Thursday 7 May 2015

Today in History: 7th May

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Greetings Gentle Readers, Lets step again into the Shower of History and wash ourselves in its soapy goodness.

1664: Louis XIV of France begins construction on the Palace of Versailles.

https://faculty.history.wisc.edu/sommerville/351/351images/versailles.jpg

1718: The City of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.


From top left: A typical New Orleans mansion off St. Charles Avenue, a streetcar passing by Loyola University and Tulane University, the skyline of the Central Business District, Jackson Square, and a view of Royal Street in the French Quarter


 1915: The Lusitania is sunk be German U-boat U-20 killing 1200 people. This incident turned many Americans against the Germans because over 200 Americans were on board.


http://www.prisonersofeternity.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/lusitania-sinking3.jpg

1919: Eva 'Evita' Peron, the 25th First lady of Argentina is born.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Evita_color.jpg

1946:  Electronics giant Sony is founded in Japan under its original name Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering.

http://talkingbiznews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Sony-logo.jpg
2000: Vladimir Putin becomes President of Russia.

 http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02147/masha-putin_2147858b.jpg Vladimir Putin rides a horse in southern Siberia.

 #louisxiv #versailles #neworleans #lusitania #sony #vladimirputin #evaperon

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