Rosie the Riveter was the star of a campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for defense industries during World War II, and she became perhaps the most iconic image of working women. American women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers during the war, as widespread male enlistment left gaping holes in the industrial labor force.
A team of scientists has found fossil remains of Hispanomeryx in the Catalan basin of Vallès-Penedès.On the one hand, they belong to a musk deer derived from the already known H. aragonensis and, on the other, to a new species that has been baptized as H. lacetanus, recalling the name that the Romans gave to the inhabitants of the Anoia area, the Lacetani or lacetans.
Bartolomé de Las Casas, the Spanish priest, historian and advocate for Native American rights, was born in Seville. He served as a soldier and public official at various places in the West Indies and was rewarded for his efforts with an encomienda, a royally-granted landed estate with full authority over the native residents.
Kokusai Ku-8 from the front Here we see the Kokusai Ku-8 glider from the front, showing its high mounted wings. The open space at the tip of the nose was normally covered by a glazed section, which has been removed here.
Acubens-AKS-5The brightest star in the constellation, Cancer.(AKS-5: dp. 14,560; 1. 441& 39;6& 34;; b. 66& 39;11& 34;; dr. 28& 39;4& 34;; s. 12.6 k.; cpl. 193; a. 1 6& 34;, 4 3& 34;, 4 40mm., 20 20mm.; cl. Acubens; T. EC2-S-C1)Acubens (AK-5) was 1aid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MCE hull 1936) on 26 November 1943 by the Delta Shipbuilding Co.
Archaeologists in England have discovered an ancient humanoid figurine but they’re unsure whether it represents a god, or an everyday person. What do you think?
I have read numerous times that the Dred Scott Decision led to the Civil War in the United States, but I have been unable to find sources to support this. It seems that the Dred Scott Decision chie…
