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Elen More: The Moorish Lass in James IV’s Court
It won’t take you long to spot an ‘Elen More’ among the courtiers of King James IV. Or the ‘Moorish Lass’, as they dubbed her.
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Today in 1920...Nancy, Lady Astor, the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons, makes her maiden speech on the topic of the perils of drinking.
Nancy Astor - Historic UK
American born, Lady Nancy Astor became only the second woman to be elected as an MP and the first to take her seat in the House of Commons...
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#OTD 1956 Nikita Khrushchev denounces Joseph Stalin at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia
The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was held during the period 14–25 February 1956. It is known especially for First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev’s “Secret Speech”, which denou...
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#OTD 1862 First Legal Tender Act 1862 is passed by the US Congress, authorizing the United States note (greenback) into circulation, the first fiat paper money that was legal tender in America
HR 240, Legal Tender Act, February 25, 1862
Civil War spending caused a shortage of coins—the only legal tender at that time. With the Legal Tender Act of 1862 Congress revolutionized the U.S. monetary system by making paper notes legal tender ...
Samaritans
The Samaritans are a religious sect of ethnic Jews living near Mount Gerizim, Nablus, Hebron, and the West Bank in Israel. This community differs from mainstream Judaism by claiming that followers onl...
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Melissus of Samos
Melissus of Samos (l. c. 5th century BCE) was a Greek philosopher of the Eleatic School, considered the third great proponent of that philosophy’s claim that reality is One, after Parmenides (l. c...
Dynamics of the Neolithic Revolution
The Neolithic Revolution began between 10,000 and 12,000 years ago at several widely dispersed locations across the world, when our ancestors first began planting and raising crops. Agricultural commu...
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