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Why Does the New Year Start on January 1?

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar

Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar

The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.

26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History

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Key People

Andrew V. Schally

Andrew V. Schally

American endocrinologist

Roger Guillemin

Roger Guillemin

American physiologist

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Superficial arteries and veins of face and scalp, cardiovascular system, human anatomy, (Netter replacement project - SSC)

The Human Body