The first fatal accident on a train within the United States reportedly occurred in this state.
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Daily Quiz for April 6, 2012
This interwar period war saw one belligerent conduct nearly 900 bombing missions using chemical weapons.
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Daily Quiz for April 5, 2012
Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle died six days after the death of this World War II figure.
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Turkey Shoot: The Battle of the Philippine Sea
Sometimes, we historians are our own worst enemies. We get a word or a […]
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Who was the highest ranking officer killed in action during World War I?
Who was the highest ranking officer killed in action during World War I?
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Daily Quiz for April 4, 2012
This battle in 644 AD ended the Sassanid Dynasty and confirmed the Muslim conquest of Persia.
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Daily Quiz for April 3, 2012
The wave of rural unrest in the summer of 1789 in France is known as this.
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Daily Quiz for April 2, 2012
English social reformer Richard Oastler, 1789 – 1861, was given this nickname.
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Daily Quiz for April 1, 2012
The words on the Statue of Liberty’s base that begin, "Give me your tired, your poor," were penned by this poet.