In 1792 John Ricketts opened the first of this kind of show in America.
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Interview: Author David Nasaw / Andrew Carnegie, A Fool for Peace
The steel magnate left the world of business to pursue his utopian vision of a world without war.
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Daily Quiz for October 14, 2018
On 6 May 1877 this Native American warrior finally surrendered to the US government.
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Daily Quiz for October 13, 2018
On 1 January 1962 this vital piece of equipment entered the US military inventory.
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Capitol Crimes: Congressional Violence in Civil War Run-Up
Political polarization turned bloody as Northerners and Southerners fought over slavery.
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He-100: Heinkel’s Mythical Super-Fighter
The Nazis conducted a clever propaganda campaign to convince the Allies that their He-113 was a potent new weapon.
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When an Immigrant Businessowner Fought His Jail Sentence, He Exposed a City’s Discriminatory Practices
The landmark 1886 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Yick Wo v. Hopkins not only reaffirmed equal protection of laws, but that laws must not be applied “with an evil eye and unequal hand.”
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The Day Sparta Fell
In 371 bc a brief and violent battle marked the end of Spartan hegemony in ancient Greece
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Daily Quiz for October 12, 2018
First recorded use of the term “American” for people of European descent living in North America appeared in this year.
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Daily Quiz for October 11, 2018
The first “official” comic book convention was known as this.