http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44060292/ns/travel-news/ A city divided The Berlin Wall was erected to separate East and West Berlin following the wider partition of…
Year: 2011
History of the Pilgrims: “Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony: 1620”
Source url http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mosmd/#part1 Part I. Pilgrim Background THE BIBLE FROM LATIN TO ENGLISH Until the latter part of the sixteenth century,…
Belatedly Recognizing Heroes of the Holocaust
August 6, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/world/middleeast/07israel.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=world By ISABEL KERSHNER HORASHIM, Israel — When 20 people gathered for a modest ceremony in the…
Aug 3, 1492: Columbus sets sail
Columbus sets sail. (2011). The History Channel website. Retrieved 11:07, August 3, 2011, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/columbus-sets-sail. From the Spanish port of…
Chief Pocatello signs peace treaty
Jul 30, 1863: Chief Pocatello signs peace treaty. (2011). The History Channel website. Retrieved 3:11, July 30, 2011, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chief-pocatello-signs-peace-treaty. The…
Happy Birthday, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Fashion Icon and First Lady
July 28, 2010 by Shannon Firth Her pillbox hat, her love of family and her passion for the arts compose the…
Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. World War I began
On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. World War I began as declarations of war by other European…
Machu Picchu: 100 Years Since Its Rediscovery
HULTON ARCHIVE / GETTY IMAGES Machu Picchu, Circa, 1930 Machu Picchu, often called the “Lost City of the Incas, sits…
Jul 26, 1775: U.S. postal system established
U.S. postal system established. (2011). The History Channel website. Retrieved 5:14, July 26, 2011, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-postal-system-established. On this day in…
Pythagoras for Kids
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/math/pythagoras.htm Pythagoras lived in the 500s BC, and was one of the first Greek mathematical thinkers. He spent most of…
