History of North America

Champlain left the World a prolific body of writings that provide an invaluable window into the challenging, yet fascinating, early period of a fledgling New France. Let’s conclude our deep survey of Samuel de Champlain’s epic life (1567-1635) and times. E242.
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The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed annually on August 9, celebrating indigenous cultures, achievements, and rights worldwide. The indigenous Aztec people still exist today. While the Aztec Empire fell to the Spanish in 1521, the actual ethnic groups—primarily known as the Nahua—survived. Today, over 1.5 million people in Mexico speak Nahuatl (the language of the Aztecs), and millions more are of direct Aztec descent. Náhuatl is still the most widely spoken Indigenous language family in Mexico.
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August 9 is observed annually as the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. Established by the United Nations in 1994, it marks the date of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982, celebrating indigenous cultures, achievements, and rights worldwide.
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It's been decades since the 1945 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9), and the question of whether or not those bombings were justified remains contentious.
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August 7 is observed every year as National Purple Heart Day, marking the day in 1782 when General George Washington created the Badge of Military Merit. The original badge was a purple cloth heart used during the Revolutionary War. It is the oldest military decoration still given to U.S. service members today. General Douglas MacArthur revived the award in 1932 on Washington's 200th birthday as the modern Purple Heart, which honors the brave U.S. service members who were wounded or killed in combat while serving in the military. Let’s commemorate this prestigious award with the story of the Revolutionary Battle of Monmouth Courthouse which was fought on June 28, 1778, in New Jersey between Washington’s Continental Army and British Regulars.
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