Sand Creek Massacre On November 29, 1864, in retaliation for an Indian attack on […]
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Picture of the Day: November 30
Sir Winston Churchill Sir Winston Churchill was born on November 30, 1874, in Oxfordshire, […]
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Picture of the Day: November 28
America’s First Auto Race America’s first auto race between gasoline-powered automobiles was staged on […]
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Picture of the Day: November 27
Charles Dana Gibson and the Gibson Girl American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson, born in […]
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Picture of the Day: November 26
Carry Nation Carry Nation, seen here brandishing her trademark hatchet and Bible, was born […]
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War of 1812: Battle of Lake Erie: Oliver Perry’s Miraculous Victory
With Oliver Hazard Perry’s flagship dead in the water, the British had apparently won the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. But then the quick-thinking American commander turned the tables and snatched an astounding victory in the bloodiest naval fight of the War of 1812.
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Helicopters Become an Aerial Ambulance in Korea and save Soldiers Lives
Helicopters in the Korean War Used primarily for search and rescue in the Korean […]
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Picture of the Day: November 24
Iwo Jima’s Other Memorials Once they had suppressed the Japanese defending Iwo Jima, American […]
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Harvey Logan: Wildest of the Wild Bunch
Harvey Logan participated in at least seven robberies and, unlike Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, killed with a vengeance.
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Picture of the Day: November 23
Thanksgiving The first American Thanksgiving was held in Massachusetts’ Plymouth colony in 1621 to […]