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Louis Braille: The Man Who Gave Sight to the Blind
In 1819, 10-year-old Louis Braille got to be the most youthful understudy ever conceded to the Regal Founded for Dazzle Youth in Paris. Enthusiastic to learn how to perused and type in, Braille was smashed to learn that the school’s library contained fair three books.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
Shaking Up Science: The Birthplace of the Richter Scale
On the morning of October 21, 1868, a enormous shudder struck the San Francisco Narrows Zone, domestic to 260,000 individuals. About each staying and building in the town of Hayward—built specifically on beat of the Hayward Fault—was leveled by the tremor, which claimed 30 lives over the region.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
Princes in the Tower Mystery
The Tower of London, a stone sentinel on the banks of the Thames, stands as a testament to centuries of history, holding within its walls some of the darkest secrets of the past. Among the most enduring mysteries is the disappearance of the Princes in the Tower. In 1483, young Edward V, the rightful King of England, and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, mysteriously vanished within these forbidding walls. Their fate remains one of history's most perplexing unsolved cases.
By ADIR SEGALabout a year ago in History
Cannibalism & Witchcraft: The True Story of "Hansel and Gretel"
Most European folktales, when viewed through a modern lens, seem quite disturbing, and Hansel and Gretel is no exception. The original version of the story includes themes of cannibalism, child abandonment, and witchcraft—bizarre elements that make you wonder why such dark subjects were part of a children's tale. The answer is equally surprising: cannibalism, child murder, and witchcraft were unfortunately not uncommon during the time the story was written. Although it’s hard to believe now, in medieval Germany, families sometimes resorted to eating their children, and witch hunts led to the slaughter of thousands. It was a brutal period that many have forgotten, and the story of Hansel and Gretel hides a dark and violent truth.
By ADIR SEGALabout a year ago in History
The 19 Statues of Honor: A Deeper Look at the Korean War Memorial
The Korean War Veterans Commemoration in Washington, D.C., which was devoted in 1995, commemorates the penances and endeavors of a differing bunch of American, Korean and other Joined together Countries powers who battled for three a long time in what numerous in the U.S. allude to as the "Overlooked War.”
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
Military Beats: The Army General Who Revolutionized Muzak
Muzak is much more than “elevator music.” When it was designed in the early 20th century, Muzak spoken to a innovative marvel—a unused way of broadcasting music utilizing a home’s standard electrical wiring.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
A Tower Built in Time: The Record-Breaking Speed of the Empire State
On a brief list of the world’s most celebrated structures, the Realm State Building draws a few 2.5 million guests a year and remains a magnum opus of the Craftsmanship Deco-type design that thrived in Unused York City in the 1920s.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
Life in the Trenches: The Invention of Blood Banks During World War I
Blood from blood banks is routinely utilized for life-saving transfusions and strategies. And, like numerous therapeutic propels, the innovation for blood transfusions and managing an account was created amid wartime—when each diminutive checks and lives are on the line.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
Vampires Reimagined: Nosferatu’s Enduring Influence on the Undead
He’s one of the most recognizable vampires in the world, but do you know his title? No, it isn’t Check Dracula from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel. It’s Tally Orlok—the pale, bare, pointy-eared vampire from the 1922 German quiet film Nosferatu: A Ensemble of Frightfulness, which was itself an unauthorized adjustment of Dracula.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
Ellis Island’s Trailblazers: The First and Final Immigrants
For much of its early history, a three-acre spit of sand arranged in Unused York Harbor fair south of Manhattan was known for small more than its copious clam beds. Named Small Shellfish Island, it would in the long run be extended to nine times its unique estimate, take on a modern title after its 18th century proprietor Samuel Ellis—and gotten to be the nation’s to begin with and biggest government movement preparing station.
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
Broken Waters: The Untold Story of the St. Francis Dam Tragedy
Without further ado some time recently midnight on Walk 12, 1928, the ground north of Los Angeles begun to roll. Houses trembled. Windows shaken. Mixed wakeful by a yapping puppy, Chester Smith listened trees and utility posts snapping in the separate. In spite of the fact that a minor tremor had shaken California’s San Francisquito Canyon two days prior, the farmer knew this was no earthquake—but a man-made catastrophe. Having survived a surge in the past, Smith hustled unshod to higher ground whereas yelling to his family, “The dam is broke!”
By Shams Saysabout a year ago in History
