Category: History and Culture

Born on this Day: Henry VIII

Henry VIII was born on this day in 1491. He died on January 28, 1547. Henry VII is known for his six marriages as well as for this role in the separation of the Church of England from the Catholic Church. He was the father of Elizabeth I, born to Anne Boleyn. Elizabeth became queen …

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Born on this Day: Helen Keller

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller American author, political activist and lecturer Helen Adams Keller was born on this day in 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama. She was born with the ability to see and hear, but at the age of 19 months she …

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