Galileo Galilei’s Sentence 22 June 1633
We: [names of ten Cardinals] By the grace of God, Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, and especially commissioned by the Holy Apostolic See as Inquisitors-General against heretical depravity in all of...
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Galileo Forced to Recant Heliocentrism
On June 22, 1633, Galileo Galilei, at the age of seventy, was sentenced to imprisonment, ordered to read the seven penitential psalms once a week for the next three years, and forced to recant his view...
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Elvis Presley – That’s All Right
On July 8, 1954, WHBQ Memphis would be the first radio station to play an Elvis Presley song. His recently recorded single ‘That’s All Right’ was played on DJ Dewey Philips’ Red, Hot, and Blue show....
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The Beatles Release Help!
Voted 331 on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”, Help! was the fifth British album and tenth North American album released by The Beatles. The Album was released August 6, 1965. The...
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Michelangelo’s David
A far more important commission was intrusted to Michelangelo in August…1501. Condivi, after mentioning his return to Florence, tells the history of the colossal David in these words: “Here he stayed...
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Mozart – Child Prodigy
The life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the immortal names in music, contradicts the rule that extraordinary youthful talent is apt to be followed by a sluggish and commonplace maturity. His father...
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Roots of Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci, the multi-faceted genius of the Italian Renaissance was from, as his name implies, the little town of Vinci. The origins of Vinci go back to the Etruscans. It lies about six miles...
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One of the top selling albums of all time, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, was released November 30, 1982. The recording of the album began at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles on April 14, 1982....
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Charles Dickens
1812 – 1870 Early Years Charles Dickens was born at Landport, now a great town, but then a little suburb of Portsmouth, or Portsea, lying half a mile outside of the town walls. The date of his birth...
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Gutenberg
LIVED FROM 1400-1468 While Joan of Arc was busy rescuing France from the English, another wonderful worker was busy in Germany. This was John Gutenberg, who was born in Mainz. The Germans — and most...
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