La Soufrière volcano is an active volcano on the island of Saint Vincent in the Windward Islands of the Caribbean. Many volcanoes in the Caribbean are named Soufrière. The eruption of 6 May 1902, just hours before the eruption of Mount Pelée on Martinique, killed Continue Reading
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Composer was a Finnish composer and violinist of the late Romantic and early-modern periods. He is widely recognized as his country’s greatest composer and, through his music, is often credited with having helped Finland to develop a national identity during its struggle for independence from Continue Reading
On September 5, 1986, it left Philadelphia, carrying 14,855 tons of tons of ash. The city, desperately short of landfill space, had earlier tried to get rid of the garbage by paying neighboring states to take it. The barge headed for a island in the Continue Reading
The five-storey palace was constructed as a summer residence for Imam Yahya in the 1930s, but it seems that he was building atop a preexisting structure that was built in the 1700s by an Islamic scholar. The palace itself is built like a fortress, with Continue Reading
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