Congress establishes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Posted on 13 Nov 2009 at 1:28pm
Frankenstein published
Posted on 13 Nov 2009 at 3:09pm
Confederate constitution adopted
Posted on 9 Feb 2010 at 10:25am
Lincoln shuffles the Union command
Posted on 13 Nov 2009 at 1:47pm
Gunslinger Ben Thompson dies
Posted on 16 Nov 2009 at 8:17am
Great Blizzard of ?88 hits East Coast
Posted on 13 Nov 2009 at 2:43pm
Newspaper reports signing of so-called Chief Tokohama
Posted on 16 Nov 2009 at 8:38am
Lawrence Welk is born
Posted on 16 Nov 2009 at 7:43am
First cases reported in deadly influenza epidemic
Posted on 5 Nov 2009 at 9:34am
FDR signs Lend-Lease
Posted on 9 Feb 2010 at 10:26am
MacArthur leaves the Philippines
Posted on 5 Nov 2009 at 9:34am
Truman thanks Herbert Hoover for aiding post-WWII reconstruction
Posted on 16 Nov 2009 at 8:33am
Heavy battle rages during Operation Junction City
Posted on 16 Nov 2009 at 8:54am
Mikhail Gorbachev picked to succeed Chernenko
Posted on 13 Nov 2009 at 2:01pm
COPS debuts on Fox
Posted on 13 Nov 2009 at 2:55pm
Brought to you by Your Catch Phrase
The Madrid Train Bombings (2004)
Posted on 10 Mar 2010 at 10:00pm
On the morning of March 11, 2004, 10 explosions occurred aboard four commuter trains in Madrid. The series of coordinated bombings killed 191 people and wounded 2,050, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in Spain's history. Although a Basque militant group was originally suspected of the attack, an investigation revealed that it was carried out by an al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist cell. The bombings occurred three days before Spain's general elections and exactly 911 days after what event? DiscussCourrières Mine Disaster (1906)
Posted on 9 Mar 2010 at 10:00pm
The Courrières mine disaster, the worst mining accident in European history, killed 1,099 miners in Northern France. It is generally agreed that the majority of the deaths and destruction were caused by an explosion of dust which swept through the mine, however, it has never been ascertained what caused the coal dust to ignite in the first place. A group of thirteen survivors, later known as the rescapés, was found by rescuers twenty days after the explosion. How had they survived?Adam Smith's
Posted on 8 Mar 2010 at 10:00pm
Published in 1776, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of Scottish economist Adam Smith. It is a clearly written account of political economy at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution and is considered the first modern work in the field of economics. In it, Smith postulates the theory of the division of labor and emphasizes that value arises from the labor expended in the process of production. What was Smith's concept of "the invisible hand"?Brought to you by Your Catch Phrase