#1860s

Sonia

soniaksharma

“Starting from the 1860s, tens of thousands of Pacific Islanders were taken to Australia to work on plantations...often by force or trickery...Unmarked mass graves full of labourers who died on

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urbaniconoclasm

have you ever noticed a weird part of the #chicago street grid that doesn't line up with the rest of the neighborhood? usually they can be traced back to old

Onye Nkuzi

cchukudebelu

The US is a relatively young nation, it is only 243 years old. In contrast, a single dynasty in China (the Zhou) went on for 867 years.The problem with young

Amit Paranjape

aparanjape

MSRDC will demolish a British-era Amrutanjan bridge along the Mumbai-Pune expressway using controlled blasting.(this 'bridge' was part of the original railway line alignment dating back to 1860s. It was rendered

Ned Donovan | فارس دونوفان

Ned_Donovan

The Indian Supreme Court has said that a family, not the local Government, are the rightful controllers of a Hindu temple to Vishnu that contains £16 billion of diamonds and

Civil War Humor

CivilWarHumor

“Welcome back to 106.5 The Rock (of Chickamauga), north Georgia’s Civil War-themed classic rock station. Coming up, it’s our hourly playing of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. But

National Library of Scotland

natlibscot

Tomorrow marks the 90th anniversary of the evacuation of St Kilda, when the remaining 36 inhabitants left the island archipelago for the last time. This film was made two days

Roger Mac Ginty

rogermacginty

Twitter, I need your help. Has anyone any thoughts on why the name Isabella might have been so popular in Scotland in the nineteenth century? There seem to be an

avani

yellowteapup

hello, this is going to be a little bit of a long explanation about the question, apologies for that. I think I'll answer in correlation to the text itself, since

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PaulSeesequasis

The pass is dated June 3, 1896, a Wednesday. It gives permission for my great-great-grandfather, Joe Seesequasis, to visit his children, Jean, a girl, and John, who were hundreds of

Medb MacDaibheid

MMacdaibheid

Bono has reminded me of another reason that I get frustrated when people from the south of Ireland say 'the UK.' In Irish diaspora studies you find lots of Irish

Adam Jacobi

Adam_J_Tweets

There's a Very Bad Tweet going around about emojis, which won't be shared. It's the exact same gripe you always hear about how GROWN MEN use their phones, right down

Silent of Talok VIII

SilentFan85

I'm perplexed how overwhelming numbers of obtuse people can change fantastic words and/or titles into something negative; given enough time, sarcasm or ill-will.Such as SJW, snowflake, bully or egregious (to

Curtis Harris

curtismharris

Your annual reminder that Memorial Day (né Decoration Day) is the best time of the year to commemorate the men and women who put the beat down on the Confederacy

Legacies of Slavery in North Carolina

SlaveLegaciesNC

#OTD in 1905 James Edward O'Hara, the second African American to represent North Carolina's Second district in Congress, died at his home in New Bern. 1/ O'Hara was not from

Roger mostly, Romile sometimes, Ro2Ro always

RomileErelis

Ok so the 'anal' #tgirl #tranny (not sure if I want that considered as a pun or not) #wedding #bridal #dress fan that I am has decided I need to