Jefferson Davis Leaves the U.S. Senate Just weeks after his home state of Mississippi […]
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Picture of the Day: January 22
Queen Victoria Dies Queen Victoria, monarch of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of […]
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Tuskegee Airmen: Proving Themselves to Allies and the Axis
The Tuskegee Airmen The U.S. Army Air Corps 99th Fighter Squadron, the first of […]
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Picture of the Day: January 19
Edgar Allan Poe American writer Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January […]
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Picture of the Day: January 20
The Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop (far left) and Soviet […]
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Picture of the Day: January 16
Belle Boyd: Confederate Spy Ardent Confederate Isabelle (Belle) Boyd became one of the Civil […]
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Speed and Spectacle: the 1930s National Air Races
The 1930s National Air Races tested the mettle of a new breed of pilot and showcased the cutting edge of aircraft technology.
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Ernst Udet: The Rise and Fall of a German World War I Ace
Germany’s second-highest-scoring ace of World War I, the colorful and boisterous Ernst Udet, had one of the most remarkable flying careers of the first half of the 20th century.
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Picture of the Day: January 17
Gulf War Patriot Missiles Intercept Iraqi Scuds On January 17, 1991, the first Iraqi […]
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Picture of the Day: January 14
Explorers Ellsworth and Hollick-Kenyon Rescued American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth and Canadian pilot Herbert Hollick-Kenyon […]