Milestones

Milestones are reflections on significant historical anniversaries brought to you by Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, a project of The Ohio State University.

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On this day in 1784, Grigorii Shelikhov et al. founded the first permanent Russian settlement in Alaska: http://www.akhistorycourse.org/russias-colony/the-sale-of-russian-america

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#OTD in 1961, construction began on the Berlin Wall - easily one of the top ten walls in history:  http://origins.osu.edu/connecting-history/top-ten-origins-walls 

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New from Origins!  Looking back at the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 50 years later: http://origins.osu.edu/milestones/august-2016-chinese-cultural-revolution-fifty

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New evidence suggests legends about China's founding may be more than legendary: tinyurl.com/z3fzmv8 

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A look at how the Vietnam War has been remembered, reconceived, and repackaged: http://origins.osu.edu/review/memories-vietnam-memoriam

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A postcard from Mexico City, where the past and present blend together: http://origins.osu.edu/connecting-history/postcard-mexico-city   

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On this day in 1914, a month after this assassination: https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/june-2014-assassin-s-shadow-beginning-world-war-i-and-legacy-gavrilo-princip Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, kicking off WWI (...and the rest of Europe's 20th century) 

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The Battle of Adwa: when Ethiopia stunned the world 

http://origins.osu.edu/review/when-ethiopia-stunned-world

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What good are political conventions these days?  A look at the past and present of this curious institution: http://origins.osu.edu/history-news/what-s-convention-any-more

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Ten key moments in the history of vaccination: 

http://origins.osu.edu/connecting-history/352015-top-ten-origins-vaccination

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Turkey's coup has accelerated Erdoğan’s remaking of Turkey:

http://origins.osu.edu/article/erdo-s-presidential-dreams-turkey-s-constitutional-politics 

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The long history of policing in America helps make sense of current distrust between police and black communities:https://soundcloud.com/originsosu/a-long-view-of-policing-in-america

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Charles Halperin, pioneering landscape architect: born 100 years ago this month: http://origins.osu.edu/milestones/july-2016-lawrence-halprin-and-two-modern-spaces 

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Egyptian feminists played a key role n the the 2011-14 revolutionary era, building on a long and storied history stretching back into the 19th century. http://origins.osu.edu/article/feminism-egypt-new-alliances-old-debates

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Happy Bastille Day! A look back at the storming of the Bastille:  http://origins.osu.edu/milestones/july-2014-storming-bastille 

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On this day in 1793, royalist Charlotte Corday killed revolutionary Jean Paul Marat ‪#‎France‬ ‪#‎FrenchRevolution‬ ‪#‎history‬ ‪#‎OTD‬

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The historical background behind the Philippines' dispute with China in the South China/West Philippines Sea:  http://origins.osu.edu/article/sea-troubles-philippines-and-pacific-geopolitics