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Eugene Gifford Grace (August 27, 1876 – July 25, 1960) [1] was the president of Bethlehem Steel from 1916 to 1945, and chairman of the board from 1945 until his retirement in 1957.
Bethlehem [a] is a city in the West Bank of Palestine, located about ten kilometres (six miles) south of Jerusalem.It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate, and as of 2017 had a population of 28,591 people.
The English colonization of America had been based on the English colonization of Ireland, specifically the Munster Plantation, England's first colony, [6] using the same tactics as the Plantations of Ireland. Many of the early colonists of North America had their start in colonizing Ireland, including a group known as the West Country Men ...
This is a timeline of major events in the history of Jerusalem; a city that had been fought over sixteen times in its history. [1] During its long history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times.
With a renewed spirit of purpose, they began sending out missionaries in 1732 and over the years developed a far-flung mission movement that lives on today in Moravian churches, schools, and communities in Europe, the Caribbean, Central America, North America, South America, Nepal, and Africa. [8]
1501: Corte-Real brothers explore the coast of what is today the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador; 1502: Columbus sails along the mainland coast south of Yucatán, and reaches present-day Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; 1503: Las Tortugas noted by Columbus in passage through the Western Caribbean present-day Cayman Islands
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The Moravians in Bethlehem had the first Christmas trees in America as well as the first Nativity Scenes. [63] Christmas fell out of favor in the United States after the American Revolution, when it was considered an English custom. [64]