Age 16 in 1547.So did Ivan take over in 1538 at age 8?
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Age 16 in 1547.So did Ivan take over in 1538 at age 8?
Ambrose Bierce: "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."Don’t forget what happened 83 years ago today at Pearl Harbor. If you ever get a chance to go to Pearl Harbor please take it. Visiting the USS Arizona memorial is very emotional. Knowing the remains of 922 young American servicemen are entombed in the ship beneath your feet is quite the experience. You can look down and see the ship. Everything left above water after she sunk was removed. Only a small part of one gun turret is slightly above water. About 500 yards to the left of the memorial is the USS Missouri.
Thanks for sharing. Sounds like something that would happen today.Ambrose Pierce: "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."
Not long after the Pearl Harbor attack was announced, it was also announced that Japan had attacked the Philippines. Because my mother was born and lived in the Philippines until she was about 12 (her father was in the Colonial Constabulary and her mother was a teacher), folks in my small town would approach her to say how furious they were at FDR for allowing the Japanese invasion fleet to pass through the Panama Canal to attack the Philippines.
My mother was baffled by this non sequitur. Her mother had to explain to her these folks didn't know much about geography. All they knew about the Philippines was that they had something to with the Spanish American War. And all they knew about the Spanish American War was that it involved Cuba. And Cuba was in the Caribbean Sea. Ergo: the Phillippines were also in the Caribbean Sea. My mother and grandmother eventually had to use a globe to prove that the Japanese could get from Japan to the Phillippines without receiving FDR's permission to go through the Panama Canal.
#OTD in 1789 the NC Gen’l Assembly passed the charter for UNC. The 1st State Constitution (1776) has called for the establishing of “one or more universities” but The War For Independence stalled the plan. Wm R. Davie was the strongest proponent & farmers in Orange gave 1,290 acres & funds. East, now Old East, was the first building, serving as dormitory & classroom. The doors opened on January 15, 1795 & first student, Hinton James arrived on February 12. The General Assembly Chartered UNC
I think you are being a bit harsh in your assessment. Take into consideration that when UNC was established by what is now the General Assembly, race based slavery existed and there were minimum property ownership requirements for the franchise. In today's society, if the riff-raff had neither the franchise nor any realistic prospect of ever attending UNC, I bet the GOP would be much more accepting of the concept of UNC.Just think. Were the present General Assembly to have the issue before it there would almost assuredly be no UNC.
I think you are being a bit harsh in your assessment. Take into consideration that when UNC was established by what is now the General Assembly, race based slavery existed and there were minimum property ownership requirements for the franchise. In today's society, if the riff-raff had neither the franchise nor any realistic prospect of ever attending UNC, I bet the GOP would be much more accepting of the concept of UNC.