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22 hours ago · Noel Buckner, Mary Dore, Sam Sills Five years before the United States entered World War II, 3,200 Americans went off to Europe to fight the spread of fascism. At 18, 19 and 20 years old, they volunteered to risk their lives defending a democratically elected government in the Spanish Civil War.
22 hours ago · History First Spanish designs Discovery La Capitana, the Captain's Ensign of Columbus's Ships The introduction of a flag in Puerto Rico can be traced back to November 19, 1493 when Christopher Columbus landed on the island's shore, and with the flag appointed to him by the Spanish Crown, claimed the island, originally known by its native Taíno people as Borikén, in the name of Spain, calling ...
22 hours ago · Richard Wagner (1871), Photographie von Franz Hanfstaengl. Wilhelm Richard Wagner (* 22. Mai 1813 in Leipzig; † 13. Februar 1883 in Venedig) war ein deutscher Komponist, Schriftsteller, Theaterregisseur und Dirigent. Mit seinen durchkomponierten Musikdramen gilt er als einer der bedeutendsten und einflussreichsten Komponisten der Romantik .
