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Daily Quiz for January 25, 2011

by HistoryNet Staff1/25/2011

This noted 19th-century architect is buried within the walls of the Tennessee State Capitol building.

Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

Paul Allen’s Priceless BMW

by Stephan Wilkinson1/24/20114/13/2016

Ex-Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen has restored a Focke-Wulf Fw-190A complete with an original, extremely rare BMW 801 radial engine.

Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

P-47 Unearthed in France

by Stephan Wilkinson1/24/20114/13/2016

Second Lieutenant Kenneth Hindersinn’s P-57D Thunderbolt has been recovered by a farmer near St. Mère-Eglise in Normandy.

Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

Lend-Lease P-39 Returns to Western N.Y.

by Stephen Mauro1/24/20114/13/2016

A P-39 Lend-Lease fighter discovered in a Russian lake is being restored at its birthplace—the former Bell Aircraft plant, now part of Niagara Falls International Airport in New York.

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Daily Quiz for January 24, 2011

by HistoryNet Staff1/24/2011

In 1970, the Shah of Iran adopted this ancient Persian relic as his political symbol.

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Daily Quiz for January 23, 2011

by HistoryNet Staff1/23/2011

The Russians controlled this Chinese port that became the centerpiece of the 1904 – 05 Russo-Japanese War.

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Daily Quiz for January 22, 2011

by HistoryNet Staff1/22/2011

This civilian aviator was credited with 50 combat missions and one air-to-air kill during World War II.

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Daily Quiz for January 21, 2011

by HistoryNet Staff1/21/20113/9/2016

In December of 1969, this American tycoon attempted to deliver 30 tons of supplies to American POWs in North Vietnam.

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A Nation Divided

by lhomeyer1/20/20113/9/2016

Responses to The Confederacy: America’s Worst Idea So many people insist on viewing the […]

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Daily Quiz for January 20, 2011

by HistoryNet Staff1/20/2011

At their inception circa 1119, the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon had this many founding members.

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