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U.S. MARINES ATTACK SHORES OF TRIPOLI

US Navy attacks Tripoli

The fledgling United States Marine Corps proved its dauntless
courage with a "miracle" victory in the Battle of Derna on the
shores of Tripoli in North Africa on this day in history, April 27,
1805.

The successful attack against overwhelming numbers on the
port city in present-day Libya, a stronghold of pirates who
Spent years attacking
United States ships at sea, was the
climactic battle of the First Barbary War (1801-05).

The victory is immortalized in a patriotic American anthem.

"From the Halls of Montezuma/To the Shores of Tripoli/
We fight our country’s battles/In the air, on land and sea,"
proclaims the rousing opening lyrics of "The Marines’ Hymn".

Today in military history: Marines go ‘to the shores of Tripoli

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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  Edward Donahue Makes All-National Honor Ensemble | Catskill Central School District 
ED DANAHUE

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Lucille Ball - Wikipedia

Lucy at the 1989 Oscars | Her last major public appearance | Flickr
Lucille Désirée Ball
(August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989)

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CHILD MUMMY FOUND BY ARCHEOLOGISTS

Archeologists unearth a nearly 1,000-year-old 'child' mummy in Peru  photo 1

WASHINGTON (TND) — Archeologists in Peru have unearthed
what’s being described as a nearly 1,000-year-old child mummy.

The National University of San Marcos said the mummified
adolescent — who was approximately 12 or 13 year old when
he or she died — was discovered by a team of researchers
led by archaeologist Yomira Huamán (below).  

Image Gallery: Inca Child Mummies | Llullaillaco Volcano | Live Science


Pictured: Professor Van Dalen Luna (right) with archaeologist
Yomira Huamán Santillán (left).

Archeologists unearth a nearly 1,000-year-old 'child' mummy in Peru  photo 2

Archeologists unearth a nearly 1,000-year-old 'child' mummy in Peru  photo 3

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MAN OF MANY TALENTS HAS DIED AT 96

Harry Belafonte Through the Years | EW.com

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Harry Belafonte ( Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.)
(March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023)

Belafonte was a Jamaican-American singer, actor and activist,
who popularized
calypso music with international audiences
in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the
first million-selling
LP by a single artist.

Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "Day-O
(The Banana Boat Song)
".

In 2022  Harry Belafonte was inducted into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame
in the Early Influence category.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Harry Belafonte - His Best Ever! Romance - Calypso - Spirituals - CD

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‘’ THE FIRST LADY OF SONG’’– BIRTHDAY

Ella Fitzgerald And The Thrills Of Musical Innovation « The Rhythmic Nucleus

Remembering ‘The First Lady of Song’ Ella Fitzgerald on 100th anniversary of her birth – Orange ...
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (1917 – 1996)

On April 25, 1917, jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald is born in Newport
News, Virginia.

Fitzgerald’s most famous collaborations were with the vocal
quartet
Bill Kenny & the Ink Spots, trumpeter Louis Armstrong,
the guitarist
Joe Pass, and the bandleaders Count Basie and
Duke Ellington.

Ella Fitzgerald - Greatest Hits - MVD Entertainment Group B2B

THE BEST OF ELLA FITZGERALD

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