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Stonehenge, England

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Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, 2 miles (3 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. Stonehenge's ring of standing stones are set within earthworks in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Agemonuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC.

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January 25, day 5of year 1 - History

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Haniwa in the Form of a Man

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Blackburn Kangaroo from the left

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No. 654 Squadron (RAF): Second World War

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Roe v. Wade Decision Announced

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On January 22, 1973, ABC Evening News anchor Howard K. Smith announces the United States Supreme Court& 39;s landmark decision in the Roe v. Wade case, which ruled unconstitutional a Texas state law that prohibited abortion.

Bon Homme Richard vs Serapis - History

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Bon Homme Richard vs SerapisAccount by Lieutenant Richard Dale.On the 23d of September, 1779, being below, was roused by an unusual no~se upon deck. This induced me to go upon deck when I found the men were swaying up the royal yards, preparatory to making sail for a large fleet under our lee. I asked the coasting pilot what fleet it was?

Future President John F. Kennedy is born

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One of America’s best-loved presidents, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, is born into a politically and socially prominent family in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917. He was the first American president to be born and then serve in the 20th century.In 1935, Kennedy enrolled at Harvard University and received a degree in international affairs with honors in 1940.

The Prado Museum dedicates its second online course to Bosco

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In the year that the Prado Museum celebrates its Bicentennial, and after recently celebrating the 500th anniversary of his death, Bosco becomes the second protagonist of a MOOC in which his work, his style and his way of understanding are analyzed The Prado Museum and Telefónica today presented "El Bosco en el Museo del Prado" with the aim of sharing the knowledge of this painting icon through an online course, which will be offered free of charge and exclusively through the Miríadax platform.

Was there relative peace in the Middle East before the end of the Great War?

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I just finished reading Eugene Rogan's book The Fall of the Ottomans. The vast majority of the book covers the years 1914 - 1918 (i.e. WWI), before concluding with the redistribution of the Ottoman

The Egyptian Book of the Dead: A Guidebook for the Underworld - Tejal Gala

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-egyptian-book-of-the-dead-tejal-gala Ancient Egyptians believed that in order to become immortal after death...