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HISTORY In the early eighteenth century, France developed a regular trade with the native peoples along the Missouri River in Nebraska,...

John Mason Neale was born on January 24, 1818 to the Revd Cornelius Neale and Susanna Neale. He was named after the 17th century Puritan cl...

 HISTORY The German Workers' Party (Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, DAP), which would become the Nazi Party, was founded on January 5, 1919...

HISTORY The Ancient Egyptians created the first organized navy in 2300 BC. During the 13th century the Mongolian Navy was known to be...

NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE PRE-COLUMBIAN ERA The original founding population of Native Americans was about 250 people. In the pre-Colum...

There are 58 national parks of the United States operated by the National Park Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior. Nation...

The first national anthem to be composed was the Dutch national anthem "Wilhelmus" (William), which was written between 1568 and ...