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This Week in Alexandria History
Week of August 8 • 3 stories available
August 1, 1714 (312 years ago)
Accession of George I and the Hanoverian Succession
With the death of Queen Anne in 1714, the British crown passed to George I of the House of Hanover, securing a Protestant succession but also transforming the nature of imperial governance. George I, more focused on European affairs than colonial administration, relied heavily on Parliament and exercised limited direct oversight of Britain’s North American ...
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The Everleigh Club: the Notorious Brothel That Dominated Chicago from 1900 to 1911
The Everleigh Sisters Minna Simms, born on July 13, 1866, and passed away on September 16, 1948, along with Aida Lester Simms, born on February 15, 1865, and passed away…
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Posted: July 30, 2026
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ON THIS DAY: The Battle of the Crater — July 30, 1864 At dawn 162 years ago, Union soldiers detonated 8,000 pounds of gunpowder in a tunnel dug...
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