Mysteries of Motive In a recently discovered unpublished account of one 18-year-old farm boy’s […]
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Hessians: The Best Armies Money Could Buy
No account of the American Revolution is complete without reference to the Hessians, but soldiers of the German mercenary state Hesse fought many wars under many flags.
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Daily Quiz for September 5, 2007
They were two of the leaders of the "Crusade of the Poor People" of 1096-1097:
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The BentProp Project: Providing Families Of WWII Airmen With Closure
Volunteers from the BentProp project hunt for downed aircraft of World War II’s Pacific Theater, to bring closure to the families of missing airmen on both sides.
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Triumphant Failure At Sangatte: Challenging the English Channel in a Monoplane
Hubert Latham’s attempt to become the first to cross the English Channel in an airplane ended in failure but made the pilot into an international star of aviation.
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Daily Quiz for September 4, 2007
The Owen-Glass Act of 1913 established the decentralized, government-controlled banking system in the U.S. known as the Federal Reserve. It was the first thorough reorganization of the national bankin
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Daily Quiz for September 3, 2007
Who said, "The male element is a destructive force?"
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Daily Quiz for September 2, 2007
He withdrew his name from the balloting for the presidential nomination in the Democratic National Convention of 1956, and asked his 200 delegates to support Adlai E. Stevenson:
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Daily Quiz for September 1, 2007
This American astronaut was nearly killed in a lunar module trainer accident on May 6, 1968:
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Daily Quiz for August 31, 2007
He was the organizer of the Non-cooperation Movement: