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The Life of Queen Elizabeth I | A Kick of History

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 Hi everyone! Welcome back to A Kick of History! In today's blog, we will talk about a famous queen who ruled the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Her name is Queen Elizabeth I! Please follow the blog if you like my content and let's get on with it! All of my info is from this site:  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizaeth-I   Queen Elizabeth was born at the Greenwich Palace, on September 7th, 1533. She was the beloved daughter of King Henry VIII, and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. He had gotten a second wife by disobeying the pope and breaking England from the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. But, his first wife had already given King Henry VIII a daughter named Mary. So, he was hoping for a son to have a boy next in line for the throne. But, Queen Elizabeth's mother bore a girl. This was an extremely bitter disappointment to her father. So, on Queen Elizabeth's third birthday, he got her mother, Anne Boleyn beheaded. King Henry VIII th

The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping | A Kick of History

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 Hi everyone! Welcome to A Kick of History. In today's blog, we will talk about one of the most notorious crimes in American history. The Lindbergh baby kidnapping. All my info is from this site:  https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. was the son of the famous aviator, Anne Morrow Lindbergh. He was kidnapped at about 9:00 pm, on March 1st, 1932. He was taken from his nursery, which was on the second floor of the Lindbergh home. His parents came to know he was missing from the child's nurse, Betty Gow. There was an immediate search of the premises and on the nursery window sill, they found a ransom note demanding $50, 000. The Hopewell police were notified, they then told this report to the New Jersey State Police. They were the ones who actually started the investigation.  While the police searched the house, they found bits of mud on the nursery floor. They also found footprints, that were impossible to measure, under the