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John Trumbull’s “Declaration of Independence” painting in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda (BILL CLARK/CQ ROLL CALL/GETTY IMAGES) The Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall (JONATHAN NEWTON/THE WASHINGTON POST/GETTY IMAGES) The National Mall (LYDIA CHEBBINE FOR USN&WR) Draining the reflecting pool at the Lower Senate Park (MARK WILSON/GETTY IMAGES) The World War II Memorial (GEORGE ROSE/GETTY IMAGES) The National Museum of…
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The Vietnamese police has arrested and detained a large number of citizens who held celebrations to mark an anniversary of the country’s war with China. http://cdn.bignewsnetwork.com/rfa1487377038.jpg According to a report from Radio Free Asia, over ten persons were remanded in prison custody earlier on Friday but were released later in the evening. The news outlet quotes…
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DECEMBER 4, 1949: Actor, singer and producer Jeff Bridges is born in Los Angeles, California. Dec. 4, 1956: Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash record an impromptu jam session. The session was popularly known as the “Million Dollar Quartet.” Dec. 4, 1973: TV personality, producer, actress and former model Tyra Banks is born in Inglewood, California. Dec.…
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A woman in Pennsylvania, USA has reportedly found an unbelievable piece of history buried underneath her childhood home–an underground chamber. She found her basement has an underground railroad which is believed to have been in use centuries ago. NYDailyNews quotes Alexandra Poulos as telling ABCNews that she had suspicions on the home located in Lansdowne, Pa.…
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Treason is perhaps the most infamous crime in English Legal History, due in part to the horrendous punishment that came with it but also due to its often strong political importance. The punishment that was often inflicted was the drawing of the traitor across rough ground by horse, he would then be hanged to within…
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It is a mystery yet unsolved and we fear it might remain so forever. 15 years have passed since the carved Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan was blown up. The edifice in the country was the world’s largest standing Buddha before it was destroyed. But somewhere on the Baxianshan Mountain in Pingshan County, located in…
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Chinese workers seen in the pictures are installing the first historical glass panel in a sky-walk across the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon in Zhangjiajie City, Central China’s Hunan Province. At 430 meters long and 300 meters above the canyon floor, the glass-floored bridge will be both the longest and highest of its kind in the world.…
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