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- World War II (1939-1945)
- How the modern world was forged -- World War II was a worldwide conflict fought between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers, from 1939 until 1945. Armed forces from over seventy nations engaged in aerial, naval, and ground-based combat. Spanning much of the globe, World War II resulted in the deat...
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- The Life of Barack Obama
- Barack Hussein Obama is the junior United States Senator from Illinois. The U.S. Senate Historical Office lists him as the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history and the only African American currently serving in the U.S. Senate.
In February 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for the 200...
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- History of Music in the U.S.
- This timeline traces the introduction of various forms of music in American history.Hear the music and see it performed on video as well.Relive oldies from Elvis and Beatles, or watch classic videos like the one from Michael Jackson's Thriller.
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- William Shakespeare's Colorful Life
- William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 β died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He wrote approximately 38 plays and 154 sonnets, as well as a variety of other poems. Alre...
- American Revolutionary War
- The American Revolutionary War, fought from 1775β1783 between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the thirteen "United Colonies", was the culmination of the political American Revolution, whereby the colonists overthrew British rule.
In early 1778, shortly after an American victory at Saratoga, Fra...
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- World War I
- World War I, also known as The First World War, The Great War and "The War To End All Wars," was a global military conflict which took place primarily in Europe between 1914 and 1918. More than nine million soldiers and civilians died. The conflict had a decisive impact on the history of the 20th ce...
- Leonardo da Vinci Biography
- Leonardo da Vinci has often been described as the Italian archetype of the "Renaissance man" or universal genius. He was a scientist, a mathematician, an engineer, an inventor, an anatomist, a painter, a sculptor, an architect, a musician and a writer.
It is primarily as a painter that Leonardo w...