The America's Cup, informally known as the Auld Mug, is a trophy awarded in the sport of sailing.It is the oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that currently holds the trophy (known as the defender) and the other from the yacht club that is challenging for the cup (the …

Lynching was the widespread occurrence of extrajudicial killings which began in the United States' pre–Civil War South in the 1830s and ended during the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. Although the victims of lynchings were members of various ethnicities, after roughly 4 million enslaved African Americans were emancipated, they became the primary targets of …

History Racial and ethnic cleansing. Racial and ethnic cleansing was committed on a large scale during this period of time in the history of the United States, particularly against Native Americans, who were forced off their lands and relocated to reservations.Along with Native Americans, Chinese Americans in the Pacific Northwest and African Americans throughout the United …

Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether a better understanding could aid …

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 …

Nov 18, 2022 · The EU welcomes the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling that confirms that the anti-dumping duties imposed by Colombia on frozen fries from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands are in breach of WTO rules and unfairly restrict access to the Colombian market for European producers.

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Nov 07, 2022 · Searchable full-page reproductions of historical newspapers, some of which were made from the collections of the Boston Public Library. Boston coverage includes: Boston Globe (morning and evening editions), 1872-1922; Boston Post, 1831-1922.Also includes historical newspapers published in these states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, D.C.,

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, the increasing use of steam power and …

Oct 03, 1990 · On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of East Germany began to build a barbed wire and concrete “Antifascistischer Schutzwall,” or “antifascist bulwark,” between East and West Berlin.