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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (English: /ˈpʊʃkɪn/;[1] Russian: Александр Сергеевич Пушкин[note 1], tr. Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn] (listen); 6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist…

Alessandro de’ Medici (22 July 1510 – 6 January 1537), nicknamed “il Moro” (“the Moor“) due to his dark complexion, Duke of Penne and the first Duke of the…

Charlotte was born into the royal family of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, a duchy in northern Germany. In 1760 the young and unmarried George III…

With all this unrest about cops and calls in some cities to defund them, it might interest you to know that New…

James McCune Smith was the first African American to receive a medical doctorate from a university. Born in 1813 to a poor…

February 25, 2021 by Red Bank Legal The First African American Lawyer, Macon Bolling Allen overcame racism and discrimination to practice law. He began…

2:58 Process begins to return California beach to descendants nearly a century later Officials in Los Angeles County are taking steps to…

InIn 1866, a Mr. Buffun sold two lots on the outskirts of the tiny pueblo of Los Angeles to a 48-year-old woman named…