In 1735, John Peter Zenger’s acquittal helped win this American right that was later guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
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Daily Quiz for October 13, 2012
This disaster that occurred as World War I was drawing to a close killed more people than the war.
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Interview: Senator Chuck Hagel / Vietnam Combat Veteran
Chuck Hagel, a Vietnam veteran and former Nebraska senator, talks about his combat experience, serving alongside his brother Tom, and his recent selection to lead an advisory committee for the 50th anniversary events commemorating the Vietnam War.
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Daily Quiz for October 12, 2012
The Battle of Fort Pulaski, Georgia, in April 1862, is noted for the first significant use of these weapons.
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What was the better military of the Franco-Prussian War?
What do you consider the greater power, the Prussian military or the French military […]
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Daily Quiz for October 11, 2012
Giuseppe Zangara was executed for killing the mayor of this city during an attempt to assassinate president-elect Franklin Roosevelt.
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Daily Quiz for October 10, 2012
This woman’s first novel, The Flight of a Moth, was published in 1904.
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Film review: The Men Who Built America
A new HISTORY miniseries, ‘The Men Who Built America,’ examines the lives and times of Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and others.
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Did Britain make any preparations to join the U.S. in the expected invasion of Japan?
Once the war in Europe was over, did Britain make any preparations to join the U.S. […]
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Daily Quiz for October 9, 2012
In World War II, Britain’s OPERATION ROYAL MARINE was intended to disrupt this.