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On this day, January 20, 1887, the United States Senate ratified the Hawaii-United States Convention, which granted "to the Government of the US the exclusive right to enter the harbor of Pearl River, in the Island of Oahu, and to establish and maintain there a coaling and repair station for the use of vessels of the US and to that end the US may improve the entrance to said harbor and do all things useful to the purpose aforesaid." the US Navy took possession of the harbor on November 9.
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In 1906, a famed explorer saw something on the horizon that would lead an expedition of men to search for a magnificent land they hoped would be full of new and undiscovered treasures for science.
One famous dolphin lived near the shores of New Zealand in the late 1800s, and swam alongside hundreds of ships, becoming a beloved figure to locals and foreigners alike, and described as ”the best known fish in the world.”
It was relatively common in the middle ages for Kings, royals, and various other titled men to die in combat, and they were at least usually expected to fight personally. Despite the dangers of medieval combat and the expectations of nobility, however, many at the highest levels of aristocracy died in less than noble mundane accidents, and even in embarrassing circumstances.
Today S.O.S. is recognized by almost everybody, all over the world. And its meaning has gone beyond the code from which it was created.
The history of the creation and artistry of the famed Imperial Eggs, along with the fortunes of the House of Fabergé, are deeply intertwined with a period of Russian history, potent symbols of the rapidly industrializing country, it’s successes, and its faults.
