On September 4, 1957, the Ford Motor Company introduced this car to the public.
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The Best Years‘ Welcome Home
THE BEST YEARS of Our Lives (1946) opens with the fortuitous meeting of three […]
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Interview: Damian Shiels / The Irish in the American Civil War
In an exclusive interview, Damian Shiels, author of “The Irish in the American Civil War,” discusses the experiences and motivations of the Irish in mid-19th century America, Gen. Patrick Cleburne, and more.
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Daily Quiz for November 3, 2014
As an astronomer, Mina Fleming published a 1907 article in the Annals of Harvard College Observatory about this discovery of hers.
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Daily Quiz for November 2, 2014
The Duke of Wellington, famed for his successes with the British Army in India, the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, was born here.
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Daily Quiz for November 1, 2014
This is the only one of Michelangelo’s sculptures the artist signed.
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Daily Quiz for October 31, 2014
In 1817 Don Francisco de Paula Marin made one of the earliest attempts – perhaps the first – to grow this crop in Hawaii.
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42cm M-Gerät Howitzer: The Original Big Bertha
The lumbering German 42cm M-Gerät howitzer was designed to reduce the stout Allied defensive fortresses along the Western Front, a job it did effectively despite its limited mobility.
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Imperial War Museum Director-General Diane Lees
Imperial War Museum Director-General Diane Lees discusses the museum’s revamped atrium and galleries and its ongoing activities tied to the World War I centennial.
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Blood and Betrayal: King Philip’s War
The discovery of a frozen corpse in the winter of 1675 sparked war between New England’s Indians and settlers