On this day in 1980, CNN (Cable News Network), the world’s first 24-hour television news network, makes its debut. The network signed on at 6 p.m. EST from its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, with a lead story about the attempted assassination of civil rights leader Vernon Jordan. CNN went on to change the notion that news could only be reported at fixed times throughout the day. At the time of CNN’s launch, TV news was dominated by three major...
Selasa, 31 Mei 2016
Audio: Former Navy SEAL- What It Was Like To Capture The Butcher Of Fallujah
A former Navy SEAL recalls his team's court-martial after capturing Ahmed Hashim Abd Al-Isawi, the Butcher of Fallujah.
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Daily Quiz for June 1, 2016
In 1797, this U.S. state granted women the right to vote only to rescind it in 1807.
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Fire For Effect: Danger Zone
WWII offered a number of perilous job opportunities: airman in a B-17 over Europe, Marine in the Pacific. Here is another dangerous job: German general.
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Senin, 30 Mei 2016
May 31, 1859: Big Ben goes into operation in London
The famous tower clock known as Big Ben, located at the top of the 320-foot-high St. Stephen’s Tower, rings out over the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, for the first time on this day in 1859.
After a fire destroyed much of the Palace of Westminster–the headquarters of the British Parliament–in October 1834, a standout feature of the design for the new palace was a large clock atop a tower. The royal astronomer, Sir George Airy, wanted...
Daily Quiz for May 31, 2016
Widow at Windsor, a poem by Rudyard Kipling is about this British member of royalty.
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Why Did Missouri Become a Slave State and California a Free state?
Why Did Missouri Become a Slave State and California a Free state?
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Conversation with Dick Cole: So Far, So Good
A conversation with Dick Cole who copiloted the lead B-25 with Doolittle in the famous 1942 raid...
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Heartbreak at Heart Mountain
A lonely mountain dominates the road to Heart Mountain where more than 110,000 Americans found themselves caught in a vise grip of paranoia after Pearl Harbor.
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Minggu, 29 Mei 2016
May 30, 1431: Joan of Arc martyred
At Rouen in English-controlled Normandy, Joan of Arc, the peasant girl who became the savior of France, is burned at the stake for heresy.
Joan was born in 1412, the daughter of a tenant farmer at Domremy, on the borders of the duchies of Bar and Lorraine. In 1415, the Hundred Years War between England and France entered a crucial phase when the young King Henry V of England invaded France and won a series of decisive victories against the forces...
Audio: WWII Nurse Recalls Treating POWs- I’d Whisper In Their Ear “You’re Safe Now, You’re Home”
Peggy Bergthold, 93-year-old WWII veteran, served as an operating room nurse at Mare Island Naval Hospital during the war. Here, she recalls the words she would whisper to wounded POWs arriving in her hospital following their release from captivity by the Japanese.
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Daily Quiz for May 30, 2016
On February 24, 1980 the USA Men’s Olympic hockey team defeated this country’s team to win the gold medal.
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Sabtu, 28 Mei 2016
May 29, 1953: Hillary and Tenzing reach Everest summit
At 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth. The two, part of a British expedition, made their final assault on the summit after spending a fitful night at 27,900 feet. News of their achievement broke around the world on June 2, the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation,...
Daily Quiz for May 29, 2016
In 1886, Charles Martin Hall developed an inexpensive process to extract this pure metal from its ore.
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Jumat, 27 Mei 2016
May 28, 1961: Appeal for Amnesty campaign launches
On this day in 1961, the British newspaper The London Observer publishes British lawyer Peter Benenson’s article “The Forgotten Prisoners” on its front page, launching the Appeal for Amnesty 1961–a campaign calling for the release of all people imprisoned in various parts of the world because of the peaceful expression of their beliefs.
Benenson was inspired to write the appeal after reading an article about two Portuguese students who were jailed...
Daily Quiz for May 28, 2016
In 1955, the first vaccine against this disease was licensed.
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August 2016 Table of Contents
The August 2016 issue features a cover story about famed scout Kit Carson's timely service against the Jicarilla Indians
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Sundance and Ethel: Every Picture Tells a Story
In 1901 outlaw Harry Longabaugh (aka "the Sundance Kid") posed in a New York studio for a portrait with Ethel Place—but while copies of the image survive, many questions remain
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Book Review: Horsehair Bridles
Ned and Jody Martin bring to life the historic and present-day field of horsehair crafting
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August 2016 Readers’ Letters
In the August issue of Wild West readers share dispatches about the Southern Cheyennes, white renegade Robert North, photos of early Tombstone (Arizona) and Billy the Kid
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Book Review: The Apache Wars
Paul Andrew Hutton unfolds the saga of the Apache wars, relating what happened to many of the colorful characters during and after the decades-long conflict
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Book Review: The Old West
Stephen Hyslop's overview of the Old West relates a very American history of the region and its diverse peoples
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Book Review: Bad Company and Burnt Powder
Bob Alexander presents a dozen detailed profiles of lesser-known Southwestern frontier figures
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Book Review: Soldiers in the Army of Freedom
Ian Spurgeon provides a history of the first black regiment to fight in the Union Army—the 1st Kansas Volunteer Infantry (Colored)
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Book Review: Rough Riders
Mark Lee Gardner's book addresses the Rough Rider myths and relates what the troopers actually did
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Letter From Wild West – August 2016
Carson’s contempt for the Jicarillas was ingrained by the time he became Indian agent
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He Who Has No Ears
Bear Ribs, whom whites appointed first chief of all the Sioux, did not listen to his own people’s warnings
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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Remington and Catlin share wall space with Rockwell and Warhol at the Bentonville, Ark., museum
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Daily Quiz for May 27, 2016
This mobile electronic device was originally marketed in the US as the “Soundabout”
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Kamis, 26 Mei 2016
May 27, 1941: Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy
On May 27, 1941, the British navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic near France. The German death toll was more than 2,000.
On February 14, 1939, the 823-foot Bismarck was launched at Hamburg. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler hoped that the state-of-the-art battleship would herald the rebirth of the German surface battle fleet. However, after the outbreak of war, Britain closely guarded ocean routes from Germany to the Atlantic Ocean,...
Author Philip Burnham
Philip Burnham's biography of Dewey Beard is the remarkable saga of a Lakota who killed a trooper at the Little Bighorn and was wounded at Wounded Knee
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The Defense of Van
In the spring of 1915, while the world watched events in the Dardanelles, one small Armenian community in a distant corner of the Ottoman Empire waged a desperate battle of national survival.
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The Real History of Memorial Day
Memorial Day falls on the last Monday of May. Americans all over the country honor fallen soldiers with parades, barbecues, and commemorative services. Though Memorial Day was made an official federal holiday in 1971, its roots trace all the way back to the Civil War, when Northerners and Southerners alike needed a way to mourn …
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Daily Quiz for May 26, 2016
On February 17, 1862 General U. S. Grant accepted this Confederate General’s unconditional surrender.
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Rabu, 25 Mei 2016
May 26, 1897: Dracula goes on sale in London
The first copies of the classic vampire novel Dracula, by Irish writer Bram Stoker, appear in London bookshops on this day in 1897.
A childhood invalid, Stoker grew up to become a football (soccer) star at Trinity College, Dublin. After graduation, he got a job in civil service at Dublin Castle, where he worked for the next 10 years while writing drama reviews for the Dublin Mail on the side. In this way, Stoker met the well-respected actor Sir Henry...
Selasa, 24 Mei 2016
Audio: ‘I Looked The Kamikaze Pilot Right In The Eyes’- WWII Vet Recalls His Close Encounter With Death
World War II Veteran Marvin Shields describes a day during the war. While on the deck of the U.S Navy vessel he was on, heading to his gun, a Kamikaze Pilot made eye contact with him and waved right before crashing into a nearby U.S Navy vessel.
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Daily Quiz for May 25, 2016
The first US telephone directory had this many listings.
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May 25, 1977: Star Wars opens
On this day in 1977, Memorial Day weekend opens with an intergalactic bang as the first of George Lucas’ blockbuster Star Wars movies hits American theaters.
The incredible success of Star Wars–it received seven Oscars, and earned $461 million in U.S. ticket sales and a gross of close to $800 million worldwide–began with an extensive, coordinated marketing push by Lucas and his studio, 20th Century Fox, months before the movie’s release date....
Senin, 23 Mei 2016
May 24, 1883: Brooklyn Bridge opens
After 14 years and 27 deaths while being constructed, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River is opened, connecting the great cities of New York and Brooklyn for the first time in history. Thousands of residents of Brooklyn and Manhattan Island turned out to witness the dedication ceremony, which was presided over by President Chester A. Arthur and New York Governor Grover Cleveland. Designed by the late John A. Roebling, the Brooklyn Bridge was...
May 24, 1883: Brooklyn Bridge opens
After 14 years and 27 deaths while being constructed, the Brooklyn Bridge over the East River is opened, connecting the great cities of New York and Brooklyn for the first time in history. Thousands of residents of Brooklyn and Manhattan Island turned out to witness the dedication ceremony, which was presided over by President Chester A. Arthur and New York Governor Grover Cleveland. Designed by the late John A. Roebling, the Brooklyn Bridge was...
What Led to the Abolitionist Movement?
What Led to the Abolitionist Movement?
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Daily Quiz for May 24, 2016
In 1941 Forrest E. Mars and Bruce Murrie began producing this candy.
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Minggu, 22 Mei 2016
May 23, 1934: Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde
On this day in 1934, notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police while driving a stolen car near Sailes, Louisiana.
Bonnie Parker met the charismatic Clyde Barrow in Texas when she was 19 years old and her husband (she married when she was 16) was serving time in jail for murder. Shortly after they met, Barrow was imprisoned for robbery. Parker visited him every day, and smuggled a gun...
Audio: Trump-Supporting Tow Truck Driver Explains Why He Didn’t Help Stranded Bernie Supporter
Kenneth Shupe, a tow-truck driver in North Carolina and a Donald Trump supporter, explains why he did not help a stranded woman who supports Bernie Sanders.
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Daily Quiz for May 23, 2016
On February 20, 197, large scale protests broke out in Athens Greece over this.
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Daily Quiz for May 22, 2016
This US President formally created the US Postal Service.
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Sabtu, 21 Mei 2016
May 22, 1843: Great Emigration departs for Oregon
A massive wagon train, made up of 1,000 settlers and 1,000 head of cattle, sets off down the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri. Known as the “Great Emigration,” the expedition came two years after the first modest party of settlers made the long, overland journey to Oregon.
After leaving Independence, the giant wagon train followed the Sante Fe Trail for some 40 miles and then turned northwest to the Platte River, which it followed along its...
Stealth Secrets of the F-117 Nighthawk
Its development was kept under wraps for 14 years, but by 1991, the F-117 Nighthawk had become a household word. Television viewers who tuned to the Cable News Network (CNN) on the evening of January 16, 1991, were treated to a rare live preview of wars to come. Correspondents Bernard Shaw and Peter Arnett, broadcasting live …
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Jumat, 20 Mei 2016
Daily Quiz for May 21, 2016
In 1454, Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy took the “Oath of the Pheasant" promising to do this.
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May 21, 1881: American Red Cross founded
In Washington, D.C., humanitarians Clara Barton and Adolphus Solomons found the American National Red Cross, an organization established to provide humanitarian aid to victims of wars and natural disasters in congruence with the International Red Cross.
Barton, born in Massachusetts in 1821, worked with the sick and wounded during the American Civil War and became known as the “Angel of the Battlefield” for her tireless dedication. In 1865, President...
Kamis, 19 Mei 2016
Daily Quiz for May 20, 2016
In 1957 this country detonated its first Hydrogen bomb.
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May 20, 1873: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans
On this day in 1873, San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nevada, tailor Jacob Davis are given a patent to create work pants reinforced with metal rivets, marking the birth of one of the world’s most famous garments: blue jeans.
Born Loeb Strauss in Buttenheim, Bavaria, in 1829, the young Strauss immigrated to New York with his family in 1847 after the death of his father. By 1850, Loeb had changed his name to Levi and was working in...
Daily Quiz for May 19, 2016
The Battle of Arnemuiden was the first recorded European naval battle where these were used.
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Rabu, 18 Mei 2016
May 19, 1935: Lawrence of Arabia dies
T.E. Lawrence, known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia, dies as a retired Royal Air Force mechanic living under an assumed name. The legendary war hero, author, and archaeological scholar succumbed to injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident six days before.
Thomas Edward Lawrence was born in Tremadoc, Wales, in 1888. In 1896, his family moved to Oxford. Lawrence studied architecture and archaeology, for which he made a trip to Ottoman (Turkish)-controlled...
Semper Fi in the Sky
Under restoration for 22 years, a one-of-a-kind bomber at last returns to the air The warbird world is replete with professional restorations of basket cases and re-creations of dataplate specials, of wing spars remanufactured, complex fittings artfully crafted, rare airplanes rising phoenix-like from behind closed hangar doors. But the story of this one-of-a-kind North American …
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Daily Quiz for May 18, 2016
The first minimum wage law in the United States was passed in this year.
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Audio: WWII Veteran- ‘We’re Gonna Teach You to be Killers’
A World War II veteran remembers training at Camp Roberts, California and the bomb on Hiroshima.
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Selasa, 17 Mei 2016
May 18, 1920: Pope John Paul II born
On May 18, 1920, Karol Jozef Wojtyla is born in the Polish town of Wadowice, 35 miles southwest of Krakow.Wojtyla went on to become Pope John Paul II, history’s most well-traveled pope and the first non-Italian to hold the position since the 16th century. After high school, the future pope enrolled at Krakow’s Jagiellonian University, where he studied philosophy and literature and performed in a theater group. During World War II, Nazis occupied...
Senin, 16 Mei 2016
Seeking Information on Camp On Wea
Seeking Information on Camp On Wea
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Daily Quiz for May 17, 2016
Ancient Romans celebrated this festival between February 13th and 15th.
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World’s Only Marine PBJ WWII Bomber Flies After 23 Years
After 23 years of restoration, a North American PBJ Mitchell named Semper Fi returns to the sky.
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May 17, 1954: Brown v. Board of Ed is decided
In a major civil rights victory, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down an unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ruling that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional. The historic decision, which brought an end to federal tolerance of racial segregation, specifically dealt with Linda Brown, a young African American girl who had been denied admission to her local elementary school in Topeka, Kansas,...
Audio: WWII Medic- I Had To Decide Who Would Live And Who Would Die
Maury Feren, a World War II veteran, describes his first day as a medic, learning on the job, and the difficulties of selecting which soldiers to save.
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Daily Quiz for May 16, 2016
The Bank of England was nationalized in this year.
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Minggu, 15 Mei 2016
May 16, 1929: First Academy Awards ceremony
On this day in 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out its first awards, at a dinner party for around 250 people held in the Blossom Room of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California.
The brainchild of Louis B. Mayer, head of the powerful MGM film studio, the Academy was organized in May 1927 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and improvement of the film industry. Its first president and the host...
Sabtu, 14 Mei 2016
Daily Quiz for May 15, 2016
The cast of this 1987 film featured two future US states’ governors.
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May 15, 1937: Madeleine Albright is born
On this day in 1937, Madeleine Albright, America’s first female secretary of state, is born Maria Jana Korbelova in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).
The daughter of Czech diplomat Josef Korbel, Albright fled to England with her family after the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939. Though Albright long believed they had fled for political reasons, she learned as an adult that her family was Jewish and that three of her grandparents...
Jumat, 13 Mei 2016
May 14, 1804: Lewis and Clark depart
One year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Even before the U.S. government concluded purchase negotiations with France, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned his private secretary Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, an army captain, to lead an expedition into what...
Daily Quiz for May 14, 2016
In 1870, this US Territory granted women the right to vote.
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An Interactive Guide to America’s Horse Rescues
It is estimated that around 170,000 horses are discarded from ownership every year. Many horse owners experience changes in circumstance and are forced to let their beloved equestrian partners go for financial or logistical reasons. Many horses end up without a person to care (and pay) for them. Fortunately, the USA has a strong network …
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Kamis, 12 Mei 2016
Daily Quiz for May 13, 2016
This reporter coined the term “British Invasion” to describe the influx of bands from the UK to America in the 1960s.
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Video: Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard Helicopter Dedication at NASM
After serving 22 years in Search and Rescue operations, a Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard was accessioned into the National Air and Space Museum. This is the first Coast Guard aircraft to be acquired by the NASM and marks the centennial of Coast Guard aviation.
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May 13, 1846: President Polk declares war on Mexico
On May 13, 1846, the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly votes in favor of President James K. Polk’s request to declare war on Mexico ina dispute over Texas.
Under the threat of war, theUnited Stateshad refrained from annexing Texas afterthe latterwon independence from Mexico in 1836. But in 1844, President John Tyler restarted negotiations with the Republic of Texas, culminating with a Treaty of Annexation. The treaty was defeated by a wide margin in the...
Frederick Rutland: Tinker, Sailor, Aviator, Spy
Royal Navy pilot Rutland earned a reputation as a WWI hero before a misstep led to his disgrace in 1941
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Gabby Gabreski: America’s Two-War Ace
Gabby Gabreski nearly failed out of his Army Air Corps flight training, but went on to become the top American fighter ace in Europe during World War II and a jet ace in Korea.
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Mystery Ship: July 2016
Can you identify this elephantine carrier biplane? Click here for the answer
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Mystery Ship: July 2016
The Blackburn Blackburn So nice they named it twice, this airplane—whose grotesque appearance might draw disbelieving second glances—was called the Blackburn Blackburn. Its peculiar name stemmed from the fact that it was developed by Blackburn Aircraft Limited and named after the town of Blackburn in Lancashire. First flown in 1922, the Blackburn looked like an …
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Rabu, 11 Mei 2016
May 12, 1957: Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets first pro victory
On this day in 1957, race car driver A.J. Foyt (1935- ) scores his first professional victory, in a U.S. Automobile Club (USAC) midget car race in Kansas City, Missouri.
A tough-as-nails Texan, Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr. raced midget cars–smaller vehicles designed to be driven in races of shorter distances–and stock cars before moving up to bigger things in 1958, when he entered his first Indianapolis 500 race. Foyt won his first Indy 500 crown in...
Daily Quiz for May 12, 2016
The New York Stock Exchange permitted women to work the floor in this year.
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Letter from Aviation History: The Truth is Out There
On April 12, 1955, legendary Lockheed designer Clarence “Kelly” Johnson flew over the Nevada desert with a CIA officer and a U.S. Air Force colonel in a Beechcraft Bonanza piloted by Lockheed’s chief test pilot, Tony LeVier. Johnson was searching for a secluded site where he could test an airplane so secret that few outside …
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Daily Quiz for May 11, 2016
In 1919, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith formed this film studio.
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Audio: The Heartbreaking Story Of A WWII Vet Feeding Starved Children Of War
A World War II veteran describes feeding starving, German children despite the threat of being court-martialed.
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Selasa, 10 Mei 2016
May 11, 1934: Dust storm sweeps from Great Plains across Eastern states
On this day in 1934, a massive storm sends millions of tons of topsoil flying from across the parched Great Plains region of the United States as far east as New York, Boston and Atlanta.
At the time the Great Plains were settled in the mid-1800s, the land was covered by prairie grass, which held moisture in the earth and kept most of the soil from blowing away even during dry spells. By the early 20th century, however, farmers had plowed under much...
How Old Did Air Force Pilots Need to Be in WWII?
How Old Did Air Force Pilots Need to Be in WWII?
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Daily Quiz for May 10, 2016
This US President could write both Greek and Latin simultaneously.
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Senin, 09 Mei 2016
May 10, 1869: Transcontinental railroad completed
On this day in 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. This made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S. history. No longer would western-bound travelers need to take the long and dangerous journey by wagon train, and the West would surely lose some of its wild charm with the new...
Daily Quiz for May 9, 2016
This cartoon duo were originally named Jasper and Jinx.
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Audio: Women In Military Aviation Historian- ‘Women Have Been In Combat For A Long Time’
An argument on women's history in combat and their role in war.
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Minggu, 08 Mei 2016
May 09, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard publishes Dianetics
On this day in 1950, Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (1911-1986) publishes Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. With this book, Hubbard introduced a branch of self-help psychology called Dianetics, which quickly caught fire and, over time, morphed into a belief system boasting millions of subscribers: Scientology.
Hubbard was already a prolific and frequently published writer by the time he penned the book that would change his life. Under several...