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An Atomic Bomb Explodes at Los Alamos in the First Successful Test: July 16, 1945

Jul 154 min read

An Atomic Bomb Explodes at Los Alamos in the First Successful Test: July 16, 1945

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. It was morning, August 6, 1945. Colonel Paul W. Tibbets of the United States...

Marie Charlotte de Corday Assassinates Jean-Paul Marat in the Bath: July 13, 1793

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Jul 84 min read

Marie Charlotte de Corday Assassinates Jean-Paul Marat in the Bath: July 13, 1793

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. [Georges Danton’s] attempts to bridge the split between the Girondins and...

John Hancock Signs the Declaration of Independence: July 4, 1776

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Jul 14 min read

John Hancock Signs the Declaration of Independence: July 4, 1776

This text comes from our book, The American Venture. It took some time to convince people in the English colonies to seek independence...

Pope Pius IX Issues “Aeterni Patris”: June 29, 1868

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Jun 243 min read

Pope Pius IX Issues “Aeterni Patris”: June 29, 1868

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. The return of the French army to Rome meant that Pope Pius IX could hold the...

Colonel Prescott Prepares for the Battle of Bunker Hill: June 16, 1775

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Jun 174 min read

Colonel Prescott Prepares for the Battle of Bunker Hill: June 16, 1775

This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. The members of the Massachusetts assembly rejoiced when they heard the news of...

Voltaire Flees Paris When His Work Is Condemned: June 10, 1734

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Jun 103 min read

Voltaire Flees Paris When His Work Is Condemned: June 10, 1734

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. In the Paris salon of the Duchess of Maine, François-Marie Arouet began the...

The Crusaders Lay Siege to Jerusalem: June 7, 1099

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Jun 33 min read

The Crusaders Lay Siege to Jerusalem: June 7, 1099

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. Meanwhile, a more organized force was gathering for the long march to the...

Joan of Arc Is Burned at the Stake: May 30, 1430

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May 275 min read

Joan of Arc Is Burned at the Stake: May 30, 1430

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. Three years before the English victory at Agincourt, an obscure maiden was...

Hernando de Soto Discovers the Mississippi River: May 21, 1541

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May 204 min read

Hernando de Soto Discovers the Mississippi River: May 21, 1541

This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. Many leagues south of Mexico, in the tall and cold Andes Mountains, there reigned...

Pope Leo XIII Issues the Encyclical “Rerum Novarum”: May 15, 1891

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May 133 min read

Pope Leo XIII Issues the Encyclical “Rerum Novarum”: May 15, 1891

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. During his 25 years as pope, Leo XIII addressed many encyclicals to the...

The “Hunters of the Alps” Engage the Austrians at Casale: May 8, 1859

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May 64 min read

The “Hunters of the Alps” Engage the Austrians at Casale: May 8, 1859

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. Winning this war seemed simple to the Austrians, for their army far...

The World’s Fair Opens in Chicago: May 1, 1893

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Apr 293 min read

The World’s Fair Opens in Chicago: May 1, 1893

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. Henry Adams, great-grandson of President John Adams, stood in awe of all he saw...

Two Masters of Realistic Storytelling Pass Away: April 23, 1616

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Apr 224 min read

Two Masters of Realistic Storytelling Pass Away: April 23, 1616

This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. Just as in the Renaissance, painters and sculptors tried to depict the world around them in...

Pope Julius II Lays the Cornerstone for the New St. Peter’s Basilica: April 18, 1506

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Apr 154 min read

Pope Julius II Lays the Cornerstone for the New St. Peter’s Basilica: April 18, 1506

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. On April 18, 1506, Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone for a new basilica...

La Salle Claims Land He Names “Louisiana”: April 9, 1682

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Apr 84 min read

La Salle Claims Land He Names “Louisiana”: April 9, 1682

This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. There were many differences between Louis Joliet and René de La Salle...

Hot off the press: Our newest “Journey Across America” book!

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Apr 51 min read

Hot off the press: Our newest “Journey Across America” book!

We’re proud to announce the launch of Journey Across America: The Southeast States, the newest and final textbook in our 4th grade...

Emperor Karl I Dies Gazing on a Crucifix: April 1, 1922

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Apr 14 min read

Emperor Karl I Dies Gazing on a Crucifix: April 1, 1922

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. It was a cold day in late October 1921 when a small airplane from...

The Treaty of Rome Is Signed, Forming the European Economic Community: March 25, 1957

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Mar 253 min read

The Treaty of Rome Is Signed, Forming the European Economic Community: March 25, 1957

This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. As we have seen, the late 1940s and the decade of the 1950s were periods of...

St. Joseph Answers Fray Junípero’s Prayers for Supplies: March 19, 1769

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Mar 183 min read

St. Joseph Answers Fray Junípero’s Prayers for Supplies: March 19, 1769

This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. Day after day, for nine days, the small man in a gray habit climbed to the summit...

Elizabeth Ann Seton Is Received into the Catholic Church: March 14, 1805

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Mar 114 min read

Elizabeth Ann Seton Is Received into the Catholic Church: March 14, 1805

This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. For months she had watched him grow weaker and weaker. With determination and...

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