Port of Tel Aviv
During the War of Independance, the Tel Aviv Port was a gateway used to deliver weapons and arms to the defense forces. On April 1, 1948, the Hagana ship "Nora" broke the British naval blockade,...
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- tel aviv
- port
- war
William Shatner
Submitted by @mpirnat .
- star trek
- kirk
- shatner
- canada
Alec Guiness
Submitted by @mpirnat .
- star wars
- obi wan
- kenobi
- guinness
- canada
Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho
TO THE PORTUGUESE NAVIGATOR JOAO RODRIGUES CABRILHO A TRIBUTE FROM THE PORTUGUESE NAVY
- portuguese
- navigator
- 1542
- navy
Martin Luther King, Jr. Residence
During Dr. M. L. King, Jr's pastorate at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, the small crater nearby marks the spot where a bomb exploded on the evening of 31 January 1956. Coretta S. King,...
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- dexter
- baptist
- king
Search for the Mississippi's Source
SEARCH FOR THE MISSISSIPPI'S SOURCE The romantic 19th century quest for the source of the Mississippi river brought many explorers -- among them Zebulon Pike, Lewis Cass, and Giacomb Belframi --...
- mississippi
- headwaters
- zebulon
- ojibwe
- ozawindib
- minnesota
- dakota
- bemidji
- musktoes
- dyspeptic
- schoolcraft
Harold Washington Library
HAROLD WASHINGTON, 1922-1987 MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO Harold Washington was elected Chicago's first African American Mayor on April 12, 1983. He brought together a coalition of...
- chicago
- african american
- mayor
- library
- 1983
Duke of York's 100 Years of Cinema
Commemorating the Centenary of Cinema 1996 DUKE OF YORK'S CINEMA One of the earliest purpose built Cinemas still operating. First Screening 22nd September 1910 In association with the British Film...
- film
- cinema
- brighton
- bfi
- movies
Foundation stone at William Collier House
THIS FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID BY THE MARQUESS OF ABERGAVENNY KG. OBE. JP. LORD LIEUTENANT OF EAST SUSSEX ON 24TH JUNE 1987 F. W. Emery M.B.E. President James D. Morton Leslie Best...
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- building
- brighton
- residence
- city
The First Colony of the United States
OLD NORTHWEST TERRITORY THE FIRST COLONY OF THE UNITED STATES HEREIN, UNDERTHE ORDINANCE OF 1787, BEGAN THE WESTWARD EXPANSION OF THIS NATION. THE AMERICAN BILL OF RIGHTS FIRST NATION-ALLY...
- minnesota
- roosevelt
- mississippi
- primogeniture
- slavery
- colony
- 1787
- 1888
- headwaters
- paris
- 1832
- schoolcraft
Bachenheimer Building
Submitted by Abby Paske.
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- jane jacobs
Here 1475 Ft Above the Ocean
HERE 1475 FT ABOVE THE OCEAN THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI BEGINS TO FLOW ON ITS WINDING WAY 2552 MILES TO THE GULF OF MEXICO
- mississippi
- minnesota
- gulf of mexico
- headwaters
LaSalle Dam
"McGregor Powerhouse and LaSalle Dam Est 1923 by William H. Miller" Located on Great Chazy River just upstream from Altona, NY Photo and description by Alan R. Reno
- hydropower
- new york
- great chazy river
- lasalle dam
- powerhouse
Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant
Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant Consumers Power Company (later Consumers Energy) opened the Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant just west of here in 1962. It was the world's first high-...
- michigan
- big rock
- nuclear
- nuclear power
- cobalt 60
- reactor
- boiling wate...
F Grass
Vancouver Biennale Open Air Museum F Grass Ai Weiwei, China Ai Weiwei is one of the most influential artists and human rights activists of our time. His passport withheld since 2011, he chose this...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- art
- f grass
- coal harbour
- seawall
- ai weiwei
Komagata Maru Memorial
On May 23, 1912, the steamship Komagata Maru arrived in Coal Harbour after a seven week crossing from Hong Kong via Japan. The ship was carrying 376 Indians from India and the Far East who claimed...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- komagata maru
- immigration
- india
- citizenship
- coal harbour
- seawall
The 1923 Berkeley Fire
THE 1923 BERKELEY FIRE On the morning of September 17, 1923, a grass fire spread from Wildcat Canyon over the hills into Berkeley. Driven by hot, dry winds, the fire spread rapidly across the...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- fire
- 1923
- washington school
Little Dipper Roller Coaster
MEMPHIS KIDDIE PARK LITTLE DIPPER ROLLER COASTER TO RECOGNIZE THE LITTLE DIPPER STEEL COASTER FOR BEING THE OLDEST ORIGINAL OPERATING STEEL COASTER AT THE SAME LOCATION IN NORTH AMERICA, OPENING...
- ohio
- brooklyn
- coaster
- dipper
- roller coaster
- steel
Paynes Community
PAYNES COMMUNITY Dates from 1830's. Originally "Page's on Sculmore;" then "Dogwood Flats." In 1870's took name of Payne family. Dr. George W. Payne was early resident. His son, George H., was...
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- mississippi
- payne
- dogwood flats
- sculmore
Layfayette County Courthouse
LAFAYETTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE The original courthouse was burned in August 1864 by Union troops led by Gen. A. J. Smith. Judge R. A. Hill secured Federal funds to construct the...
- mississippi
- civil war
- lafayette
- courthouse