TODAY IN HISTORY November 8

1519 – Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with a great celebration. 1917 – The first Council of People’s Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. 1923 – Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government....
Click here to view the animation of the trajectory of asteroid 2005 YU55 compared with the orbits of Earth and the Moon on 8-9 November 2011.

How to Design a Storm-Proof Public Space

The Battery Park City Committee of Community Board 1 (CB1) is pushing for a more active role in the upcoming process to reconfigure Wagner Park so that it will be better able to withstand future extreme weather events. Committee chair Ninfa Segarra opened the discussion at the panel’s October 25 meeting, saying, “a major project...
Wagner Park in Battery Park City
Wagner Park, at Battery Park City's southern tip, is the focus of a study by the BPCA, which seeks to devise measure that will make the park resilient against future extreme weather events.

Literature of the Six Dynasties Period: A Ben Wang Lecture Series

Literature of the Six Dynasties Period: A Ben Wang Lecture Series In this three-session series, China Institute Senior Lecturer Ben Wang will discuss the lives and works of representative poets of the Six Dynasties as well as the quintessential spirit of famed texts A New Account of Tales of the World and Zhaoming’s Collection of...
Chinese painting

Day in History November 7

921 – Treaty of Bonn: East France & West France recognize each other 1492 – The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. 1512 – Medici’s discharge Niccolo Machiavelli from Florence 1631 – Pierre Gassendi...
the Ensisheim meteorite
Where the Ensisheim meteorite landed in France

The ELECTION WHO & WHY

Voting is a responsibility, not a choice as a citizen of this country. I will vote for the person who has proven to be able to govern the United States of America and I will vote for the party which has governed to make women more equal citizens and has tried to govern for all...
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The ELECTION WHO & WHY

Voting is a responsibility, not a choice as a citizen of this country. I will vote for the person who has proven to be able to govern the United States of America and I will vote for the party which has governed to make women more equal citizens and has tried to govern for all...
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