NEW YORK, March 10, 1902 — lt is stated that J. P. Morgan announced at the reception given to Prince Henry by the New York Yacht club that he will put Columbia, the America’s cup defender of 1901, in commission and send her across the ocean to race against anything afloat, boat for boat. Under …
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The Supreme Court issued a ruling on March 9, 1841, freeing the remaining thirty-five survivors of the Amistad mutiny. Although seven of the nine justices on the court hailed from Southern states, only one dissented from Justice Joseph Story’s majority opinion. Private donations ensured the Africans’ safe return to Sierra Leone in January 1842. The …
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March 8 – International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. Yet progress has slowed in many places across the world, so global action is needed to accelerate gender parity. International Women’s Day (IWD) has been observed since in the early 1900’s – a time of great …
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March 8 – International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. Yet progress has slowed in many places across the world, so global action is needed to accelerate gender parity. International Women’s Day (IWD) has been observed since in the early 1900’s – a time of great …
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The Britith Colonist of February 28th gives the particulars of the mournful casualty referred to in the Union yesterday Byrne, late mate of the ill fated schooner, has furnished us with some interesting incidents connected with the accident. He says that all on board — twelve in number — save Eddy and Cox …
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