Who Opened up the Kimberley Diamond Mines?
Who Opened up the Kimberley Diamond Mines? Cecil Rhodes, son of an English vicar, and Barney Barnato, son of a London Jew, both made fortunes by opening up the...
Read MoreWho Opened up the Kimberley Diamond Mines? Cecil Rhodes, son of an English vicar, and Barney Barnato, son of a London Jew, both made fortunes by opening up the...
Read MoreWho Launched the South Sea Bubble? The South Sea Bubble of 1720, which ruined thousands of families in England and brought disgrace to government ministers, had its...
Read MoreHow Did Neckties Originate? Today’s neckties are the direct descendants of the neck-cloths worn by the Croatian troops in the army of the French King Louis XIV...
Read MoreWhen Was the American Depression? The American Depression or the Great Depression began in August 1929 with a great collapse of the stock market in Wall Street, New...
Read MoreHow Does an Anchor Hold a Ship? The weight of a simple cement-can anchor can keep a fisherman’s small boat from drifting away. The iron anchors of ships have flukes...
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