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April 1, 2004: Email Changes Forever

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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March 31, 1657: Cromwell Makes A Fateful Choice

In 1657, the Second Protectorate Parliament—part of what had once been the Long Parliament—made Oliver Cromwell a surprising and controversial offer: the crown of England. This proposal, known as the Humble Petition and Advice, was formally presented to Cromwell on March 31. It represented…

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March 28, 1939: Franco Takes The Capital

On March 28, 1939, General Francisco Franco’s Nationalist forces entered Madrid, ending nearly three years of siege and signifying the final collapse of the Second Spanish Republic. This moment marked the end of the Spanish Civil War, a deeply polarizing conflict that had drawn…

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March 27, 1915: Typhoid Mary Exiled

Mary Mallon—better known to history as Typhoid Mary—was placed into quarantine for the second and final time. She would remain isolated for the rest of her life, becoming an infamous figure and a lasting symbol of asymptomatic disease transmission in the United States. An…

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