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Post by BillG on Oct 28, 2024 6:10:36 GMT -5
Who Knew??? October 28TH is "National Chocolate Day"!
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Post by soutxed on Oct 28, 2024 8:44:55 GMT -5
October 28, The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in 1886 and represents a grand interpretation of an abstract ideal of liberty, born out of an age of revolutions—particularly the American and French Revolutions1.
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Post by johnmori on Oct 28, 2024 9:45:18 GMT -5
Who knew???
October 28, 1726 The novel Gulliver's Travels written by Jonathan Swift is published.
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Post by VanIsleRover on Oct 28, 2024 10:43:51 GMT -5
Who Knew??
1971: Great Britain launched Prospero, its first Earth satellite.
1965: The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Finnish-born American architect Eero Saarinen to commemorate St. Louis's historic role as “Gateway to the West,” was completed.
1636: Harvard University, the oldest institute of higher learning in the United States, was founded by the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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