1955 - Pres Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on bvacation/b in Denver 1955 - Washington Senators lose their 99th & 100th games of season 1956 - 1st trans atlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland) b..../b 1228 - Stefanus I bNemanjic/b de Eerstgekroonde, king of Serbia (1217-28), dies 1230 - Alfonso IX, king of Leon/Castile, dies 1275 - Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (b. 1208) 1435 - Isabella of Bayern, Queen of France (Treaty of Troyes) ...
The old Mediterranean port of Kotor, surrounded by an impressive city wall built by Serbian House of bNemanjić/b, is very well preserved and protected by UNESCO. Between 1420 and 1797, Kotor and its surroundings were under the rule of the Republic of b...../b We flew from UK in to Salvador, spending our first night in the beautiful Convento Do Carmo bhotel/b before moving on to Boipeba, a small island close to Salvador. We flew there in a small plane (8seats), a bit scary but with b.../b
After becoming independent from Byzantium in the 12th century, the Kingdom of Serbia thrived for almost 200 years under the leadership of the bNemanjić/b dynasty reaching its zenith under the beloved Emperor Stefan Dušan. b.../b
