Traveler | 10. Januar 2010
Slightly off-topic, but only slightly. Today in 1835 Fukuzawa Yukichi (福澤 諭吉) was born. He is one of the most influential people of the Meiji period and is regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern Japan. Since I hold him in high regard and the Meiji period coincides with the lifetime of Jules [...]
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Traveler | 10. Januar 2010
Today is again one of those days when we commemorate two events which happend today in bygone years. The first of these events is one which really fits into the Steampunk genre: London Metropolitan Railway: First Day of Service in 1863 The London Metropolitan Railway started operating between Paddington (side note: I spent quite some [...]
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