This three-time Olympic gold-medalist-turned-movie-star died of leukemia at age 57 in a medical transport plane traveling from Paris to Oslo.
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Daily Quiz for September 2, 2011
This former American Civil War general preferred wearing a pith helmet to an army hat during his campaigns later in the Southwest.
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Television Programs Mark the 10th Anniversary of 9-11
Listing of special television programming to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America.
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Daily Quiz for September 1, 2011
One of the few disappointments for John F. Sinclair as he built his oil empire was failure to secure rights to oil in this country.
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Daily Quiz for August 31, 2011
The "Many Flags" program was part of this war.
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Putting the Wolverine State’s heroics under the microscope
Two new books celebrate, in mostly commendable fashion, Michigan’s contributions to the Civil War. […]
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Antietam Battlefield’s Miller farmhouse gets a facelift
Halfway through a five-year renovation of the historic Miller farmhouse at Antietam National Battlefield, […]
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History We Can Chew On
If we want the young to learn history, we must find appealing ways to […]
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Who owns Gettysburg?
Preservationists, residents, entrepreneurs and Civil War enthusiasts all want a stake in its legacy […]
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Tracing the ties that bind
We know what the famous guys were up to, but what were our own […]