Thursday, January 17, 2008

On this date

in 1893, Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate. (Go to article.)
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Actor James Earl Jones turns 77 years old today.
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in 1863, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the Civil War.
(See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

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