Events for the 11th of April from Wikipedia:
• 1881: Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelman_College
• Birth (1954) of Francis Lickerish, English guitarist and composer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lickerish
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Events for the 10th of April from Wikipedia:
• 1991: A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_tropical_cyclone
• Birth (1973) of Aidan Moffat, Scottish singer-songwriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan_Moffat
• Holiday: Christian feast of Fulbert of Chartres https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulbert_of_Chartres
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Events for the 9th of April from Wikipedia:
• 1959: Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury
• Birth (1927) of Tiny Hill, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2019) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Hill_(rugby_union)
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Map of the original grants of village lots from the Dutch West India Company to the inhabitants of New-Amsterdam (now New-York) lying below the present line of Wall Street : Grants commencing A.D. 1642 (New York City, New York)
From Digital Collections of New York Public Library
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-b3c5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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Events for the 8th of April from Wikipedia:
• 1970: Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers accidentally strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahr_El-Baqar_primary_school_bombing
• Birth (1939) of Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer, composer and songwriter (d. 1989) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manolis_Angelopoulos
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Events for the 7th of April from Wikipedia:
• 1994: Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda, and soldiers kill the civilian Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide
• Birth (1914) of Domnitsa Lanitou-Kavounidou, Greek sprinter (d. 2011) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domnitsa_Lanitou-Kavounidou
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Events for the 6th of April from Wikipedia:
• 1580: One of the largest earthquakes recorded in the history of England, Flanders, or Northern France, takes place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1580_Dover_Straits_earthquake
• Birth (1962) of Marco Schällibaum, Swiss footballer, coach, and manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Sch%C3%A4llibaum
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Knight Helmet in Cool Colors
https://nickoprints.com/featured/knight-helmet-digital-painting-in-cool-colors-nicko-prints.html
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Events for the 5th of April from Wikipedia:
• 1977: The US Supreme Court rules that congressional legislation that diminished the size of the Sioux people's reservation thereby destroyed the tribe's jurisdictional authority over the area in Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kneip. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_supreme_court
• Birth (1871) of Stanisław Grabski, Polish economist and politician (d. 1949) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Grabski
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"Calm Seas at Ram Island Ledge Light"
By Scott Loring Davis, Fine Art Photography
https://pixels.com/profiles/scottloringdavis
The solitary Ram Island Ledge Lighthouse stands tall on its rocky ledge surrounded by the ocean, with soft light illuminating its stone structure. . READ MORE https://fineartamerica.com/featured/calm-seas-at-ram-island-ledge-light-scott-loring-davis.html
New episode
We are very excited to share our latest episode! We discuss Medieval and early modern beauty standards and get some less than advisable beauty tips along the way! We hope you enjoy listening!
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Events for the 4th of April from Wikipedia:
• 1905: In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_Kangra_earthquake
• Birth (1945) of Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French-German educator and politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Cohn-Bendit
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A vintage steam locomotive framed by spring blossoms adding to the small town charm of Snoqualmie, WA minutes away from the Snoqualmie Falls.
Events for the 3rd of April from Wikipedia:
• 1933: First flight over Mount Everest, the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest
• Birth (1912) of Dorothy Eden, New Zealand-English author (d. 1982) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Eden
• Holiday: Christian feast of Luigi Scrosoppi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Scrosoppi
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"The Ruins of Goddard Mansion"
By Scott Loring Davis, Fine Art Photography
https://pixels.com/profiles/scottloringdavis
The Goddard Mansion, a prominent ruin inside Cape Elizabeth Maine's Fort Williams, was built in 1853–59 for . . . READ MORE https://pixels.com/featured/the-ruins-of-goddard-mansion-scott-loring-davis.html
