1888: Bound together by an enthusiasm for geography and travel, a small cadre of distinguished businessmen, explorers, scientists and scholars officially incorporates the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.
What began 122 years ago as a small, elite society for “the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge” is now one of the world’s largest nonprofit scientific [...]
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Jan. 27, 1888: National Geographic Society Gets Going
January 27th, 2010 |
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Burial Plot Above Marilyn Monroe Fetches No Bidders
November 1st, 2009 |
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The burial vault above the grave of late screen siren Marilyn Monroe found no takers in a recent online auction. It is the second time that the bid for the marble crypt at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery has been unsuccessful, BBC News reports.
Elsie Poncher first tried selling her late husband Richard’s tomb, above [...]