Young Tiny Mulder used her language skills, wits and a large dose of courage to keep Allied airmen shot down over Holland out of German hands.
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Picture of the Day: January 29
The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876 In 1876, Democrat Samuel Tilden ran for president […]
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Picture of the Day: January 30
Gandhi Assassinated While walking to a prayer meeting a few minutes after five o’clock […]
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World War II: 12th SS Hitlerjugend Panzer Division Fought in Normandy
In the summer of 1944, the mostly teenage soldiers of the 12th SS Hitlerjugend Panzer Division threw itself against the mighty Allied onslaught to retake Europe.
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Picture of the Day: January 27
Apollo I During a launch pad test of the Apollo I (AS-204) mission at […]
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Picture of the Day: January 28
The Loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger On January 28, 1986, 73 seconds into […]
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The Truth About Civil War Surgery
Union Colonel Thomas Reynolds lay in a hospital bed after the July 1864 Battle […]
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How Stone’s Blunder at Bluff Caused the Death of a US Senator
The joint committee on the conduct of the war found its Ball’s Bluff scapegoat in Brig. Gen. Charles Stone.
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Civil War Letters from the Front: ‘A Better World’
As soldiers turned to religion for comfort as they prepared for battle, one Confederate chaplain found blessed assurance under much different circumstances
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Battle of Trafalgar — Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson Did His Duty
Horatio Nelson’s two-column charge into the Franco-Spanish line was risky, but it won him the battle — at the cost of his life.