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4 hours ago · Alexander Graham Bell (/ ˈ ɡ r eɪ. ə m /, born Alexander Bell; March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) [4] was a Scottish-born [N 1] Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885. [7] [additional ...
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1 day ago · PUBLISHED: September 26, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. A historical marker was erected in Wakeman to honor of Garrett A. Morgan, an African American inventor who had many items patented and was instrumental ...
1 day ago · During the 20th century, African Americans visited, performed, studied, and lived in the Nordic countries for a variety of reasons: a sense of adventure, love, seeking educational and occupational opportunities, freedom to explore their sexuality, freedom from Jim Crow segregation, among many other reasons. Drawing from paintings, photographs ...
4 hours ago · Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr.: Mandela, the South African leader, and King, the American civil rights activist, both fought for equality in the mid-20th century. Queen Elizabeth II and Marilyn Monroe: Both were iconic figures of the 20th century, with Elizabeth becoming queen in 1952 and Monroe rising to fame in the 1950s.
4 hours ago · The Little Ice Age influenced the African climate from the 14th to the 19th centuries. [92] Despite variances throughout the continent, a general trend of declining temperatures in Africa led to an average cooling of 1 °C. [93] In Ethiopia and North Africa, permanent snow was reported on mountain peaks at levels at which it does not occur ...
4 hours ago · e. The 1900s (pronounced "nineteen-hundreds") was a decade that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1909. The Edwardian era (1901–1910) covers a similar span of time. The term "nineteen-hundreds" is sometimes also used to mean the entire century from January 1, 1900, to December 31, 1999 (the years beginning with "19").
1 day ago · RMS Lusitania (named after the Roman province corresponding to modern Portugal and portions of western Spain) was a British ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906. She was the world's largest passenger ship until the completion of the Mauretania three months later and was awarded the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908.
