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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Bangladesh Liberation War Begins (1971) |
The Bangladesh Liberation War was fought between West Pakistan and East Pakistan—now Pakistan and Bangladesh, respectively. It began as an uprising in East Pakistan led by a guerilla force called the Mukti Bahini. Indian support bolstered the Bangladeshi rebellion and led to a separate but simultaneous war between India and Pakistan. Eventually, West Pakistan's forces were defeated and East Pakistan gained its independence, becoming the new nation of Bangladesh. Why did India support the rebels? Discuss |
Read More...(Source: This Day in History - Sun, 26 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT) |
World's First Passenger Railway Begins Service (1807) |
In 1804, British Parliament approved the laying of a railway line between Swansea and Oystermouth in South Wales to move limestone from the quarries of Mumbles to Swansea and to the markets beyond. Later renamed the Swansea and Mumbles Railway, the line was approved to carry passengers in 1807. The world's first regular passenger service began that same year and operated in one form or another for more than a century and a half before it was decommissioned. What powered the line's first trains? |
Read More...(Source: This Day in History - Sat, 25 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT) |
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (1989) |
On March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker hit Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled approximately 11 million US gallons (41 million liters) of crude oil into the sea, covering 11,000 square miles (28,000 km²) of ocean. As a result of the spill, an estimated 250,000 sea birds, 1,000 sea otters, and countless fish and other wildlife died. The ship's captain was widely criticized after the incident, but many others factors contributed to the crash. What are some examples? |
Read More...(Source: This Day in History - Fri, 24 Mar 2023 05:00:00 GMT) |
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) |