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Explore the historic Victorian-style home built by Sebastian Wise in 1854, located in Alton's Christian Hill district.
On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, ...
In 1990, Ryan White, the teenage AIDS patient whose battle for acceptance had gained national attention, died in Indianapolis at age 18. In 1992, tennis great Arthur Ashe announced at a New York news ...
The Venus de Milo statue, likely dating to the 2nd century B.C.E., was discovered by a farmer on the Greek island of Milos. 1864: The U.S. Senate passed, 38-6, the 13th Amendment to the U.S.
In the late 18th and early 19th century, Westerners were involved in extensive looting of Greek antiquities as the nation was ...
The Kompany and Aguero statues designed themselves, as did the Holy Trinity one. David Silva's is of a trademark turn on the ball - so could a De Bruyne statue maybe show that long-legged stride ...
Cumberland County’s building and grounds committee approved a request for the placement of a life-size statue of Medal of Honor recipient and World War I hero U.S. Army Sgt. Milo Lemert in the ...
But, up until the mid-2010s, the mineral-rich Greek island was little ... the discoveries of the famous Venus de Milo, Poseidon of Melos and Asclepius of Milos statues. Located between mainland ...
Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...
Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...