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8-0[b] none none appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (E.D. Pa.) judgment affirmed Custer v. McCutcheon: 283 U.S. 514 (1931) Roberts 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) judgment reversed Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie ...
In the end, the French pushed the Iroquois back to the Ohio-PA border, where they were finally convinced to sign a peace treaty in 1701. They sold off much of their remaining, extended lands to the English, but kept a large section along the Susquahanna River for themselves, they allowed refugees of other tribes to settle in towns, such as ...
Charles Lindbergh, accompanied by his wife Anne, flew a Lockheed Model 8 Sirius from Los Angeles to New York in 14 hours, 45 minutes and 32 seconds, a new transcontinental record. [ 61 ] Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford , and her personal pilot C. D. Barnard completed a record-breaking flight of 9,000 miles in a Fokker F.VII , made from Lympne ...
Philadelphia (/ f ɪ l ə ˈ d ɛ l f i. ə / ⓘ fill-ə-DEL-fee-ə), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania [11] and the sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.
Large-scale aerial bombing of Germany escalated and the Axis powers were driven back in Eastern and Southern Europe. Germany was conquered by the Soviet Union from the east and the other allies from the west, and capitulated on 8 May 1945. Hitler's refusal to admit defeat led to massive destruction of German infrastructure and additional war ...
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia (born Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine; 1 November 1864 – 18 July 1918) was a German Hessian and Rhenish princess of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, and the wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the fifth son of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine.
The construction of a fence to prevent smuggling of salt, which was commenced during the company's rule, was completed during this period. Sources indicate that by 1858, British India derived 10% of its revenues from its monopoly of salt. [5] However, by the end of the century, the tax on salt had been considerably reduced. [5]
Under British rule, modern Pakistan was primarily divided into the Sind Division, Punjab Province, and the Baluchistan Agency. The region also included various princely states, with the largest being Bahawalpur. [84] [85] The major armed struggle against the British in the region was the rebellion known as the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857. [86]