On December 21, 1970 President Nixon secretly met this man.
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Daily Quiz for October 25, 2016
Ray Harroun was the first man to win this motor race.
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Payback: Nine American Subs Avenge a Legend’s Death
In the summer of 1945, a band of American submarines sailed for Japan on a mission bent on payback
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Audio: Why Is The History Of The Maya So Vague, Even Though They Had A Written Language?
National Geographic reporter Erik Vance explains what happened to most of the written historical materials of the Maya civilization.
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Daily Quiz for October 24, 2016
This all-girl band was the first to have a number-one album in the US.
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Daily Quiz for October 23, 2016
In 1977 the Communist Chinese government lifted the ban on reading this author.
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Owens Valley, California: A Land of Quiet Meadows
This historic valley has soothed everyone from indigenous tribes to John Wayne.
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Daily Quiz for October 22, 2016
This award winning science-fiction author is credited with creating the Green Lanterns’ Oath that begins: “In brightest day, in blackest night”.
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Movie Review: The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation, Fox Searchlight Photos, 120 minutes, 2016 Slavery seems to be […]
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Breaking the Gustav Line
In 1943 General Alphonse Juin and his Corps Expéditionnaire Français showed the Allies how to win a fight in the mountains