Friday, December 25 “I awakened before the sun was up and saw that Mama was still by the hearth. I think she stayed up all night. The turkey was roasting on a spit over a low fire. It must have been the wonderful smell that woke me up. I hugged Mama’s waist and said Merry …
Category Archive: History
Nov 01
The Mapmaker and the Ghost by Sarvenaz Tash
Goldenrod Moram loves maps, and Meriweather Lewis (Lewis and Clark Expedition) is her hero. When she sets out on a summer adventure to map her entire town in detail, she gets more adventure than she bargained for. She meets a gang of teen delinquents, a strange old lady who sends her on a quest for …
Oct 15
The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman
When thirteen year old Sophie, bored with her life in the summer of 1960 in rural Louisiana, wishes for a magical adventure, a nameless, capricious, ghostly creature sends her 100 years into the past to the year 1860 in Louisiana, just before the outbreak of the Civil War. Sophie gets a lot more adventure than …
Mar 05
1973: Events and Inventions
January 1, 1973. The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. January 22, 1973. Roe v. Wade: The U.S. Supreme Court overturns state bans on abortion and declares that a right to privacy under the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to …
Feb 23
1968: Events and Inventions
January, 1968. The Czechoslovak Communist Party chooses a new leader, liberal Alexander Dubcek. January 30, 1968. The Tet Offensive begins, as Viet Cong forces launch a series of surprise attacks across South Vietnam. February, 1968. the North Korean government refuses to release the U.S. spy ship Pueblo, captured last month within Korean waters. March, 1968. …
Feb 12
1962: Events and Inventions
January 9, 1962. Cuba and the Soviet Union sign a trade pact. January 13, 1962. Albania allies itself with the People’s Republic of China. February, 1962. President imposes an embargo on the importation of Cuban goods into the United States. February 20, 1962. Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth. Either …
Feb 07
1959: Events and Inventions
January 2, 1959. President Fulgencio Batista of Cuba flees the country to take refuge in the Dominican Republic, as rebels take over the government of Cuba in a coup. The new president of Cuba is Dr. manuel Urrutia, but rebel leader Fidel Castro holds the power in the new government in his position as premier. …
Jan 24
1953: Events and Inventions
All year, 1953. The First Indochina War: French forces continue to fight the Viet Minh independence movement in Vietnam. The French have been fighting to retain control of the Indochinese countries of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam since the end of World War II. January 14, 1953. Communist leader and war hero Josip Broz,also known as …
Jan 23
1952: Events and Inventions
February 6-7, 1952. King George VI of the United Kingdom dies at age 56, and Princess Elizabeth becomes Queen Elizabeth II. (Photo: Princess Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh on a rail car in Canada.) February 26, 1952. Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that the United Kingdom has an atomic bomb. July 23, …
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