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The headquarters of the search for Charles Lindbergh, Jr. was in the garage of Highfields. After Lindbergh identified the body of his son, they left the house. Never to spend another night there, they returned to Anne's family home in Englewood, New Jersey. The attention from the trial led the Lindberghs to a self-imposed exile in Europe from ...
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for 33.5 hours.
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu was born in the southern province of Gia Định, the location of modern Saigon.He was of gentry parentage; his father was a native of Thừa Thiên–Huế, near Huế; but, during his service to the imperial government of Emperor Gia Long, he was posted south to serve under Lê Văn Duyệt, the governor of the south.
The Cox-Hicks House, located at 98 Winthrop Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a historically significant structure built circa 1806. It is a rare surviving example of the minimal housing available to the working class in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Cambridge.
Vạn Phúc gauze. Vạn Phúc is a village traditionally associated with silk weaving in Hà Đông, 8 km south-west of Hanoi. [1] In Vietnamese it is called both làng lụa Vạn Phúc "Van Phuc silk village" and làng lụa Hà Đông after the larger village ("làng") area name.
Land with grandson Charles Lindbergh "Me and my best chum" circa 1905. Charles Henry Land (January 11, 1847 – April 8, 1922) was a dentist who pioneered porcelain and gold teeth crowns. [1] His brother, John Christian Lodge (1862–1950), was the 51st, 54th, and 56th mayor of Detroit. [2] Land was the grandfather of aviator Charles Lindbergh ...
Bát Tràng ceramics are considered some of the best known porcelain products in Vietnam besides those of Chu Đậu, Biên Hòa, Phù Lãng, Hương Canh, Lái Thiêu and Bầu Trúc. The history of ceramic making in this village can be traced back as far as the 14th century AD during the Ly-Tran dynasty period.
Huỳnh Thúc Kháng (chữ Hán: 黃 叔 抗; 1 October 1876 – 21 April 1947), courtesy name Giới Sanh, pen name Mính Viên (also written as Minh Viên), also known as Cụ Huỳnh (lit: 'Great-grandfather' Huỳnh), was a Vietnamese anti-colonial activist, statesman and journalist, most notably serving as Acting President of Vietnam and President of the Annamese House of Representatives.