The Russian Social Democratic Party split into two factions in 1903, with those following V.I. Lenin called Bolsheviks, and their rivals being called this.
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The First American Victory: Ethan Allen Takes Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen’s capture of Fort Ticonderoga gave American colonists their first victory over British troops in the American War for Independence.
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Daily Quiz for November 2, 2007
This 18th century conflict between England and Spain was named for a British seaman?s body part:
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Daily Quiz for November 1, 2007
The author of Ben Hur, Lew Wallace, wrote much of that book while holding this office:
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Daily Quiz for October 31, 2007
His Memorable Providences, Related to Witchcrafts and Possessions contributed to the hysteria that led to the Salem witch trials:
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Daily Quiz for October 30, 2007
The American Federation of Labor was organized in this Ohio city in 1886.
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America’s Civil War Monuments: Hartford’s Stately Bridge Over Troubled Waters
George W. Keller’s Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Hartford was a first-of-a-kind memorial in the United States.
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The Union’s Bloody Miscue at Spotsylvania’s Muleshoe
Ulysses S. Grant’s human battering ram assaults failed to break Robert E. Lee’s position at the Muleshoe despite twenty hours of fighting at the Bloody Angle.
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Aviators: Quentin Roosevelt – He died fighting
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt’s youngest son, died as a fighter pilot with the 95th “Kicking Mule” Aero Squadron in World War I.
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A Bad Day For Flying: The story of a WWII B-24 Commander shot down over Hankow
The crew of the B-24 bomber Belle Starr found themselves in the thick of aerial combat over the strongly defended city of Hankow in Japanese-occupied China, without the training in local tactics they’d expected.