By the late 800s, under the leadership of Alfred the Great, trial by a jury of one’s peers became the norm throughout England. William Blackstone, the great historian of English common law, considered the Frankish Inquest, developed in 829 A. D. as the start of the modern jury system. The…
Harry S. Truman – First Meeting with Soviet MarshalSoviet MarshalMarshal of the Soviet Union (Russian: Маршал Советского Союза, romanized: Marshal sovetskogo soyuza, pronounced [ˈmarʂəl sɐˈvʲetskəvə sɐˈjuzə]) was the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was created in 1935 and abolished in…
By the 1950s, the television became part of the furniture and was often hidden behind the doors of a special cabinet. The massive set had a dominant presence in the room. Eventually, the screens became larger and larger, and the cases were less important. Keep scrolling to read more about…
Urban sprawl in the United States has its origins in the flight to the suburbs that began in the 1950s. People wanted to live outside of city centers to avoid traffic, noise, crime, and other problems, and to have homes with more square footage and yard space. Urban sprawl is…
1878: First Chinese Legation Established in the United States. China finally established a diplomatic mission in Washington, D.C., with Chen Lanping appointed as the chief of mission. This marked the beginning of full bilateral ties between the United States and China. On January 1, 1979, the United States changed its…
His assumption turned out to be true, and oil production in the United States peaked in 1971 (it boomed again in the 2010s because of oil shale technology). The only fundamental way to establish a peak oil point is when the event has occurred. His assumption turned out to be…
On April 9, 2003, just three weeks into the invasion of Iraq, U.S. forcesU.S. forcesDuring the war some 16,112,566 Americans served in the United States Armed Forces, with 405,399 killed and 671,278 wounded. There were also 130,201 American prisoners of war, of whom 116,129 returned home after the war.https://en.wikipedia.org ›…
Valley Forge National Historical Park, national historical park, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S.U.S.The United States, officially United States of America, abbreviated U.S. or U.S.A., byname America, is a country in North America, a federal republic of 50 states.https://www.britannica.com › place › United-StatesUnited States | History, Map, Flag, & Population – Encyclopedia Britannica…
A few Valley Yokuts remain, the most prominent tribe among them being the Tachi. Kroeber estimated the population of the Yokuts in 1910 as 600. Today about 2000 Yokuts are enrolled in the federally recognized tribe. An estimated 600 Yokuts are said to belong to unrecognized tribes. Yokuts, also called…
In January 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. … (Show more) Zimmermann Telegram, also called Zimmermann Note, coded telegram sent January 16,…