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2 days ago · According to several sources, various Christian clerics predicted this date as the Millennium, including Pope Sylvester II. As a result, riots are said to have occurred in Europe and pilgrims headed east to Jerusalem. Most historians, however, have disputed that any of these events ever took place.
1 day ago · Nineteen-ninety was a pivotal moment in Indigenous history. Internationally, we tarnished the reputation of Canada and reminded Indigenous Peoples of the struggles we all have in common.
5 days ago · First, the relative isolation of Albania that followed policies independent of the West since 1945, independent of the Soviet Union since 1956, and finally independent of China since 1978, meant that the abruptness of the transition to capitalism was sharper than elsewhere.
2 days ago · Near the end of the 16th century, the northern frontier of New Spain in most areas was close to the present Mexican-U.S. boundary line. Within the area that is now the United States, a settlement had been made in Florida in 1565.
2 days ago · A 60-second history lesson for Canadians. Boards encase a statue of Canada's first Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald, at the base of the lawn of Queen's Park in Toronto on June 21. Cole Burston ...
2 days ago · In northern Mexico, the end of Spanish rule was marked by the end of financing for garrisoned presidios and the pay-offs to Native Americans to maintain peace. In the absence of effective governance, Comanche and Apache took to raiding for livestock and looted much of the northern countryside outside of the scattered towns.
5 days ago · Rio Grande, fifth longest river of North America, and the 20th longest in the world, forming the border between the U.S. state of Texas and Mexico.