Dictionary of Dates

Name: Dictionary of Dates
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ISBN: 9780192800565

ISBN-10: 0192800566

ISBN-13: 9780192800565

Edition: 2nd 1997 (Revised)

Authors: Cyril Leslie Beeching

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Which U.S. Presidents were born on the Fourth of July? When did Alexander Graham Bell make the first telephone call? Catherine the Great, Jerome K. Jerome, Baron von Richthofen, Bing Crosby, and Dr Spock were all born on the same day of the year, but which? Columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hundred and ninety-two--but on what day did he set sail? Compiler of the London Observer's weekly dates column, Cyril Leslie Beeching here provides an informative and entertaining listing of important anniversaries for each day of the year. Revealing a remarkable number of coincidences, he records births and deaths of the famous as well as significant and unusual events in history. With the…

Book details

List price: $13.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/26/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 5.06" wide x 7.75" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Introduction


Dates


Index


Chronology of World Events


Chronology of ScientificDevelopments