Civil War Soldier Col. Alfred N. Duffie, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry, U.S.A. is poses […]
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Picture of the Day: October 21
Born October 21, 1833, Alfred Bernhard Nobel was the Swedish-born chemist, engineer and industrialist […]
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Picture of the Day: May 27
Wild Bill Hickok Legendary gunfighter James Butler ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok was born on May […]
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“Dugout Doug” Keeps his Promise
General Douglas MacArthur and his staff come ashore at Leyte Island in the Philippines […]
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Picture of the Day: May 26
Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson, born on May 25, 1878, began his dancing […]
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Picture of the Day: October 19
After conducting an indecisive foray into Virginia, Lt. Gen. Charles Lord Cornwallis retired to […]
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Old Glory’s Final Ill-fated Flight: New York to Rome in 1927
On the heels of Charles Lindbergh’s famous flight, veteran airmail pilots J.D. Hill and Lloyd Bertaud were determined to set out for Rome in a Fokker monoplane dubbed Old Glory.
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Erroll Boyd: World War I Combat Pilot and Aviation Daredevil
Captain Erroll Boyd gunned the motor of his 5-year-old Bellanca monoplane Columbia to full power on the rough strip at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, on October 9, 1930. At first she would not budge.
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Picture of the Day: October 18
Legendary inventor Thomas Alva Edison died on October 18, 1931, at the age of […]
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Harold Gatty: Aerial Navigation Expert
A groundbreaker in aerial navigation, Australian Harold Gatty flew with and worked for many of the great names of aviation’s golden age.