At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hong Kong reverts back to Chinese rule in a ceremony attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Prince Charles of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. A few thousand Hong Kongers protested the turnover, which was otherwise celebratory and peaceful.
In 1839, Britain invaded China to crush opposition to its interference in the country’s economic, social, and political...
Kamis, 30 Juni 2016
Daily Quiz for July 1, 2016
On March 2, 1836 the State of Texas did this.
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September 2016 Table of Contents
The September 2016 issue features a cover story about English king and would-be warrior Henry VIII
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Peter Kemp: ‘Set Europe Ablaze’
British commando Peter Kemp did just as Churchill ordered, fighting oppression in Europe and elsewhere
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September 2016 Readers’ Letters
Readers sound off about little-known military history, the 1367 Battle of Nájera and the strategy employed by Carthaginian commander Hannibal
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American Battle Monuments Commission Secretary Max Cleland
ABMC Secretary Max Cleland discusses the importance of recovering, identifying, respectfully interring and honoring American war dead
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Letter From Military History – September 2016
America venerates its war dead by recovering and identifying remains, respectfully interring those remains and honoring our service members' sacrifice
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Book Review: Betrayal at Little Gibraltar
William Walker centers his story on an ill-planned assault by green American troops on a fortified German position during the World War I Meuse-Argonne campaign
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Book Review: Lawrence of Arabia’s War
Neil Faulkner has written a thorough history of British intelligence officer T.E. Lawrence, his legendary military campaign and the rise of Arab nationalism
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Book Review: WASP of the Ferry Command
Sarah Rickman pored over the World War II records of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) to compile this history of their unflagging wartime service
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Book Review: Rough Riders
Mark Lee Gardner reveals lesser-known chapters of the oft-told Spanish-American War narrative of Theodore Roosevelt and the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry
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Book Review: By Honor Bound
Dick Couch relates the gripping stories of Navy SEALs Tom Norris and Mike Thornton, their Medal of Honor actions and the tie that inextricably binds them
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Rabu, 29 Juni 2016
June 30, 1936: Gone with the Wind published
Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind, one of the best-selling novels of all time and the basis for a blockbuster 1939 movie, is published on this day in 1936.
In 1926, Mitchell was forced to quit her job as a reporter at the Atlanta Journal to recover from a series of physical injuries. With too much time on her hands, Mitchell soon grew restless. Working on a Remington typewriter, a gift from her second husband, John R. Marsh, in their cramped...
Daily Quiz for June 30, 2016
This was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
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An American Place – Martin Guitar Factory
Welcome to An American Place This page carries on from the department of the same name on the back page of every issue of American History magazine. Here you’ll find additional material, including videos, interviews, slideshows, and other content that drills deeper into the subject at hand, which in the October 2016 issue is C.F. …
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When Fire Rained From the Sky
The first low-level B-29 raid on Tokyo introduced a terrifying new tactic in the war against Japan On the night of March 9-10, 1945, U.S. Twentieth Air Force B-29s burned down 7 percent of Tokyo and killed some 85,000 people. Probably no one on Major General Curtis LeMay’s staff in the Mariana Islands expected the …
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Selasa, 28 Juni 2016
Daily Quiz for June 29, 2016
This man was the first hockey player to score 800 career goals.
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Audio: Oops, Wrong Runway- WWII Pilot Recalls Trying To Land His Damaged Plane At An Enemy Airbase
Richard Launder, a pilot in the Pacific during World War II, recalls landing in Japanese territory by accident after mistaking a Balinese airbase for a Javanese airbase.
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June 29, 1995: U.S. space shuttle docks with Russian space station
On this day in 1995, the American space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir to form the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.
This historic moment of cooperation between former rival space programs was also the 100th human space mission in American history. At the time, Daniel Goldin, chief of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), called it the beginning of “a new era of friendship and cooperation”...
Senin, 27 Juni 2016
Daily Quiz for June 28, 2016
The destroyer USS Leary was the first warship equipped with this.
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What Did Joseph Hooker Do For Lincoln’s Funeral?
What Did Joseph Hooker Do For Lincoln's Funeral?
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June 28, 1953: Workers assemble first Corvette in Flint, Michigan
On this day in 1953, workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, assemble the first Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an American icon. The first completed production car rolled off the assembly line two days later, one of just 300 Corvettes made that year.
The idea for the Corvette originated with General Motors’ pioneering designer Harley J. Earl, who in 1951 began developing plans for a low-cost American sports car that...
Minggu, 26 Juni 2016
June 27, 1950: Truman orders U.S. forces to Korea
On June 27, 1950, President Harry S. Truman announces that he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist North Korea. The United States was undertaking the major military operation, he explained, to enforce a United Nations resolution calling for an end to hostilities, and to stem the spread of communism in Asia. In addition to ordering U.S. forces to Korea, Truman also...
Audio: WWII Medic Recalls Treating Wounded Soldiers Under Fire
Colonel Jimmie Kanaya, a combat medic in the the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, describes treating six wounded soldiers while under fire during World War II.
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Daily Quiz for June 27, 2016
This was the first billion-dollar company in the world.
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Sabtu, 25 Juni 2016
Daily Quiz for June 26, 2016
In 1919, Oregon levied the US’s first state tax on this.
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June 26, 1948: U.S. begins Berlin Airlift
On this day in 1948, U.S. and British pilots begin delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city is isolated by a Soviet Union blockade.
When World War II ended in 1945, defeated Germany was divided into Soviet, American, British and French zones of occupation. The city of Berlin, though located within the Soviet zone of occupation, was also split into four sectors, with the Allies taking the western part of the city and the Soviets...
Jumat, 24 Juni 2016
Daily Quiz for June 25, 2016
The first Pan-American Games were held in this city.
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June 25, 1876: Battle of Little Bighorn
On this day in 1876, Native American forces led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull defeat the U.S. Army troops of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in a bloody battle near southern Montana’s Little Bighorn River.
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, leaders of the Sioux tribe on the Great Plains, strongly resisted the mid-19th-century efforts of the U.S. government to confine their people to reservations. In 1875, after gold was discovered...
Daily Quiz for June 24, 2016
This nation received full independence on July 4, 1946.
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Kamis, 23 Juni 2016
June 24, 1997: U.S. Air Force reports on Roswell
On this day in 1997, U.S. Air Force officials release a 231-page report dismissing long-standing claims of an alien spacecraft crash in Roswell, New Mexico, almost exactly 50 years earlier.
Public interest in Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs, began to flourish in the 1940s, when developments in space travel and the dawn of the atomic age caused many Americans to turn their attention to the skies. The town of Roswell, located near the Pecos River...
The Legendary Lockheed Constellation
The Lockheed Constellation may be the object of more misinformation and fables than any other airliner ever made. Stephan Wilkinson sorts out fact from fiction in this Aviation History magazine article.
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Rabu, 22 Juni 2016
June 23, 1992: Teflon Don sentenced to life
Mafia boss John Gotti, who was nicknamed the “Teflon Don” after escaping unscathed from several trials during the 1980s, is sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty on 14 accounts of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering. Moments after his sentence was read in a federal courthouse in Brooklyn, hundreds of Gotti’s supporters stormed the building and overturned and smashed cars before being forced back by police reinforcements.
Gotti,...
Daily Quiz for June 23, 2016
This man’s invention eliminated the need to hand crank cars.
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Why Are the Kiowa Missing From the Movies?
Why Are the Kiowa Missing From the Movies?
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Video: World War II Veteran Gordon Hearne Describes The War Experience
As an anti-aircraft gunner, Gordon Hearne, 21, landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy on June 7, 1944. That July, the U.S. Army assigned his battalion to the 28th Infantry Division. He survived five European campaigns unscathed. After the war, Hearne returned to his native Los Angeles. In 1948, for an English course at the University of …
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Selasa, 21 Juni 2016
June 22, 1944: FDR signs G.I. Bill
On this day in 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the G.I. Bill, an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services–known as G.I.s–for their efforts in World War II.
As the last of its sweeping New Deal reforms, Roosevelt’s administration created the G.I. Bill–officially the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944–hoping to avoid a relapse into the Great Depression after the war ended. FDR...
Audio: Former US Under Secretary Of Defense: What Our Navy Badly Needs For Air Superiority
Former US Deputy Undersecretary of Defense of the Bush Administration, Jed Babbin, discusses the need for more F18 Strike Fighters.
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Daily Quiz for June 22, 2016
Established in 1937, the Caldecott medal honors excellence in this.
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Pearl Harbor Raider Recovered
The Nakajima B5N2, code-named “Kate” by the Allies, was the best carrier-based torpedo bomber in 1941 and scored the most damaging hits on U.S. battleships during the Pearl Harbor raid. Until now, however, the closest things to a surviving B5N were a large piece found in the Kuriles, now on display at the Wings Museum …
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Painting by Mrs. Robert E Lee Presents An Intriguing Mystery
Nine years ago, the Alexander Gallery in Manhattan acquired a portrait painted by Mrs. Robert E Lee. Who is the girl in the painting and what was her relationship with Mrs. Lee?
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Commemorative Air Force Kingcobras
The Bell P-63 Kingcobra is one of the sleekest, cleanest warbirds in the world, and the P-63F you see here, which was returned to flight by the Commemorative Air Force in May, is doubly fascinating because it’s one of a kind: Only two F models were ever built, and this is the only one to …
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Senin, 20 Juni 2016
June 21, 1788: U.S. Constitution ratified
New Hampshire becomes the ninth and last necessary state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, thereby making the document the law of the land.
By 1786, defects in the post-Revolutionary War Articles of Confederation were apparent, such as the lack of central authority over foreign and domestic commerce. Congress endorsed a plan to draft a new constitution, and on May 25, 1787, the Constitutional Convention convened at Independence Hall...
Daily Quiz for June 21, 2016
Lycoming Dairy, Lundy Lumber, and Jumbo Pretzel were the first three teams to compete in the organized sport.
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Where was Hugh Glass Eventually Buried?
Where was Hugh Glass Eventually Buried?
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Death in the West
From our 2015 archives: Award-winning writer Robert M. Citino discusses the intense Battle of the Ruhr...
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Audio: California’s Strict Gun Laws Could Be Causing More Shootings, Says Lawyer
Edwin Walker, a lawyer with the Texas Law Shield organization, argues that the university professor shot and killed at UCLA should have had the right to be armed.
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Audio: Pushed On Gun Rights, Here’s How Hillary Clinton Responded
George Stephanopoulos questions Hillary Clinton as to whether she believes the 'right to bear arms' is a constitutional right.
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Daily Quiz for June 20, 2016
The Yankee-Pennamite Wars fought on and off between 1769-1799, were disputes about land in this state.
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Audio: How Concerned Should We Be About The Government Crackdown On Whistle Blowers?
Interview with investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill, author of 'The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government's Secret Drone Warfare Program.' Scahill argues that the US government has been persecuting 'lower level' whistle blowers while ignoring high profile personalities who have leaked information.
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Minggu, 19 Juni 2016
June 20, 1975: Jaws released
On this day in 1975, Jaws, a film directed by Steven Spielberg that made countless viewers afraid to go into the water, opens in theaters. The story of a great white shark that terrorizes a New England resort town became an instant blockbuster and the highest-grossing film in movie history until it was bested by 1977’s Star Wars. Jaws was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Picture category and took home three Oscars, for Best Film Editing,...
Daily Quiz for June 19, 2016
Paved in 1891, this U.S. state contains the oldest concrete street in the world.
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Sabtu, 18 Juni 2016
June 19, 1953: Rosenbergs executed
On this day in 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, are executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. Both refused to admit any wrongdoing and proclaimed their innocence right up to the time of their deaths, by the electric chair. The Rosenbergs were the first U.S. citizens to be convicted and executed for espionage during peacetime and their case remains controversial...
Daily Quiz for June 18, 2016
In 1892, Whitcomb Judson of Chicago invented this handy device made popular by the B.F. Goodrich Company.
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Jumat, 17 Juni 2016
June 18, 1812: War of 1812 begins
The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President James Madison signs the declaration into law–and the War of 1812 begins. The American war declaration, opposed by a sizable minority in Congress, had been called in response to the British economic blockade of France, the induction of American seaman into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of hostile...
Kamis, 16 Juni 2016
June 17, 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor
On this day in 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of America, arrives in New York Harbor after being shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in 350 individual pieces packed in more than 200 cases. The copper and iron statue, which was reassembled and dedicated the following year in a ceremony presided over by U.S. President Grover Cleveland, became known around the world as an enduring symbol...
Daily Quiz for June 17, 2016
Charles Thomson who served as secretary of the Continental Congress designed this U.S. symbol.
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When Was the First Recorded Meme?
When was the first recorded meme?
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Daily Quiz for June 16, 2016
During the American Revolution, the Liberty Bell was removed from Philadelphia and hidden in this city.
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Rabu, 15 Juni 2016
June 16, 1884: First roller coaster in America opens
On this day in 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled approximately six miles per hour and cost a nickel to ride. The new entertainment was an instant success and by the turn of the century there were hundreds of roller coasters around the country.
Coney Island, a name believed to have come from the Dutch Konijn Eilandt,...
Johnny Alison: American Eagle
How the late, great Johnny Alison became a U.S. Air Force icon.
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Selasa, 14 Juni 2016
June 15, 1215: Magna Carta sealed
Following a revolt by the English nobility against his rule, King John puts his royal seal on the Magna Carta, or “Great Charter.†The document, essentially a peace treaty between John and his barons, guaranteed that the king would respect feudal rights and privileges, uphold the freedom of the church, and maintain the nation’s laws. Although more a reactionary than a progressive document in its day, the Magna Carta was seen as a cornerstone...
Daily Quiz for June 15, 2016
In Gurnet Point, Massachusetts, Hannah Thomas became the first American woman to hold this job.
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Audio: Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad- These Were The Mistakes We Made In Afghanistan
Former US ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad discusses US participation in the Afghanistan conflict.
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Senin, 13 Juni 2016
June 14, 1777: Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes
During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white” and that “the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.” The national flag, which became known as the “Stars and Stripes,” was based on the “Grand Union” flag, a banner carried by the Continental Army in 1776 that also consisted of 13 red and white...
What Happened to the Warship Peter Pomegranate?
What Happened to the Warship Peter Pomegranate?
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Daily Quiz for June 14, 2016
In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson created the Cabrillo National Monument in this city.
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Minggu, 12 Juni 2016
Audio: USS Detroit Veteran Remembers The Blast That Took Out The USS Arizona
Sam Fryefield, a World War II veteran of the USS Detroit, recalls the attack on Pearl Harbor and the blast that destroyed the USS Arizona.
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Daily Quiz for June 13, 2016
On February 1, 1865, John S. Rock became the first African-American to achieve this.
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June 13, 1966: The Miranda rights are established
On this day in 1966, the Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation. Now considered standard police procedure, “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can, and will, be used against you in court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you,” has been heard...
Sabtu, 11 Juni 2016
June 12, 1987: Reagan challenges Gorbachev
On this day in 1987, in one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the repressive Communist era in a divided Germany.
In 1945, following Germany’s defeat in World War II, the nation’s capital, Berlin, was divided into four sections, with the Americans, British and French controlling the western region and the Soviets gaining power in the...
Daily Quiz for June 12, 2016
Upon the death of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln nominated this rival to replace him.
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Jumat, 10 Juni 2016
June 11, 1979: John Wayne dies
On this day in 1979, John Wayne, an iconic American film actor famous for starring in countless westerns, dies at age 72 after battling cancer for more than a decade.
The actor was born Marion Morrison on May 26, 1907, in Winterset, Iowa, and moved as a child to Glendale, California. A football star at Glendale High School, he attended the University of Southern California on a scholarship but dropped out after two years. After finding work as a...
Daily Quiz for June 11, 2016
The games one old cat and two old cat were predecessors of this sport.
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Kamis, 09 Juni 2016
June 10, 1752: Franklin flies kite during thunderstorm
On this day in 1752, Benjamin Franklin flies a kite during a thunderstorm and collects a charge in a Leyden jar when the kite is struck by lightning, enabling him to demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning. Franklin became interested in electricity in the mid-1740s, a time when much was still unknown on the topic, and spent almost a decade conducting electrical experiments. He coined a number of terms used today, including battery, conductor...
Daily Quiz for June 10, 2016
This U.S. state was the first state to require automobile license plates.
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Saboteurs on Skis: The Secret Raid To Stop The German A-bomb
In the mountains of Nowary, commandos took on the Nazi A-bomb program...
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Video: Yankee Air Museum ‘Bomber Buffing’ 2016
The Yankee Air Museum was founded in 1981 as a non-profit organization to restore and maintain World War II era aircraft. The museum’s most iconic aircraft include the B-17 Yankee Lady and B-25D Yankee Warrior. In 2004, the museum suffered a catastrophic loss. All of the museum artifacts were destroyed as well as some of …
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Rabu, 08 Juni 2016
June 09, 1973: Secretariat wins Triple Crown
With a spectacular victory at the Belmont Stakes, Secretariat becomes the first horse since Citation in 1948 to win America’s coveted Triple Crown–the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes. In one of the finest performances in racing history, Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, completed the 1.5-mile race in 2 minutes and 24 seconds, a dirt-track record for that distance.
Secretariat was born at Meadow Stables in Doswell, Virginia,...
What Is The History of Temple Mount?
What Is The History of Temple Mount?
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Daily Quiz for June 9, 2016
John Sholto Douglas and John Graham Chambers developed the rules still used in this sport.
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Selasa, 07 Juni 2016
Daily Quiz for June 8, 2016
On July 31, 1790, the first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins of Vermont for this.
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Audio: Combat Historian- The Standards Of The Navy SEALs
Combat historian, Patrick O'Donnell, describes the mental capabilities needed to qualify for the Navy SEALs.
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June 08, 1968: King assassination suspect arrested
James Earl Ray, an escaped American convict, is arrested in London, England, and charged with the assassination of African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
On April 4, 1968, in Memphis, King was fatally wounded by a sniper’s bullet while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Motel Lorraine. That evening, a Remington .30-06 hunting rifle was found on the sidewalk beside a rooming house one block from the...
Senin, 06 Juni 2016
Daily Quiz for June 7, 2016
Charlotte Ray, daughter of the Rev. Charles Ray a conductor on the Underground Railroad, became America’s first African-American woman to achieve this.
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Why Did Caesar Leave a Legion in Gaul?
Did Caesar leave one of his legions in Gaul to maintain the Roman presence?
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June 07, 1913: First successful ascent of Mt. McKinley
On this day in 1913, Hudson Stuck, an Alaskan missionary, leads the first successful ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest point on the American continent at 20,320 feet.
Stuck, an accomplished amateur mountaineer, was born in London in 1863. After moving to the United States, in 1905 he became archdeacon of the Episcopal Church in Yukon, Alaska, where he was an admirer of Native Indian culture and traveled Alaska’s difficult terrain to preach to villagers...
Weapons Manual: America’s Boeing B-17 Heavy Bomber
The B-17 Flying Fortress was best known as the primary workhorse of the U.S. Army Air Force...
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Minggu, 05 Juni 2016
Daily Quiz for June 6, 2016
Dr. Nettie Stevens’ study of this creature led to the discovery that chromosomes determine an embryo’s sex.
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Audio: Medal Of Honor Recipient Describes The Intensity As 300 Taliban Fighters Attacked
Staff Sergeant Clinton LaVor "Clint" Romesha of the 4th Infantry Division describes the morning of the Battle of Kamdesh in Afghanistan on October 3, 2009.
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June 06, 1944: D-Day
Although the term D-Day is used routinely as military lingo for the day an operation or event will take place, for many it is also synonymous with June 6, 1944, the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, beginning the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II. Within three months, the northern part of France would be freed and the invasion force would be preparing...