John Beecroft

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Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation Day (June 2, 1953) holding the Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross in her right hand the Orb in her left, in an embroidered and beaded dress by Norman Hartnell, a crimson velvet mantle edged with ermine fur, with the Coronation ring, the Coronation necklace, and the Imperial State Crown. The backdrop depicts the interior of Westminster Abbey; photograph by Cecil Beaton. (British royals)

5 Fascinating British Coronation Objects

King Charles III and Queen Camilla (Camilla, Queen Consort) wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Coronation of King Charles in London, England on May 6, 2023

British Royal Line of Succession

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Statue of Liberty in front of the skyline of Manhattan, New York City, New York.

Who Was the Woman Behind the Statue of Liberty?

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7 Puzzling Plane Disappearances

Hindu Holi Festival celebrations with colored water, powder and colorful flower petals thrown over celebrants at a Hindu temple in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India on March 24, 2021.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.

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Born	1790 • near Whitby • England
Died	June 10, 1854 (aged 64)

Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of Halifax

British statesman

Bowring, detail of an engraving by William Ward (1766-1826), after a painting by H.W. Pickersgill

Sir John Bowring

British diplomat

Baron Hardinge, oil painting by Sir William Orpen, 1919; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge

viceroy of India

Sir Nevile Meyrick Henderson

British statesman

Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st marquess of Reading

British statesman

Sir Percy Cox

British diplomat

Henry Lytton Bulwer

British diplomat

Sir Thomas Francis Wade

British diplomat

Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet

British diplomat

Earl Amherst, detail of an oil painting after A. Devis; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

William Pitt Amherst, lst Earl Amherst

British diplomat

Douglas Richard Hurd

British diplomat

Sir Roger Casement

British politician

James Bryce, Viscount Bryce

British statesman

Sir Stafford Cripps

British statesman

Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet

British statesman

Robert Gilbert Vansittart, Baron Vansittart

British diplomat and author

Sir Harold Nicolson

British diplomat and author

Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford

British diplomat

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton

British diplomat and poet

Donald Maclean

British diplomat and spy

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