On this day in 1700, English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools’ Day by playing practical jokes on each other.
Although the day, also called All Fools’ Day, has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, its exact origins remain a mystery. Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, as called for by the...
Kamis, 31 Maret 2016
Daily Quiz for March 31, 2016
This state-chartered university was the first to admit students.
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Rabu, 30 Maret 2016
March 31, 1889: Eiffel Tower opens
On March 31, 1889, the Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris in a ceremony presided over by Gustave Eiffel, the tower’s designer, and attended by French Prime Minister Pierre Tirard, a handful of other dignitaries, and 200 construction workers.
In 1889, to honor of the centenary of the French Revolution, the French government planned an international exposition and announced a design competition for a monument to be built on the Champ-de-Mars in central...
Selasa, 29 Maret 2016
Daily Quiz for March 30, 2016
"An emperor ought to die standing," were the last words of this Roman Emperor.
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Audio: WWII Air Force Gunner- A Grim Day Of Battle
World War II veteran Phil Vincello, recalls the death of a crew member in an air mission from flak.
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March 30, 1981: President Reagan shot
On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr.
The president had just finished addressing a labor meeting at the Washington Hilton Hotel and was walking with his entourage to his limousine when Hinckley, standing among a group of reporters, fired six shots at the president, hitting Reagan and three of his attendants. White House Press Secretary James...
Daily Quiz for March 29, 2016
On April 24, 1800 President John Adams signed a law establishing this.
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Who was the First Nun?
Who was the First Nun?
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Senin, 28 Maret 2016
March 29, 1973: U.S. withdraws from Vietnam
Two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement, the last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam as Hanoi frees the remaining American prisoners of war held in North Vietnam. America’s direct eight-year intervention in the Vietnam War was at an end. In Saigon, some 7,000 U.S. Department of Defense civilian employees remained behind to aid South Vietnam in conducting what looked to be a fierce and ongoing war with communist North Vietnam.
In...
Audio: WWII Vet The ‘Candy Bomber’ Tells His Story
In post-WWII, the Berlin Candy Bomber dropped tons of candy on West Berlin.
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Daily Quiz for March 28, 2016
This President was the first one to place a transcontinental phone call.
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Minggu, 27 Maret 2016
March 28, 1979: Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island
At 4 a.m. on March 28, 1979, the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island fails to close. Cooling water, contaminated with radiation, drained from the open valve into adjoining buildings, and the core began to dangerously overheat.
The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant was built in 1974 on a sandbar on Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River, just 10 miles...
Sabtu, 26 Maret 2016
March 27, 1998: FDA approves Viagra
On this day in 1998, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves use of the drug Viagra, an oral medication that treats impotence.
Sildenafil, the chemical name for Viagra, is an artificial compound that was originally synthesized and studied to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and angina pectoris (a form of cardiovascular disease). Chemists at the Pfizer pharmaceutical company found, however, that while the drug had little effect on...
Daily Quiz for March 27, 2016
In 1916 this country sold the Virgin Islands to the United States.
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Daily Quiz for March 26, 2016
On January 24, 1984 Apple debuted this product
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Jumat, 25 Maret 2016
March 26, 1979: Israel-Egyptian peace agreement signed
In a ceremony at the White House, Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sign a historic peace agreement, ending three decades of hostilities between Egypt and Israel and establishing diplomatic and commercial ties.
Less than two years earlier, in an unprecedented move for an Arab leader, Sadat traveled to Jerusalem, Israel, to seek a permanent peace settlement with Egypt’s Jewish neighbor after decades of conflict....
Kamis, 24 Maret 2016
March 25, 1911: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City
In one of the darkest moments of America’s industrial history, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burns down, killing 145 workers, on this day in 1911. The tragedy led to the development of a series of laws and regulations that better protected the safety of factory workers.
The Triangle factory, owned by Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, was located in the top three floors of the 10-story Asch Building in downtown Manhattan. It...
Daily Quiz for March 25, 2016
This popular toy was once officially named the “Pluto Platter.”
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June 2016 Table of Contents
The June 2016 issue features a cover story about George Armstrong Custer's fateful decision to split his command on the Little Bighorn
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Letter From Wild West – June 2016
While revenge might be sweet, it must always take a backseat to survival
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Author Paul Andrew Hutton
In his new book the award-winning author profiles Mickey Free, the Apache Kid and Geronimo
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Helen Chain
Denver-based landscape painter Helen Chain roamed the Southwest in search of timeless landscapes
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June 2016 Readers’ Letters
In the June issue of Wild West readers share dispatches about alleged photos of Jesse James, Bob Ford and Wyatt Earp, as well as trapper George Yount, friend to Revenant subject Hugh Glass
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Book Review: Galvanized Virginians in the Indian Wars
Dr. Thomas Lowry relates the tale of Confederate prisoners who chose Union service in the West over continued confinement
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Book Review: Custer’s Trials
T.J. Stiles brings Custer superbly to life while also revealing much about how we got to where we are as a nation
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Book Review: Entertaining Women
Surprise! Chris Enss had written another entertaining book about 19th-century Western women who appeared onstage
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Daily Quiz for March 24, 2016
On January 23, 1968 North Korea seized this US Navy ship.
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Rabu, 23 Maret 2016
March 24, 1989: Exxon Valdez runs aground
One of the worst oil spills in U.S. territory begins when the supertanker Exxon Valdez, owned and operated by the Exxon Corporation, runs aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in southern Alaska. An estimated 11 million gallons of oil eventually spilled into the water. Attempts to contain the massive spill were unsuccessful, and wind and currents spread the oil more than 100 miles from its source, eventually polluting more than 700 miles of coastline....
A Second U.S. Civil War: Inevitable or Impossible?
It will soon be more than one hundred and fifty years since the end of the American Civil War and the nation is once again seemingly irreparably divided. Extreme partisan politics between Republicans and Democrats has created what the President himself has called “a poisonous political climate” that has gridlocked Washington, polarized the electorate and …
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Selasa, 22 Maret 2016
March 23, 1839: OK enters national vernacular
On this day in 1839, the initials “O.K.†are first published in The Boston Morning Post. Meant as an abbreviation for “oll korrect,†a popular slang misspelling of “all correct†at the time, OK steadily made its way into the everyday speech of Americans.
During the late 1830s, it was a favorite practice among younger, educated circles to misspell words intentionally, then abbreviate them and use them as slang when talking to one another....
Daily Quiz for March 23, 2016
In 1795 the British Admiralty mandated this drink for all sailors.
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Audio: WWII Vet- What You Didn’t Know About Jimmy Stewart’s Military Service
A veteran recalls famous actor, Jimmy Stewart, not receiving special treatment during his service in World War II.
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Senin, 21 Maret 2016
March 22, 1765: Stamp Act imposed on American colonies
In an effort to raise funds to pay off debts and defend the vast new American territories won from the French in the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), the British government passes the Stamp Act on this day in 1765. The legislation levied a direct tax on all materials printed for commercial and legal use in the colonies, from newspapers and pamphlets to playing cards and dice.
Though the Stamp Act employed a strategy that was a common fundraising vehicle...
What Happened to the French During the Vietnam War?
What Happened to the French During the Vietnam War?
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Daily Quiz for March 22, 2016
This city was founded by Bartholomew Columbus (Christopher's brother) in 1496.
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Minggu, 20 Maret 2016
March 21, 1871: Stanley begins search for Livingstone
On this day in 1871, journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his famous search through Africa for the missing British explorer Dr. David Livingstone.
In the late 19th century, Europeans and Americans were deeply fascinated by the “Dark Continent” of Africa and its many mysteries. Few did more to increase Africa’s fame than Livingstone, one of England’s most intrepid explorers. In August 1865, he set out on a planned two-year expedition to find the...
Daily Quiz for March 21, 2016
The earliest recorded Olympic competition occurred in this year.
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Audio: Japanese-American WWII Vet Remembers The Sounds Of War
Stationed in the Vosges Mountains, France during World War II, a veteran recalls the sounds of the German 88mm Flak and collapsing trees.
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Sabtu, 19 Maret 2016
March 20, 1965: LBJ sends federal troops to Alabama
On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson notifies Alabama’s Governor George Wallace that he will use federal authority to call up the Alabama National Guard in order to supervise a planned civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery.
Intimidation and discrimination had earlier prevented Selma’s black population–over half the city–from registering and voting. On Sunday, March 7, 1965, a group of 600 demonstrators marched on the capital city...
Daily Quiz for March 20, 2016
This military alliance was formed on May 14, 1955.
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Jumat, 18 Maret 2016
March 19, 2003: War in Iraq begins
On this day in 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq’s capital, U.S. President George W. Bush announced in a televised address, “At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.” President Bush and his advisors...
Daily Quiz for March 19, 2016
This island country gained independence from Denmark in 1944.
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Kamis, 17 Maret 2016
Daily Quiz for March 18, 2016
This writer and philosopher was born Francois Marie Arouet in Paris in 1694.
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March 18, 1852: Wells and Fargo start shipping and banking company
On this day in 1852, in New York City, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo join with several other investors to launch their namesake business.
The discovery of gold in California in 1849 prompted a huge spike in the demand for cross-country shipping. Wells and Fargo decided to take advantage of these great opportunities. In July 1852, their company shipped its first loads of freight from the East Coast to mining camps scattered around northern California....
Rabu, 16 Maret 2016
March 17, 461: Saint Patrick dies
On this day in 461 A.D., Saint Patrick, Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland, dies at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland.
Much of what is known about Patrick’s legendary life comes from the Confessio, a book he wrote during his last years. Born in Great Britain, probably in Scotland, to a well-to-do Christian family of Roman citizenship, Patrick was captured and enslaved at age 16 by Irish marauders. For the next six years, he worked as a...
Daily Quiz for March 17, 2016
In May 1978 this European, largely Catholic country, finally legalized abortion.
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Mystery Ship: May 2016
What was unique about this shiny metallic object? Click Here for the answer
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Mystery Ship: May 2016
Most airships are constructed using either of two design techniques. The non-rigid type, as in the familiar Goodyear blimps, is the most common. The other type is the rigid airship, which consisted of a fabric-covered skeleton enclosing a number of individual gas bags. The latter type included the spectacular giant dirigibles of the 1920s and …
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Selasa, 15 Maret 2016
March 16, 1802: U.S. Military Academy established
The United States Military Academy–the first military school in the United States–is founded by Congress for the purpose of educating and training young men in the theory and practice of military science. Located at West Point, New York, the U.S. Military Academy is often simply known as West Point.
Located on the high west bank of New York’s Hudson River, West Point was the site of a Revolutionary-era fort built to protect the Hudson River Valley...
Audio: WWII Pilot Describes Going Into War- ‘I Watched My Buddies Fall Out Of The Sky’
World War II veteran Rod Braswell describes his experience flying in the 456th Bomb Group.
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Daily Quiz for March 16, 2016
This great composer was married for the last sixteen years of his life but left his wife a few weeks after the wedding.
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Audio: Ronnie And Nancy Reagan, A Love Story- Behind The Scenes With Air Force One’s Chief Steward
Howie Franklin, former Air Force One Chief Steward, reminisces about his experiences with Ronald and Nancy Reagan aboard the presidential airplane.
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Audio: South Carolina’s Senate Just Passed an Abortion Bill
The South Carolina Senate passed a bill that would prohibit abortions passed 19 weeks.
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Audio: Carly Fiorina- Why I’m Endorsing Ted Cruz
Carly Fiorina explains why she is supporting Ted Cruz in the presidential elections.
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Audio: Indiana Could Become The Second U.S. State To Ban Abortions
The Indiana State Legislature approved a law that would ban abortions for fetuses with genetic disorders.
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Audio: Marco Rubio- This Is Why I’m Missing Senate Votes
Marco Rubio explains why he was not present for Senate votes.
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Audio: Bernie Sanders Is ‘Refreshing’ Says Pro-Trump Political Strategist
Jeffrey Lord, author of What America Needs: The Case For Trump, explains why he believes Bernie Sanders is better than Hillary Clinton.
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Audio: Ted Cruz- Why Donald Trump Isn’t The Solution To Washington Corruption
Ted Cruz explains why he thinks Donald Trump would be a poor fix to the corruption in Washington D.C.
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Audio: Why Is Bernie Sanders Struggling To Gain Black Voters?
Marc Morial, head of the National Urban League, the nation's largest civil rights movement and former mayor of New Orleans shares his thoughts about Bernie Sanders' limited support among the African-American community.
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The 10 Greatest Emergency Landings
‘Ever since the beginning of flight, pilots have been taught to keep in some small corner of their aviator’s toolbox the thought that maybe, just maybe, something will someday require them to land in a way and at a place not of their choosing’ US Airways Captain Chesley Sullenberger’s remarkable ditching of his Airbus A320 …
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Senin, 14 Maret 2016
March 15, 1965: Johnson calls for equal voting rights
On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress to urge the passage of legislation guaranteeing voting rights for all.
Using the phrase “we shall overcome,” borrowed from African-American leaders struggling for equal rights, Johnson declared that “every American citizen must have an equal right to vote.” Johnson reminded the nation that the Fifteenth Amendment, which was passed after the Civil War, gave all...
Daily Quiz for March 15, 2016
This president known as Tommy as a child, began using his middle name because he thought it was more dignified.
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Questions About WWII and Civil War Artillery
Questions About WWII and Civil War Artillery
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WWII: Booby Traps
(Img: U.S. Air Force/National Archives) While exaggerated in this World War II era cartoon, booby traps were an important concern for the advancing Allies.
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WWII: Glamour Girls
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WWII: Women in Defense
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WWII: War Criminals
(Img: WWII War Crimes Records/National Archives) On both sides of the globe, Axis leaders stood trial for their crimes during World War II; these crimes ranged from treason to genocide.
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WWII: Invasion of Poland 1939
(Img: National Archives) On September 1, 1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland, thereby starting World War II. Here, the Nazis quickly advance into Poland and establish their authority.
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WWII: Surrender of Japan
(Img: U.S. Navy/National Archives) Following the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese Empire surrender unconditionally to the Americans and British on-board the USS Missouri, officially ending World War II.
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WWII: Victory Celebrations
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Minggu, 13 Maret 2016
Daily Quiz for March 14, 2016
The first Native American to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, this member of the Navajo nation received it in 1963 from President Lyndon Johnson.
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Audio: The WWII Navy Vet Who Was First To Tear Down A Japanese Flag In Okinawa
A World War II veteran describes taking down a Japanese flag an replacing it with an American flag on the first day of the Battle of Okinawa.
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March 14, 1879: Albert Einstein born
On March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein is born, the son of a Jewish electrical engineer in Ulm, Germany. Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity drastically altered man’s view of the universe, and his work in particle and energy theory helped make possible quantum mechanics and, ultimately, the atomic bomb.
After a childhood in Germany and Italy, Einstein studied physics and mathematics at the Federal Polytechnic Academy in Zurich, Switzerland....
Sabtu, 12 Maret 2016
March 13, 1942: U.S. Army launches K-9 Corps
On this day in 1942, the Quartermaster Corps (QMC) of the United States Army begins training dogs for the newly established War Dog Program, or “K-9 Corps.”
Well over a million dogs served on both sides during World War I, carrying messages along the complex network of trenches and providing some measure of psychological comfort to the soldiers. The most famous dog to emerge from the war was Rin Tin Tin, an abandoned puppy of German war dogs found...
Daily Quiz for March 13, 2016
Known for his field-preaching, this evangelist, at times, used his father’s tombstone as a pulpit.
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Jumat, 11 Maret 2016
March 12, 1933: FDR gives first fireside chat
On this day in 1933, eight days after his inauguration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address or “fireside chat,” broadcast directly from the White House.
Roosevelt began that first address simply: “I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the United States about banking.” He went on to explain his recent decision to close the nation’s banks in order to stop a surge in mass withdrawals by panicked investors...
Daily Quiz for March 12, 2016
Founded in 1995, the National First Ladies Library is located in this city.
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Kamis, 10 Maret 2016
March 11, 1997: Paul McCartney knighted
On this day in 1997, Paul McCartney, a former member of the most successful rock band in history, The Beatles, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his “services to music.” The 54-year-old lad from Liverpool became Sir Paul in a centuries-old ceremony of pomp and solemnity at Buckingham Palace in central London. Fans waited outside in a scene reminiscent of Beatlemania of the 1960s. Crowds screamed as McCartney swept through the gates in his chauffeur-driven...
Rabu, 09 Maret 2016
March 10, 1959: Rebellion in Tibet
On this day in 1959, Tibetans band together in revolt, surrounding the summer palace of the Dalai Lama in defiance of Chinese occupation forces.
China’s occupation of Tibet began nearly a decade before, in October 1950, when troops from its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) invaded the country, barely one year after the Communists gained full control of mainland China. The Tibetan government gave into Chinese pressure the following year, signing a treaty...
Daily Quiz for March 10, 2016
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings published many books including South Moon Under, Golden Apples, and Cross Creek but received the Pulitzer Prize for this one.
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Book Review: Perilous Fight: America’s Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812–1815, by Stephen Budiansky
Stephen Budiansky takes an in-depth, scholarly and fascinating look at America's maritime war with Britain in 1812.
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Going Commando
The Curtiss C-46 filled a niche during World War II for a high-altitude heavy hauler capable of operating from rough airstrips in far-flung locales They called it the Curtiss Calamity, Ol’ Dumbo, the Flying Whale and, more recently, Miss Piggy. The C-46 Commando was the biggest twin-engine airplane in the world when it first flew—longer, …
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Selasa, 08 Maret 2016
March 09, 1959: Barbie makes her debut
On this day in 1959, the first Barbie doll goes on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City.
Eleven inches tall, with a waterfall of blond hair, Barbie was the first mass-produced toy doll in the United States with adult features. The woman behind Barbie was Ruth Handler, who co-founded Mattel, Inc. with her husband in 1945. After seeing her young daughter ignore her baby dolls to play make-believe with paper dolls of adult women, Handler...
Daily Quiz for March 9, 2016
Before Quinrinal Palace became the seat of the President of Italy, it had served this function.
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Audio: WWII Vet Describes His First And Last Parachute Jump
Veteran, Andy Colinic, describes his parachute jump during World War II.
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The Contraband Question
IN THE FIRST WEEKS of the American Civil War, a lawyer turned general waged a bloodless legal battle for the North that altered the nature of the war. Major General Benjamin F. Butler was a Massachusetts lawyer, abolitionist, former state senator, and Democrat. In the spring of 1861 Lincoln had put Butler in charge of …
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Questions Regarding Slavery
Questions Regarding Slavery
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Daily Quiz for March 8, 2016
“The only way to have a friend is to be one,” is the published opinion of this famous American.
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Senin, 07 Maret 2016
March 08, 1917: February Revolution begins
In Russia, the February Revolution (known as such because of Russia’s use of the Julian calendar) begins when riots and strikes over the scarcity of food erupt in Petrograd. One week later, centuries of czarist rule in Russia ended with the abdication of Nicholas II, and Russia took a dramatic step closer toward communist revolution.
By 1917, most Russians had lost faith in the leadership ability of the czarist regime. Government corruption was rampant,...
Daily Quiz for March 7, 2016
Lieutenant Annie G. Fox, the first woman to receive a Purple Heart, received it for her work as an Army nurse here.
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Audio: WWII Naval Aviator- How I Crash-Landed A Burning Plane
Given the chance to eject, a World War II aviator chooses to land a plane with double engine fire.
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Minggu, 06 Maret 2016
March 07, 1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
On this day in 1876, 29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention–the telephone.
The Scottish-born Bell worked in London with his father, Melville Bell, who developed Visible Speech, a written system used to teach speaking to the deaf. In the 1870s, the Bells moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where the younger Bell found work as a teacher at the Pemberton Avenue School for the Deaf. He later married one of...