When Pick sold his mine in late August 1954, newspapers scrambled to talk to the millionaire and before long there were multi ...
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Today in History for Nov. 1: In 1512, Michelangelo's paintings in the Sistine Chapel in Rome were first exhibited to the public. Across the ceiling he painted themes of the Bible, including ...
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Today in History for Oct. 27: In 1746, William Tennent, a Scottish Presbyterian pastor and theologian, obtained a charter for the College of New Jersey, later to be called Princeton University. He had ...
The cattle pens that were once a mainstay for Richmond’s port are long gone. The ships that once brought aromatic tobacco for ...