Historical Events

1674 Dutch Republic formally cedes New Netherland to England, who rename it New York

1697 English parliament accept army reduction

Stanley Encounters Livingstone

1871 Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa with the immortal words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

Carnegie Corporation

1911 Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corporation for scholarly and charitable works

1942 US-British troops occupies Oran, Algeria

Lady Chatterley's Lover

1960 Uncensored version of D. H. Lawrence 's "Lady Chatterley’s Lover" finally goes on sale in the UK after a jury finds publisher Penguin Books not guilty in an obscenity trial

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

1993 Revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and

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