This is the actual film clip of the Class of 1964
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THE VOICES OF THE CLASS OF 1964
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El Grito de Lares: The Lares Uprising (1868) |
The Lares rebellion of 1868 was the most notable uprising in a series of failed Puerto Rican rebellions against Spanish rule that began in the 1820s. Best known as El Grito de Lares, or The Cry of Lares, the revolt took place in the town of Lares, where rebels briefly declared independence. Though the rebellion was brutally and swiftly suppressed, Lares has come to be known as the birthplace of Puerto Rican nationalism. Who was declared the republic's first president during the rebellion? Discuss |
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The Vela Incident (1979) |
In the 1960s, the US launched a group of satellites to monitor international compliance with a treaty prohibiting all tests of nuclear weapons except those conducted underground. In 1979, one of the satellites detected an unidentified double flash characteristic of an atmospheric nuclear explosion. The data were initially interpreted as evidence of a South African nuclear test, but experts later determined that the flash was likely not nuclear in origin and may have instead been caused by what? |
Read More...(Source: This Day in History - Fri, 22 Sep 2023 05:00:00 GMT) |
The Hindu Milk Miracle (1995) |
On September 21, 1995, news spread around the world that Hindu worshippers in India and several other countries were experiencing what they considered a miracle. At numerous temples, thousands of Hindus were spooning offerings of milk to statutes of deities, especially the elephant-headed god Ganesha, and claiming that the milk—which appeared to disappear from the spoons—was being miraculously consumed by the gods. What scientific explanation was given for the phenomenon? |
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Ritz-Carlton's $6,400-a-week luxury superyacht cruise has finally set sail |
Ritz-Carlton's highly-anticipated superyacht cruise has finally made its debut, three and a half years after its maiden voyage was originally scheduled to begin. |
Read More...(Source: CNN.com - RSS Channel - App Travel Section - Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:33:23 GMT) |
The Italian village with the 'elixir' of healthy life |
It's a place of terraced lemon groves, a paradoxically warm mountain breeze, and a powerful fat-killing gene carried by a few lucky residents. |
Read More...(Source: CNN.com - RSS Channel - App Travel Section - Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:13:44 GMT) |
Virgin Boeing 747 to launch rocket into space |
At the far southwestern tip of England, dangling into the Atlantic, the remote region of Cornwall rarely feels like the center of the world. |
Read More...(Source: CNN.com - RSS Channel - App Travel Section - Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:43:21 GMT) |
The hunt for the world's most elusive shipwrecks |
In March 2022, the world let out a collective gasp when the remarkably preserved shipwreck of Ernest Shackleton's HMS Endurance was discovered almost two miles beneath the icy Antarctic seas. |
Read More...(Source: CNN.com - RSS Channel - App Travel Section - Wed, 19 Oct 2022 11:00:38 GMT) |
This man built a plane for his family in his garden |
It wasn't until he moved near to an airfield in the UK over a decade ago that mechanical engineer Ashok Aliseril Thamarakshan began to seriously consider learning to fly a plane. |
Read More...(Source: CNN.com - RSS Channel - App Travel Section - Sat, 22 Oct 2022 16:53:25 GMT) |