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22 hours ago · Hurricane Matthew was an extremely powerful Atlantic hurricane which caused catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, as well as widespread devastation in the southeastern United States. The deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Stan in 2005, and the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since Felix in 2007, Matthew was the ...
22 hours ago · Francis Hopkinson (October 2, [Note 1] 1737 – May 9, 1791) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, author, and composer. [1] He designed Continental paper money and two early versions of flags, one for the United States and one for the United States Navy.
22 hours ago · Boston Common in Colonial Boston in 1768. The Boston Brahmins or Boston elite are members of Boston's historic upper class. [1] In the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, they were often associated with a cultivated New England accent, [2] Harvard University, [3] Anglicanism, [4] and traditional British-American customs and clothing.
22 hours ago · The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, August 8, 2024. Posted on August 8, 2024 - Writer's Almanac. It’s the birthday of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, born in Washington, D.C., on this day in 1896. She’s best known for her book The Yearling (1938), which was the best-selling novel in America in 1938 and won the ...
22 hours ago · Copley Medal (1772) [2] Joseph Priestley FRS ( / ˈpriːstli /; [3] 24 March 1733 – 6 February 1804) was an English chemist, Unitarian, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator, liberal political theorist. [4] He published over 150 works, and conducted experiments in several areas of science.
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22 hours ago · Double-faced Mithraic relief. Fiano Romano (Rome), 2nd to 3rd century CE ( Louvre Museum ). Mithraism, also known as the Mithraic mysteries or the Cult of Mithras, was a Roman mystery religion centered on the god Mithras. Although inspired by Iranian worship of the Zoroastrian divinity ( yazata) Mithra, the Roman Mithras was linked to a new and ...
