On This Day
1608 – The Colony of Virginia gets a charter, extending borders from “sea to sea”.[3]
The Colony of Virginia was an English, later British, colonial settlement in North America between 1606 and 1776.
The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years. In 1590, the colony was abandoned. But nearly 20 years later, the colony was re-settled at Jamestown, not far north of the original site. A second charter was issued in 1606 and settled in 1607, becoming the first enduring English colony in North America. It followed failed attempts at settlement on Newfoundland by Sir Humphrey Gilbert[3] in 1583 and the Roanoke Colony (in modern eastern North Carolina) by Sir Walter Raleigh in the late 1580s.
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Born On This Day
1423 – Ferdinand I of Naples (d. 1494)[14]
Ferdinand I (2 June 1424 – 25 January 1494), also known as Ferrante,[1] was king of Naples from 1458 to 1494.
The only son, albeit illegitimate, of Alfonso the Magnanimous, he was one of the most influential and feared monarchs in Europe at the time and an important figure of the Italian Renaissance. In his thirty years of reign he brought peace and prosperity to Naples. Its foreign and diplomatic policy aimed at assuming the task of regulating the events of the peninsula in order not to disturb the political balance given by the Treaty of Lodi, to affirm the hegemony of the Kingdom of Naples over the other Italian states and to tighten through its diplomats and marriages of his numerous legitimate and natural children, a dense network of alliances and relationships with Italian and foreign sovereigns, earned him the fame and the nickname of “Judge of Italy”, in addition to being recognized as a generous patron.[2][3][4][5][6]
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By Morgan Haefner, Quartz: Tungsten: Divine density The world’s toughest metal.
“The tungsten-wall environment is far more challenging than using carbon. This is, simply, the difference between trying to grab your kitten at home versus trying to pet the wildest lion.” — Luis Delgado-Aparicio, lead scientist for Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s physics research and X-ray detector project, talking about the nuclear fusion breakthrough in France.
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By Mark Dent, The Hustle: Survival of the richest: Inside the short-lived fallout shelter bubble
Ellen Naomi Cohen (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), known professionally as Cass Elliot, was an American singer. She was also known as “Mama Cass”, a name she reportedly disliked.[2] Elliot was a member of the singing group the Mamas & the Papas. After the group broke up, she released five solo albums. Elliot received the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance for “Monday, Monday” (1967). In 1998, she was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her work with the Mamas & the Papas.[3]
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By Bublisworldcuisine: Brazilian Cheese Bread
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- Wikimedia Commons picture of the day for November 23 November 23, 2024Picture of the day Rainbow yarn for knitting displayed in front of a needlework shop in Graz, Austria
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