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Was Massachusetts the first state? Here's when the state joined the country
Massachusetts ratified the U.S. Constitution on February 6, 1788, according to the Census Bureau. Originally, Maine was recognized as a part of the state of Massachusetts, until Maine was admitted to ...
Who owns St Stephen’s Green? A guide to the buildings on Dublin’s most famous square
Historically linked to an anti-duelling group, Daniel O’Connell and the East India Company, today properties on ‘the Green’ house the offices of global corportations, an online retail giant and ...
Just how bloody was medieval England? A ‘murder map’ holds some surprises.
LONDON - A saddlemaker ambushed outside a brewhouse. A man stabbed to death after he stumbled over a heap of dung while trying to flee a fight. And a priest killed by three knife-wielding assailants, ...