In 1869, a group of prospectors led by Montreal mining engineer Thomas McFarlane discovered a rich vein of galena near Prince Arthur's Landing on Lake Superior, which later became the Silver Islet ...

Eighty years have now passed since the guns at last fell silent at the end of World War II. In Europe, hostilities ceased ...

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A: China's role in the global fight against fascism has often been undervalued, partly because it was not an industrial power ...

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1712: Death of former Lord Protector Richard Cromwell aged 85. 1730: Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clemens XII. On the same ...

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