Tag: travel
member name: EB Editor Joe
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October 09, 2006 11:45 AM EDT --
Christopher Columbus died 500 years ago this year, but how should Americans remember him this Columbus Day? Was he the grand explorer deserving of the honor long accorded him, or was he a rank imperialist . . . more
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October 12, 2006 07:09 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Luciano Pavarotti
Born on this day in Modena, Italy, in 1935, Luciano Pavarotti, an operatic lyric tenor noted for his mastery of the highest notes of a tenor's range, is considered . . . more
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September 28, 2006 09:48 AM EDT --
This Day in History --
1958: Madagascar voted for autonomy within the French Community.
1920: In what became known as the Black Sox Scandal, eight members of the Chicago White . . . more
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October 03, 2006 06:02 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1990: Germany reunified
After four decades of Cold War division and with pressure from the German chancellor Helmut Kohl, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to a unified Germany . . . more
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October 04, 2006 06:10 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1957: Sputnik 1 launched by U.S.S.R.
On this day in 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, which orbited the Earth until 1958, inaugurated . . . more
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October 06, 2006 03:14 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
2000:Near Sakaiminato, Japan, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck, the most powerful earthquake since the devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, but damage and casualties . . . more
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