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Parsons Weems' Fable, oil on canvas by Grant Wood, 1939; in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. Catalog entry: The historian Mason Locke Weems, commonly known by his clerical title, Parson Weems, pulls back a curtain to point at 6-year-old George Washington. Bearing an adult head and holding an axe, George gazes blankly up at his father, Augustine, who questions his son while holding a partially cut cherry tree. All of this takes place in front of a 20th-century brick building, which Wood modeled after his own home in Iowa. The scene illustrates the fable of Washington and the cherry tree, which Weems invented in 1806 for the first president's biography. Wood playfully suggests the artifice of the tale here, presenting the story in the manner of a costumed stage play rather than a real event. Amid the action, two Black figures pick cherries in the background, a reference to Washington' slaveholding past and a reminder of of what often gets left out in historical mythmaking.
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In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.
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Title: Senate Square, St. Petersburg, December 14, 1825: repression of the troop mutiny - watercolor by Carl Ivanovitch Kollman, 1825 depicts Decembrist uprising clashing with cavalry, with spectators watching. (new style December 26, 1825) Europe. Saint
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Born October 5, 1930 • Ukraine
Died September 30, 2009 (aged 78) • Ukraine

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Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky
Soviet cosmonaut
Andriyan Nikolayev
Andriyan Nikolayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Strekalov.
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov
Russian cosmonaut
Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov
Soviet cosmonaut
Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev
Soviet cosmonaut
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Mirosław Hermaszewski
Polish pilot
Farkas, Bertalan
Bertalan Farkas
Hungarian pilot and cosmonaut
Jähn, Sigmund
Sigmund Jähn
East German cosmonaut
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut
Pyotr Klimuk
Pyotr Klimuk
Soviet cosmonaut
Sharma, Rakesh
Rakesh Sharma
Indian military pilot and cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova
Soviet cosmonaut
Bykovsky, 1963
Valery Bykovsky
Soviet cosmonaut
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov.
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyov
Soviet cosmonaut
Gherman Stepanovich Titov
Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin
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Kubasov, Valery
Valery Kubasov
Russian cosmonaut
Valery Polyakov
Valery Vladimirovich Polyakov
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cosmonaut; Voskhod I
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov
Soviet cosmonaut
Peake, Tim
Tim Peake
British astronaut and military officer

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