On April 1, 2004, email changed forever. At the time, the landscape of electronic communication was dominated by established players like Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, and AOL Mail, all offering limited storage capacities and conventional folder-based organization systems. Then came Gmail. Google’s entry into the…
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As the sun rose on the morning of March 31, 1889, anticipation hung thick in the air. Parisians and visitors from around the world gathered in the Champ de Mars park, their eyes fixed on the towering structure that loomed before them. At 9:00…
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On March 30, 1981, the United States was in shock. A young man tried to kill Ronald Reagan just months after he had taken office. The day started like any other, with President Reagan going about his duties. As he exited the Washington Hilton…
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La Piedra Movediza, or “The Moving Stone,” was a unique natural landmark located in Tandil, Argentina. This geological formation was a massive boulder that balanced precariously on the edge of a hill, defying gravity and giving the impression that it could move at any…
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May 2, 1945, saw the conclusion of one of the most important battles in history. That was the day the Red Army announced that it had captured Berlin, effectively ending the Third Reich a few days after Adolph Hitler killed himself while hiding in…
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On May 1, 1915, the RMS Lusitania left port in New York to travel back to Great Britain. It never made it when it was sunk by German U-Boats nearly a week later, changing the course of World War 1. “The Lusitania, which was owned by…
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Today marks the anniversary of an event that dramatically shaped the 20th century: the end of the Russian Czar’s control over his country. The History Channel writes, “Crowned on May 26, 1894, Nicholas was neither trained nor inclined to rule, which did not help the…
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