Mar 17, 1905: Franklin Roosevelt Marries Eleanor Roosevelt

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

Future president Franklin Delano Roosevelt weds his fifth cousin once removed, Eleanor Roosevelt, in New York on this day in 1905. Eleanor, born Anna Eleanor Roosevelt in New York in 1884, lost her mother Anna to diphtheria when she was…

Jan 25, 1905: World’s Largest Diamond Found

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

On January 25, 1905, at the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond is discovered during a routine inspection by the mine’s superintendent. Weighing 1.33 pounds, and christened the “Cullinan,” it was the largest diamond ever found. Frederick…