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The first issuance of an object known as a “travelers cheque” occurred on 1 January 1772, according to most sources. The inventor is credited as being…
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If we’re lucky this will be the last Pandemic Holiday Season we experience in our lifetimes. It’s sure to be a quiet season for most of us this year…
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On 17 December 1903, the first motor-powered, manned airplane was flown by none other than Wilbur and Orville Wright. Technically, Orville was the first…
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The times were fraught with uncertainty for settlers on the western frontier of the original thirteen American colonies prior to the Revolutionary War…
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Eli Whitney is one of those famous American inventors who have their names seared into the fabric of national history with his contribution to…
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After the turkey has been roasted, toasted, carved, and devoured, along with the sides and the pies, if your family is anything like the majority of…
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In Los Angeles in the autumn of 1938, two men were apprehended for burglarizing the home of Helen Hulick. Miss Hulick was the primary witness and victim…
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It’s hard to imagine the days when the average person didn’t know what time it was and neither did anyone else. Sure, they had an idea of what time it…
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“He doesn’t wear special clothes, or carry a fancy gun, or limp,” explained actor Robert Stack, “he’s just a guy facing death without heroics.” That’s…
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In the 21st century Lithuania is a model for former Eastern Bloc countries, boasting a strong economy, high incomes, and good governance, but it’s been…
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America’s experiment with the prohibition of alcohol lasted from 1920-1932. If it proved anything, it was that criminalization could not bring an end to…
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One of the deadliest epidemics in American history occurred in 1878 in the Mississippi River Valley. Spreading by riverboat upstream from New Orleans…
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