How Elvis Presley Saved the USS Arizona Memorial The battleship USS Arizona sank after being bombed when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. More than one thousand of the ship’s sailors lost their lives with at least 900 of them still rest with the submerged ship. In the 1950s, plans took shape for […]
How the Irish invented the boycott after tenants were thrown off their land Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott, who unwillingly lent his name to history.Vanity Fair / Public Domain Have you ever wondered where the term “boycott” come from? Many might be surprised it originates from Ireland in the time of Charles Stuart Parnell. Charles Cunningham
Thanks to the flawed justice system in place, there are several innocent men and women incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. Here’s the story of Kenny Waters and how the poor judgement of authorities lead to his wrongful imprisonment. Kenny Waters spent 18 years of his life behind bars for a crime he did
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On a sunny summer day in 1884, California Governor and former railroad tycoon Leland Stanford Sr. and his wife Jane lost their beloved only son, 15-year-old Leland Stanford Jr., to typhoid fever. The grief-stricken couple was devastated, and their initial mourning was followed by a determination to honour their son in some way. The result
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