What was Alabama like 100 years ago? Stunning vintage photos capture life in 1925
In Mobile, people went bananas for bananas that came in on ships from far-flung places, creating jobs for the Port of Mobile. We gathered 50 photos of Alabama people and places that were taken about ...
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100 Years Ago Recording Studios Got a New Tool: Microphones
By Ludovic Hunter-Tilney One of the most significant innovations in recorded music took place a century ago in New York City. On Feb. 25, 1925, Art Gillham, a musician known as “the Whispering ...
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Town's first female mayor celebrated 100 years on
Leading women have come together to celebrate the life of a town's first female mayor ... Since Mrs Coxon took up the role ...
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Town waiting 100 years for a connection has been told the wait is about to get longer
The town hall said a new rail station in Cheadle will see trains 'stopping in the village for the first time in more than 100 years' after a former station closed in 1917. Bosses hoped the new ...
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100 Years Ago: Wearing Out The Rifle Barrel
Alloy bullets have gained much of their popularity because of the idea that they will not wear out the barrel as rapidly as metal cased bullets. When the force of the powder gases pushing behind ...
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Service for police officer killed 100 years ago
Mr Willits said: "It was amazing to think it was 100 years ago and have a service dedicated to him and his memory was wonderful. "It was a very moving, poignant, and touching service. It was a ...
Los Angeles Times8d
100 years ago, Anaheim recalled its KKK city council. Why don’t we remember?
One hundred years ago this past Feb. 3 — my birthday ... rolls of the Orange County KKK and passed them around town. The rolls revealed that nine out of 10 members of the Anaheim police ...
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Quantum mechanics was born 100 years ago. Physicists are celebrating
A century ago, science went quantum ... SN: What’s the importance of quantum physics today? Cetto: In these 100 years, quantum physics has become one of the major areas — if not the major ...
Church Times12d
100 years ago: Dean Inge’s civilisation
IN A lecture on National Decay and Regeneration, Dr. Inge declared that “culture can hardly be developed unless there is a privileged class with leisure to cultivate the art of fine living.” There ...
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A cave explorer's tragic death 100 years ago led to the creation of a national park
MICHAEL COLLINS, BYLINE: One hundred years ago this week, one story dominated the headlines - the rescue of Floyd Collins. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Collins had been ...
Daily Mail14d
Egypt announces first new royal tomb since King Tutankhamun was discovered over 100 years ago
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of the first royal tomb in Egypt since Tutankhamun's burial was uncovered more than 100 years ago. The resting place of King Thutmose II, who ruled ...