In 1916 this country sold the Virgin Islands to the United States.
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Daily Quiz for October 28, 2018
This was the first animated prime time TV series in the US.
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Daily Quiz for October 27, 2018
This was the first year that the US President was inaugurated in January.
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This Woman Broke the Gender Barrier at MIT — and Invented the Fanny Pack
Chemist and engineer was MIT’s first female student and faculty member, an early environmentalist and nutritionist and a one-woman parade of firsts.
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A WWII Pilot’s First Trip Flying the Hump
An American flyboy’s introduction to war on the other side of the world
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Daily Quiz for October 26, 2018
In 1978 the US military unilaterally stopped using these types of weapons.
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Hallowed Ground: Masada, Israel
Masada, the mountaintop fortress where nearly a thousand Jewish rebels held out against Roman […]
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Book Review: In the Hurricane’s Eye
Nathaniel Philbrick considers how George Washington turned the tide of war on a series of hurricanes in 1780
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Military History Review: Symbols of Power
“Symbols of Power: Napoléon and the Art of the Empire Style, 1800–1815” October 21, […]
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Book Review: Haig’s Enemy
Jonathan Boff profiles Bavarian Crown Prince Rupprecht, who fought the British more than any other WWI German general