Baltimore train explosion
Deadly new virus, MERS, ‘a threat to the entire world’ as long incubation period stokes transmission fears natpo.st/1476zjf
Deadly new virus, MERS, ‘a threat to the entire world’ as long incubation period stokes transmission fears natpo.st/1476zjf
On September 24, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
On September 24, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
Missouri Rockets. (1930) In 1925, Russell Markert formed the "Missouri Rockets," a 16-member dance line that performed before feature films at the Missouri Theater on Grand Avenue in St. Louis. Seven years later the group's performance at the opening night of Radio City Music Hall led to a permanent engagement and a name change to the Rockettes. ©Missouri History Museum
Missouri Rockets. (1930) In 1925, Russell Markert formed the "Missouri Rockets," a 16-member dance line that performed before feature films at the Missouri Theater on Grand Avenue in St. Louis. Seven years later the group's performance at the opening night of Radio City Music Hall led to a permanent engagement and a name change to the Rockettes. ©Missouri History Museum
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King on the five-day march to Montgomery, Alabama, March 25, 1965.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King on the five-day march to Montgomery, Alabama, March 25, 1965.
The Luther Room where Martin Luther translated the New Testament, Wartburg Castle - Eisenach, Germany
The Luther Room where Martin Luther translated the New Testament, Wartburg Castle - Eisenach, Germany
Jean-Christophe is the heir to the legacy of Napoleon Bonapart and the head of the former Imperial House of France. He's the great-great-great-grandnephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, (who had no direct heirs).
Jean-Christophe is the heir to the legacy of Napoleon Bonapart and the head of the former Imperial House of France. He's the great-great-great-grandnephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, (who had no direct heirs).
The Bronte Sisters, Charlotte 1816-1855, Emily 1818-1848, Anne 1820-1849. Daughters of a Clergyman, they lived in the wild, remote countryside of northern England. All three worked as badly paid schoolteachers. From childhood each sister wrote poems, and later novels. Charlotte wrote Jane Ayre, next Emily published Wuthering Heights. Anne's Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall followed shortly after
The Bronte Sisters, Charlotte 1816-1855, Emily 1818-1848, Anne 1820-1849. Daughters of a Clergyman, they lived in the wild, remote countryside of northern England. All three worked as badly paid schoolteachers. From childhood each sister wrote poems, and later novels. Charlotte wrote Jane Ayre, next Emily published Wuthering Heights. Anne's Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall followed shortly after
Queen Elizabeths staff, saddle and handkerchief. Warwick Castle. England
Queen Elizabeths staff, saddle and handkerchief. Warwick Castle. England
Art Museum of Ravenna -Tomb of Guidarello Guidarelli, Italian warlord at the service of Cesare Borgia who died in 1501 when he was ca. 40. It seems that the slab of the sarcophagus, characterized by expressive face of the dying knight, had suffered from too many kisses given by female public, but it is probably an exaggeration for publicity and in order to not lend the monument.
Art Museum of Ravenna -Tomb of Guidarello Guidarelli, Italian warlord at the service of Cesare Borgia who died in 1501 when he was ca. 40. It seems that the slab of the sarcophagus, characterized by expressive face of the dying knight, had suffered from too many kisses given by female public, but it is probably an exaggeration for publicity and in order to not lend the monument.
A crown coin being from 1509 to 1533 during Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine of Aragon, hence the crowned 'K' opposite of the crowned 'H' for Henry.
A crown coin being from 1509 to 1533 during Henry VIII's marriage to Katherine of Aragon, hence the crowned 'K' opposite of the crowned 'H' for Henry.
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