A skirmish near the tip of Virginia’s Peninsula served as a harbinger of the four-year bloodbath to come
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Black Jack John Logan Goes to War
Unlike most politicians, John Logan played a pivotal role on the battlefield.
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Daily Quiz for February 1, 2011
English Army surgeon James Barry, who died in 1865, successfully hid this fact during his entire career.
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Daily Quiz for January 31, 2011
He is the only British Prime Minister ever assassinated.
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Daily Quiz for January 30, 2011
The device that G. I.’s dubbed "Ma Deuce" was one of these.
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Daily Quiz for January 29, 2011
In 1765, the British government awarded self-educated John Harrison 10,000 pounds for developing a practical method of measuring this at sea.
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‘The Greely Expedition’ – Duty, Honor and Arctic Ice
This review of American Experience: The Greely Expedition praises the way filmmaker Rob Rapley subtly utilizes visuals and simple music to tell this story of a promising 19th-century scientific adventure that devolved into loss and despair
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Daily Quiz for January 28, 2011
During the Cold War, aerial electronic and photo reconnaissance missions flown close to or over Communist borders were called this type of mission.
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How Jehovah’s Witnesses Became Unlikely Champions of Religious Freedom
Jehovah’s Witnesses are at the center of landmark Supreme Court cases involving freedom of speech.
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Daily Quiz for January 27, 2011
Father of the Cynic philosophy, Diogenes of Sinope, is said to have carried a lamp during daylight hours in search of this virtue in a man.