World History teaching resources for the high school classroom: lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes and simulation games for KS3, IGCSE, IB and A-Level teachers.
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Events (350 years ago today): 1675 – The Great Swamp Fight, a pivotal battle in King Philip's War, gives the English settlers a bitterly won victory.[7]
Births (200 years ago today): 1825 – George Frederick Bristow, American violinist and composer (died 1898)
Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Mileva Mari?, Serbian physicist (died 1948)
Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Carter G. Woodson, American historian and author, founded Black History Month (died 1950)
Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Grace Marie Bareis, American mathematician (died 1962)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Tankred Dorst, German author and playwright (died 2017)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – William Schutz, American psychologist and academic (died 2002)
Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter and screenwriter (died 2012)
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Makis Belevonis, Greek footballer
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Brandon Sanderson, American author and academic
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Jeremy Soule, American composer
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Olivier Tébily, Ivorian-French footballer
Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Dean Treister, Australian rugby league player
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