Island colony in present-day North Carolina. The only clue to their disappearance was the ... Continue Reading →
Moments In Time – July 18, 2018
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On Aug. 1, 1498, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the South American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. Thinking ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – July 11, 2018
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On July 29, 1588, off the coast of France, Spain’s “Invincible Armada” is defeated by an English naval force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – July 4, 2018
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On July 21, 1861, war erupts on a large scale when Confederate forces under P.T. Beauregard turn back Union Gen. Irvin McDowell’s troops in Virginia. ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – June 28, 2018
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On July 15, 1606, Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn is born in Leiden, the son of a miller. His humble origins may help account for the uncommon depth of compassion ... Continue Reading →
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