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Mar 24, 2020 · An initial study indicated 403,000 people became ill and 69 people died, according to the Water Quality & Health Council, making it the largest waterborne outbreak in United States history. Most ...

The history of Jews in Norway dates back to the 1400s. Although there were very likely Jewish merchants, sailors and others who entered Norway during the Middle Ages, no efforts were made to establish a Jewish community. ... In 1848, the motion to repeal earned 59 to 43 votes, still falling short of the 2/3 required. In 1851, finally, the ...

On this date, the House approved “An Act to enforce the Provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other Purposes,” also known as the “Ku Klux Klan Act.” Introduced as H.R. 320 on March 28, 1871, by Representative Samuel Shellabarger of Ohio, the bill passed the House on April 6 and returned from the Senate with amendments on …

The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in European history to date.. The revolutions were essentially democratic and liberal in nature, with the aim of removing the old monarchical …

The Great Exhibition in London was held in the iconic Crystal Palace in 1851 to showcase the inventions of the Industrial Revolution. ... – one of the first mechanical computers. After the Expo closed, the site was redeveloped into the Science, Natural History and Victoria and Albert Museums, continuing the Expo’s intellectual legacy. 1862.

The second edition of the international conference International Security and the Environment, under the sub-theme of Global Challenges in the Age of Humans, will be hosted by Chiang Mai University on the 14-15th June, 2023.. This two day event will be held in collaboration with Mae Fah Luang University, and also the ASEAN Training Centre for Social Work and Social Welfare …

In July 1851 the successful agitation of the Port Phillip settlers led to the establishment of Victoria as a separate colony, and La Trobe became its first Lieutenant-Governor. In 1851 the white population of the whole Port Phillip District was still only …

The school first became co-educational the following year (1858) when it absorbed the Tallahassee Female Academy, begun in 1843 as the Misses Bates School. Thus the West Florida Seminary, founded in 1851, began operating in 1857, …

Pedra Branca (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɛðɾɐ βɾɐ̃kɐ]) is an outlying island and the easternmost point of Singapore. The name of the island refers to whitish guano deposited on the rock. The island consists of a small outcrop of granite rocks with an area of about 8,560 square metres (92,100 sq ft) at low tide. During the low water spring tide it measures, at its longest, 137 …

Jan 07, 2019 · Other Historic Moments in the History of the Sewing Machine On June 2, 1857, James Gibbs patented the first chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine. Helen Augusta Blanchard of Portland, Maine (1840-1922) patented the first zig-zag stitch machine in 1873.

Jul 08, 2019 · 1833: The first effervescent lemonade was sold. 1840s: Soda counters were added to pharmacies. 1850: A manual hand-and-foot-operated filling and corking device was first used for bottling soda water. 1851: Ginger ale was created in Ireland. 1861: The term "pop" was coined. 1874: The first ice-cream soda was sold. 1876: Root beer was mass-produced for public sale …

On this date, the New York Sun exposed the Crédit Mobilier scandal. Crédit Mobilier was a sham construction company chartered to build the Union Pacific Railroad by financing it with unmarketable bonds. It also provided a mechanism to dispense the immense profits from building the railroad to the board of directors and its shareholders. A few years earlier, one of the chief …

The history of Colombia includes the settlements and society by indigenous peoples, most notably, the Muisca Confederation, Quimbaya Civilization, and Tairona Chiefdoms; the Spanish arrived in 1492 and initiated a period of annexation and colonization, most noteworthy being Spanish conquest; ultimately creating the Viceroyalty of New Granada, with its capital at Bogotá.