The Kennedy Assassination John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, had […]
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Picture of the Day: November 20
Julia Ward Howe & The Battle Hymn of the Republic On November 18, 1861, […]
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Picture of the Day: November 21
Harold ‘Red’ Grange Three-time All-American Harold ‘Red’ Grange played his last football game for […]
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Picture of the Day: November 18
1903 Panama Canal Treaty Signed On November 18, 1903, the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty was signed, […]
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Grierson’s Raid During the Vicksburg Campaign
U.S. Grant, bogged down outside Vicksburg, needed a diversion to ease his way. He got just that from a music teacher turned cavalryman–one who hated horses, at that.
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Picture of the Day: November 19
Gettysburg Address President Abraham Lincoln was asked to deliver a few ‘appropriate remarks’ to […]
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Picture of the Day: November 15
Currier and Ives Currier and Ives lithographs, manufactured in New York from 1834 to […]
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Picture of the Day: November 16
Adah Isaacs Menken Adah Isaacs Menken, a Jewish poet and actress, shocked American and […]
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Picture of the Day: November 17
Labor Leader Samuel Gompers On November 17, 1881, under Samuel Gompers, the Federation of […]
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Picture of the Day: November 14
Nellie Bly’s Trip Around the World Nellie Bly, the pen name of journalist Elizabeth […]