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5 days ago · Even the editor of one of Tallahassee’s newspapers, the Tallahassee Floridian, died from yellow fever that year. In May 1841, Yellow Jack traveled from either Port St. Joe or Port Leon (accounts ...
5 days ago · Photos show how 700 of Titanic's 2,200 passengers were saved by the Carpathia when the ship sank 112 years ago. A lifeboat with Titanic survivors approaches the RMS Carpathia on April 15, 1912 ...
5 days ago · A preliminary investigation found that Ahimeir was killed by a bladed weapon. It is unclear, however, whether an altercation proceeded the assault or if it was a surprise attack. According to the Israeli army, the forces continue to gather intelligence concerning possible suspects who live in nearby Palestinian villages.
3 days ago · About Yellow Fever. Yellow fever is a viral disease caused by infected mosquitoes. This condition typically presents with flu-like symptoms and, in severe cases, yellowing of the skin and eyes. Yellow fever is common in subtropical and tropical regions particularly in Africa, Central America, and South America.
Gian Galeazzo Visconti (born 1351, Milan—died Sept. 3, 1402, Melegnano, near Milan) was a Milanese leader who brought the Visconti dynasty to the height of its power and almost succeeded in becoming the ruler of all northern Italy. The son of Galeazzo II Visconti, who shared the rule of Milan with his brother Bernabò, Gian Galeazzo was ...
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4 days ago · Ötzi, an ancient mummified human body that was found by a German tourist, Helmut Simon, on the Similaun Glacier in the Tirolean Ötztal Alps, on the Italian-Austrian border, on September 19, 1991. Radiocarbon-dated to 3300 bce, the body is that of a man aged 25 to 35 who had been about 1.6 metres (5 feet 2 inches) tall and had weighed about 50 ...
4 days ago · Homeowner John Sims discovered the shelter in his back yard which was possibly built to withstand a nuclear holocaust. At this time his plans are somewhat nebulous but it is a possibility that he ...
