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  2. 1585 - Wikipedia

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    1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1585th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 585th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 16th century, and the 6th year of the 1580s decade. As of the start of 1585, the ...

  3. Timeline of the European colonization of North America

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    1585: Roanoke Colony founded by English on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, failed in 1587; 1598: Failed French settlement on Sable Island off Nova Scotia. 1598: Spanish settlement in Northern New Mexico. 1600: By 1600 Spain and Portugal were still the only significant colonial powers.

  4. Roanoke Colony - Wikipedia

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    The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared. It has come to be known as the Lost Colony, and the fate of the 112 to 121 colonists remains unknown. Roanoke Colony was founded by the governor Ralph Lane in 1585 on Roanoke Island in present-day Dare County, North Carolina. [1]

  5. History of taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Union Pacific Railroad, 240 U.S. 1 (1916), indicated that the Sixteenth Amendment did not expand the federal government's existing power to tax income (meaning profit or gain from any source) but rather removed the possibility of classifying an income tax as a direct tax based on the source of the income. The Amendment removed the need for the ...

  6. People List 30 Hard Truths About Getting Older That They ...

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    A 2019 survey found that globally, we think old age begins at 66. When asked to describe it, we usually use the term wise (35%), followed by frail (32%), lonely (30%), and respected (25%). People ...

  7. History of calendars - Wikipedia

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    The Maya new year would start with 1 Pop, followed by 2 Pop, all the way through to 19 Pop, followed by the seating of the month of Uo, written as 0 Uo, then 1 Uo, 2 Uo and so on. These two cycles coincided every 52 years.

  8. How a 50-year-old law changed retirement and why it needs a ...

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    The number of Americans 65 and older is projected to increase from 58 million in 2022 to 82 million by 2050, and the 65-and-older age group’s share of the total population is projected to rise ...

  9. Why do you shrink when you get older? Experts explain

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    Yep, age-related height loss is a typical part of getting older. People usually lose about a centimeter in height every 10 years after age 40, according to Medline Plus, and that pace of height ...