The Lone Ranger radio program originated in this city.
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Daily Quiz for July 1, 2010
On Feb. 15, 1798, a brawl erupted in the US House of Representatives between officeholders from these two states.
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Daily Quiz for June 30, 2010
This was the last battleship built by the United States.
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Deadly Embrace: McChrystal and the Media
General McChrystal’s “deadly embrace” of the media is nothing new. Generals in World War II also had to be aware of the power of the press.
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Daily Quiz for June 29, 2010
Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, later died when one of these crashed.
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Daily Quiz for June 28, 2010
Sixty-eight percent of pilots who shot down MiG jets during the Korean War had this in common.
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Daily Quiz for June 27, 2010
In the 1314 Battle of Bannockburn, Robert I of Scotland defeated an English force that was attempting to relieve the siege of this castle.
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Daily Quiz for June 26, 2010
Louis D. Brandeis is remembered as the first member of this group to be appointed a US Supreme Court justice.
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60th Anniversary of Korean War – First American Dies on Korean Soil
Kenneth Shadrick, the first American solider killed on the ground in the Korean War 50 years ago, was there because someone stole his football uniform.
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Daily Quiz for June 25, 2010
The world’s first commercial telephone exchange began operations Jan. 28, 1878, in this town.