The 1647 Treaty of Ulm was reached between the:
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Rome’s Barbarian Mercenaries
The transition from a citizen’s army to a very nearly mercenary one did not go smoothly. To many Romans, the same barbarians so admired for their military prowess were also the enemy.
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Daily Quiz for May 2, 2007
He was the leader of the German Democratic Republic on November 9, 1989, when the Berlin Wall was opened between East and West.
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Bud Day: Vietnam War POW Hero
George “Bud” Day considered death a welcome possibility once or twice while he was a POW at the Hanoi Hilton in North Vietnam. In the end he stared it down, endured the brutality for 67 months and never betrayed his comrades or country.
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Visiting Stonewall Jackson’s Left Arm at Chancellorsville
General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s amputated arm got its own grave at Ellwood Cemetery in Orange County, Virginia.
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Daily Quiz for May 1, 2007
W.E.B. DuBois renounced his American citizenship in 1961 and spent his last remaining years here:
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Daily Quiz for April 30, 2007
President Theodore Roosevelt successfully lobbied Congress to create the Forest Service in 1905 and appointed this man, a fellow conservationist, to run the agency.
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Daily Quiz for April 29, 2007
He made the statement, "To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy."
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Daily Quiz for April 28, 2007
During an 1884 lecture tour together, George Washington Cable and this person were billed as the "Twins of Genius."