Reportedly, in 1743 this king rose to his feet during the London premiere performance of The Hallelujah Chorus establishing a custom followed to this day.
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Daily Quiz for February 17, 2012
The now-famous meal Napoleon ate after the Battle of Marengo in 1800 was made of crayfish and this meat.
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Going Deep: The Red Army in World War II
Tukhachevsky’s deep battle doctrine served the Red Army well, but only because it was big and bad enough to handle epic casualties.
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Daily Quiz for February 16, 2012
This British stronghold surrendered to a much inferior Japanese force on February 15, 1942.
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Daily Quiz for February 15, 2012
During the French Revolution, radical militants in Paris were known as sans-culottes, which meant this.
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Daily Quiz for February 14, 2012
This American wrote, "We must give the liberty we seek."
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Daily Quiz for February 13, 2012
On December 21, 1913, the New York Sunday World became the first American newspaper to publish this.
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Daily Quiz for February 12, 2012
This non-actor, non-musician has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and won Grammys, in 1977 and 2010.
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Daily Quiz for February 11, 2012
This is believed to be the first time cannon were used by Europeans in open battle.
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Book Review: John Brown’s Body
‘John Brown’s Body’ by Stephen Vincent Benet, published in 1928, remains a vibrant tapestry of America’s diversity and its unity, its 15,000 lines re-imagining the Civil War as Lincoln understood it.