Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, best known for his voyages of 16in the service of the Dutch East India Company. He was responsible for the naming of New Zealand, as well as being the eponym of Tasmania.
Paul Fireman, a 1962 graduate of Marion's prestigious Tabor Academy. Tabor was recently ranked in the top 30 best private high schools in Massachusetts.
The election of President Richard M. Nixon in 1968 led to important changes for the Department of State. Foreign policy had been Nixon's specialty in Congress.
He was a backwoodsman, folk hero, soldier, and Texas Ranger, who took part in the Republic of Texas and the Mexican-American War. Born in Lexington, Virginia.
The German President Joachim Gauck is to visit the art exhibition 'Evidence' by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The visit is seen as a gesture towards freedom of.