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Year: 2021

History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Death of Jacques L. David (December 29, 1825)

Posted on: December 29, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Death of Jacques L. David (December 29, 1825)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Gen. McAuliffe responds to German surrender demand with “nuts” (December 22, 1944)

Posted on: December 22, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Gen. McAuliffe responds to German surrender demand with “nuts” (December 22, 1944)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: FDR’s “Day of Infamy” Speech (December 8, 1941)

Posted on: December 8, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: FDR’s “Day of Infamy” Speech (December 8, 1941)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Opening of the Suez Canal (November 17, 1869)

Posted on: November 17, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Opening of the Suez Canal (November 17, 1869)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: First Chevrolet (November 3, 1911)

Posted on: November 3, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: First Chevrolet (November 3, 1911)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: First flight of the Saturn I Rocket (October 27, 1961)

Posted on: October 27, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: First flight of the Saturn I Rocket (October 27, 1961)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Continental Navy Established

Posted on: October 13, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Continental Navy Established

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Cornerstone Laid on the National Cathedral (September 29, 1907)

Posted on: September 30, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Cornerstone Laid on the National Cathedral (September 29, 1907)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Charles Darwin lands in the Galapagos (September 15, 1835)

Posted on: September 15, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Charles Darwin lands in the Galapagos (September 15, 1835)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Women get the right to vote (August 18, 1920)

Posted on: August 18, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Women get the right to vote (August 18, 1920)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: First Flight of the B-17 Prototype (July 28, 1935)

Posted on: July 28, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: First Flight of the B-17 Prototype (July 28, 1935)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: First Battle of Bull Run (July 21, 1861)

Posted on: July 21, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: First Battle of Bull Run (July 21, 1861)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Fall of the Bastille (July 14, 1789)

Posted on: July 14, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Fall of the Bastille (July 14, 1789)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: The Homestead Strike (June 30, 1892)

Posted on: June 30, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: The Homestead Strike (June 30, 1892)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Gaspee runs aground in Narragansett Bay (June 9, 1772)

Posted on: June 9, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Gaspee runs aground in Narragansett Bay (June 9, 1772)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Evacuation of Dunkirk (May 26, 1940)

Posted on: May 26, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Evacuation of Dunkirk (May 26, 1940)

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Tammany Hall Founded in 1789

Posted on: May 12, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Tammany Hall Founded in 1789

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: WWI Aircraft

Posted on: April 21, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: WWI Aircraft

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: The Pony Express

Posted on: April 14, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: The Pony Express

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: DST

Posted on: March 31, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: DST

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: the 1765 Quartering Act

Posted on: March 24, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: the 1765 Quartering Act

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: First Telephone

Posted on: March 10, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: First Telephone

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: The Missouri Compromise

Posted on: March 3, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: The Missouri Compromise

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Marbury vs. Madison, 1803–the Establishment of Judicial Review

Posted on: February 24, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Marbury vs. Madison, 1803–the Establishment of Judicial Review

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Russo-Japanese War begins in 1904.

Posted on: February 10, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Russo-Japanese War begins in 1904.

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: First Tarzan Movie in 1918.

Posted on: January 28, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: First Tarzan Movie in 1918.

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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Belgium Created in 1831.

Posted on: January 20, 2021 - Rebecca Lavallee
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History Snapshot with Dick Vanden Berg: Belgium Created in 1831.

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