Receiving Firing Orders On a snowy January 1945 day near Bastogne, Staff Sgt. Nels […]
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Picture of the Day: February 25
Jackie Cochran and the Origin of the WASPs It took three years for pilot […]
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Picture of the Day: February 23
W.E.B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was born on February 23, 1868, […]
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Picture of the Day: February 21
African-American Poet Phillis Wheatley Only a child of about eight when she was kidnapped […]
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Picture of the Day: February 22
George Washington George Washington, born February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, is revered […]
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Picture of the Day: February 19
Lewis Hine and Child Labor Reforms In 1908, the National Child Labor Committee estimated […]
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Picture of the Day: February 20
John Glenn On February 20, 1962, U.S. Marine Lieutenant Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., […]
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Picture of the Day: February 18
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published on […]
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Picture of the Day: July 14
The Death of Billy the Kid On July 14, 1881, less than three months […]
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Picture of the Day: February 17
Death of Geronimo Apache chief Geronimo died of pneumonia at age 80 on February […]