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3 hours ago · Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, ed. John Bigelow (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1868), 251–253. Originally published in 1790. 20. Rhys Isaac, “Evangelical Revolt: The Nature of the Baptists’ Challenge to the Traditional Order in Virginia, 1765 to 1775,” William and Mary Quarterly 31, no. 3 (July 1974): 345–368 ...
3 hours ago · James Madison. James Madison (March 16, 1751 [b] – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United ...
1 day ago · Her husband, architect William Sanger, was similarly charged earlier that year under a New York law against disseminating contraceptive information. In 1932, Margaret Sanger arranged for a shipment of diaphragms to be mailed from Japan to a sympathetic physician in New York City. When U.S. customs confiscated the package as unlawful ...
1 day ago · Brussels International (1897) in Brussels. The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1492. [1] The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large ...
1 day ago · A tourist has died on a Florida beach, at least the seventh in the past few weeks, as law enforcement pleads with the public to stay out of the water. […] The post Seventh Tourist Dies on a Florida Beach - The Danger Is in the Water appeared first on The Western Journal.
1 day ago · Credit: Fox The stars of Prison Break are reuniting for a new series. Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller will star in Snatchback, a new drama series about a hostage recovery team.Purcell and Miller famously starred together on Fox’s Prison Break. After Lincoln Burrows (Purcell) is sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit, his brother, Michael Scofield (Miller), devises a plan to ...
1 day ago · Editor's Note: The video above shows the latest from the KXAN First Warning Weather team.AUSTIN (KXAN) — When it comes to the weather, there are a lot of numbers to keep track of: highs, lows and rainfall totals to name just a few.KXAN has created the charts and graphics below to help you keep track of whatever weather 2024 brings. Jump to a section: Temperatures Rainfall Lake Levels Severe ...
