July 13th, 1985. Here're hours to go in this Live Aid show in Philadelphia, and it looks if no one is leaving early. Live Aid, a global rock concert to raise money for starving people in Africa, takes place in London and Philadelphia. The mammoth eve

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Silicon Valley in Northern California is home to many of the worlds largest technology companies. These include Apple, Google, Oracle, Intel, Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard. The valley is also home to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.

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THIS IS AMERICA - United States Observes Black History Month From VOA Learning English, welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in Special English. I'm Kelly Jean Kelly. And I'm Mario Ritter. February is Black History Month in the United States. It is a time when

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Today, nearly 144 million Americans have credit cards and they are using their cards like never before, charging 1.5 trillion dollars last year alone. Credit cards have become a central part of the American Economy. I really cant say that I love my c

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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Beyond History Books: New Museum Tells Lincoln's Story By Nancy Steinbach,Caty Weaver Broadcast: Friday, April 22, 2005 (MUSIC) HOST: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC, in VOA Special Engli

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United States Observes Black History Month Close-up from Freedman's Village, Arlington, Virginia Print from Harper's Weekly, May 7, 1864 From VOA Learning English, welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in Special English. I'm Kelly Jean Kelly. And I'm Mario Rit

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April 5th, 1986 - A bombing at a disco in what's then West Berlin kills an American soldier and a Turkish woman. The US retaliates more a week later with an air-raid on Libya narrowly missing its leader Moammar Gadhafi. 1964 - Old soldiers never die,

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March 28th, 1979 - America's worst commercial nuclear accident takes place at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania. Though the health effects are considered small, the accident strengthens opposition to the nation's nuclear power

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August 25th, 1944During World War II, allied forces in Europe liberate Paris, ending 4 years of Nazi Germanys occupation of the French capital. 1875Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel, making the journey from Bri

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March 28th, 1979America's worst commercial nuclear accident takes place at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania. Though the health effects are considered small, the accident strengthens opposition to the nation's nuclear power in

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April 14th, 1865...with mournful tread. Walk the deck my captain lies. Fallen cold and dead.In Washington, President Abraham Lincoln is shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater. Lincoln who led the United States through 4 year

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August 27th, 1883, one of the worlds most devastating explosions as the island volcano Krakatoa erupts in the South Pacific. The resulting tidal waves in Indonesia Sunda Strait kill some 36,000 people on the islands of Java and Sumatra. 1908, In your

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August 25th, 1944, during World War II, Allied forces in Europe liberate Paris, ending 4 years of Nazi Germanys occupation of the French Capital. 1875, Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel, making the journey from

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