On January 8, 1976, Ragtime by E.L. The book deals with race relations in the 1920s, mixing fictional characters with real figures from the era. The book was made into a 1981 movie and a musical in 1997. The book established Doctorow as a major contemporary novelist.Doctorow was born in New York in 1931 and raised in the Bronx.
First organized in 1873 as the First Colored Baptist Church of Birmingham, the 16th Street Baptist Church became the first black church in Birmingham, Alabama.The congregation originally worshiped in a small building, until the present structure was erected in 1884. The edifice set a precedent for churches in the city.
Leotychides, king of Sparta (c.545-469 BC)Leotychides, king of Sparta (c.545-469, r.491-) was a successful commander during the Greco-Persian Wars, and commanded the Greek army at the battle of Mycale.Leotychides (or Leotychidas) was a member of the Eurypontid dynasty. He succeeded his cousin Demaratus to the Eurypontid throne in Sparta in 491, after Cleomenes I had bribed the oracle at Delphi to declare Demaratus illegitimate.
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Bridget Landregan is found beaten and strangled to death in the Boston suburb of Dorchester. According to witnesses, a man in black clothes and a flowing cape attempted to sexually assault the dead girl before running away. In 1874, a man fitting the same description clubbed another young girl, Mary Sullivan, to death.
Trois Nègres marrons, à Surinam.BRAY Théodore (1818 - 1887) Sheet of French Guiana, n ° 33 of August 15, 1829, title page.Map of French Guiana by d & 39; Anville.Close Title: Trois Nègres marrons, à Suriname Author: BRAY Théodore (1818 - 1887) Date represented: Dimensions: Height 29 - Width 40 Technique and other indications: Watercolor drawing Place of conservation: Musée d & 39; Aquitaine website Contact copyright: © Mairie Bordeaux - Photo B.
A terror attack in Mumbai shccked Inda. A total of 166 people were killed by 10 terrorist who attacked multiple targets. The terrorist had come from Palistan.On Wednesday night November 26th,2008 gunman from the Lashkar-e-Taiba, terrorist group from Pakistan attacked 10 targets around Mumbai India. Their main targets included a crowded railroad station, the two largest hotels in the city, the Taj Mahal the Oberoi Hotel, and the Chabad Jewish Community Center.
