A vast collection of photographs that highlight the life of Queen Elizabeth II in celebration of her eightieth birthday. Click on 'Contents' then 'The exhibition' to access the photographs by decade.

Cartoon of a boy carrying a birthday cake.

Illustration of birthday cake.

Cartoon drawing of a girl with a birthday cake.

Boy eating a slice of birthday cake.

Two friends at a birthday party.

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An image of "The Birthday Table", created by Fedinand Georg Waldmuller in 1840 (Oil on oak panel, 63 x 50 cm).

An image of "The First Birthday", created by Plinio Nomellini in 1914 (Oil on canvas, 285 x 305 cm).

Cartoon drawing of a girl carrying a gift box.

An image of "The Grandmother's Birthday", created by Fedinand Georg Waldmuller in 1856 (Oil on panel, 71 x 58 cm).

The NPR offers a summary of the political career of Strom Thurmond, the oldest serving Senator in the United States.

At this site from BBC News, you can explore the death of an American president through the eyes of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC). This site offers the reader extensive information about former president Ronald Reagan including...

Mary Elizabeth Bennett Ritter (1860-1949) was a physician and the wife of biologist William Emerson Ritter (1856-1944), one of the founders of Science Service. This photograph was published in the Berkeley Daily Gazette on her 87th...

This NPR site gives information on the time capsules that Warhol left. They are now in the Andy Warhol Museum. Every year the museum opens up a box of memorabilia, pictures, birthday cake, and whatever else Warhol felt like leaving behind.

In celebration of famed satirist Jonathan Swift's birthday, NPR replayed several stories that feature modern satirists at work. Subjects range from politics to Hollywood. A good opportunity to understand the role of tone in satire.

Henry was the only child and heir of King Henry V of England and therefore great things were expected of him from birth. He was born on 6 December 1421 at Windsor, and succeeded to the throne at the age of eight months on 31 August 1422,...

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An image of Frederic Edwin Church.

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Blow Out."