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Summary of major events with pictures

In 1769, Spanish Franciscan priest, Junipero Serra, was sent by the Spanish to establish a mission in California to extend Spanish hold into "Alta California." The first of 21 coastal missions, Mission San Diego de Alcala was created to establish a…

Schematic diagram of a nuclear power plant using a pressurized-water reactor.

Map image of the Baltic States, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia from the Encyclopædia Britannica website under the Baltic States Media.

A manuscript copybook created by a student at Susanna Rowson's academy for girls in Boston. The manuscript seems to be at once an exercise in penmanship and in learning math and other commercial practices and genres, perhaps following the principal…

Chinua Achebe, c. 1960, with two editions of his first novel, Things Fall Apart.

A newspaper created by a student from Santa Clara University talks about education for immigrants, specifically about language barriers while getting an education.

German Jewish refugee Erwin Eisfelder stands outside Cafe Louis on Ward Road. The cafe was named in honor of his father. It was a popular gathering place for refugees in Shanghai during the war years. Shanghai, China