After Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, a measure to declare war against Japan was put before the US Congress the following day. This many Representatives voted against declaring war.

Anti-air artillery was first used in this conflict.

After the Crusaders captured Antioch in 1098, Peter Bartholomew supposedly found this Christian relic in the Church of St. Peter.

During the first week of the Pony Express, a rider was outfitted with a rifle, revolver, knife, horn and this item.

This cavalry commander lost a leg during the Battle of Waterloo and is reported to have commented, "By God, sir, I have lost my leg."

This state never enforced the Prohibition Act of 1919.

This Arkansas governor ordered National Guard troops block nine African American students from attending class at Little Rock’s Central High in 1957.

Author Mark Twain not only created Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer but was issued a patent for improvements on this.