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Timeline of the 1970s

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Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)

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The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

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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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Pope’s condition ‘slightly improving’ on seventh day in hospital • Feb. 20, 2025, 9:22 AM ET (Straits Times)

The Pope's pneumonia found in both lungs, Vatican says • Feb. 19, 2025, 3:35 AM ET (CBC)

‘Conclave,’ ‘Brutalist’ share BAFTA honors • Feb. 18, 2025, 3:23 AM ET (Taipei Times)

Conclave and The Brutalist win top prizes at Bafta film awards • Feb. 17, 2025, 2:27 AM ET (BBC)

Pope has another peaceful night in Rome hospital • Feb. 16, 2025, 4:09 AM ET (Straits Times)

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Saint Gregory I or Gregory the Great (c. 540-604), pope from 590 to 604. Undated copperplate engraving by Adrian Collaert (c.1520-67).

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Anastasius II (died 498) pope from 496 after a 16th century illustration

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