Historical Travel

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Dec 17, 1903: 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight by the Wright Brothers, paving the way for the aircraft of today

THIS DAY IN HISTORY, 1812, The first winter snow falls on the French Army as Napoleon Bonaparte retreats form Moscow. http://bit.ly/d6sqvK

RT @gordonbelt: Almost Home: TN Civil War Trails & Tod Carter and Battle of Franklin http://bit.ly/bSYzDQ h/t #history #travel

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#history Two 2,500-year-old Greek statues seized from farmers http://goo.gl/fb/F8nAA

RT @hubreader: 05.20 04:19 - World War 2 Weapons http://bit.ly/d0Pife #ww2 #history

5/20/1570 The first modern atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (world map pictured) by cartographer Abraham Ortelius, was issued. #history

5/20/325 - The First Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church, formally opened in present-day Iznik, Turkey.

5/18/1848 – Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that was previously signed to end the Mexican–American War #history

RT @AnswersDotCom: Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself emperor of the French on this date in 1804. #history

THIS DAY IN HISTORY, 1942, New York ends night baseball games for the rest of World War II. http://bit.ly/d6sqvK

THIS DAY IN HISTORY, 1951, The United Nations moves its headquarters to New York city. http://bit.ly/d6sqvK