Countries invaded by Great Britain.
(“British have invaded nine out of ten countries - so look out Luxembourg”, 04 Nov 2012, The Telegraph)
Love looking at old LIFE magazines. I’m not sure what to make of the cover girl, but I’m particularly intrigued by the headline up top: “Men At Most Primitive” is certainly not a 21st-century way to say, “White dudes intruded upon previously undisturbed, self-sufficient aboriginals.”
life:
On this day in LIFE Magazine — May 19, 1958: How the Girl’s Grown: Margaret O’Brien
Rough Day in History
On the bright side:
- 1775: The first (modern) antislavery society was founded.
- 1860: The first successful Pony Express route was achieved.
- 1939: “The Grapes of Wrath” is published.
On the dark side:
- 1846: The Donner Party started what would become a cannibalistic adventure across the U.S.
- 1986: The heaviest ever hailstones fall, killing 92.
- 1999: Hail again! Australia’s most costly natural disaster.
- 2010: The Icelandic volcanic plumes started that shut down air travel all over Europe.
Info from Wikipedia and Infoplease
On April 14th: Lincoln was shot (1865), the Titanic hit an iceberg (1912), and the Great Plains saw the worst dust storm of the Dust Bowl era (1935).
This is the way I do it,” he says. “I’m not saying this is the right way to do it, but this is the right way for me to do it.
“THIS IS NOT A DRILL”
At 7:55 a.m. December 7, 1941, Japanese bombers and torpedo planes attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, catapulting the United States into World War II. In less than 2 hours, the U.S. Pacific Fleet was devastated, and more than 3,500 Americans were either killed or wounded.
Hewlett-Packard, computer wizards (in mid-1956)
“…nor does anyone in our organization have any appreciable knowledge.”
August 12, 1911 - Boys working as “cutters” in a canning company, Eastport, Maine
Photograph by Lewis Hine for the National Child Labor Committee.
The original caption indicates that several of the boys have had fingers cut and earn only about $1.00 a day.
Indian Tribal Lands 1493.
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