The United States Naval Academy opens in Annapolis, Maryland, with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors. Known as the Naval School until 1850, the curriculum included mathematics and navigation, gunnery and steam, chemistry, English, natural philosophy, and French. The Naval School officially became the U.S. Naval Academy in 1850, and a new curriculum went intoContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesday: 1845 US Naval Academy Opens”
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True Crime Sundays: Judges Hear Appeal From Victim’s Family in Adnan Syed Case.
by Associated Press Adnan Syed, whose murder case rose to prominence through the hit podcast “Serial,” appeared in court Thursday in Maryland, where a three-judge panel considered whether the victim’s family experienced improper treatment when a Baltimore court overturned Syed’s conviction last year, allowing his release after more than two decades behind bars ANNAPOLIS, Md.Continue reading “True Crime Sundays: Judges Hear Appeal From Victim’s Family in Adnan Syed Case.”
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