In 1377, Pope Gregory XI returned the Papacy to Rome from this French city.
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Daily Quiz for November 13, 2015
On January 19, 1419, this French city surrendered to the English.
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Were the Japanese Going to Surrender Because of the Hiroshima Bombing?
Did the Japanese plan to surrendered after Hiroshima was bombed, before Nagasaki was bombed?
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Audio: An Explosion at the Bulge
Now 91 years old, Julian “Sarge” Sargentini remembers his first taste of war at the Battle of the Bulge, when a mine explosion broke his pelvis.
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Daily Quiz for November 11, 2015
The first successful property insurance company in North America was established in this year.
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Daily Quiz for November 10, 2015
On January 9, 1936, the US Army officially adopted this weapon.
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Did Howard Hughes Design Japan’s Zero Fighter?
The truth behind the rumor that Howard Hughes designed the Zero fighter plane used by Japan in World War II.
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Video: Yangtze Patrol’s USS Panay Evacuating Nanking Under Japanese Attack
The USS Panay and the Yangtze Patrol evacuate Americans from Nanking in December 1937, just before Japanese naval aircraft […]
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Daily Quiz for November 9, 2015
The youngest sergeant ever in the US Army was this old.