The herbicide Agent Orange used during the Vietnam War was named after this.
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Daily Quiz for July 6, 2018
In 1985, Pete Rose broke this man’s all-time hit record.
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Daily Quiz for July 4, 2018
On September 9, 1965 President Johnson established this cabinet department.
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Oh, Canadians
Some Americans went to Canada to avoid Vietnam. Some Canadians went the other way
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Hallowed Ground Bayonet Hill, South Korea
Fix bayonets and follow me!” shouted Captain Lewis Millett as he led Company E, 2nd Battalion, 27th U.S. Infantry Regiment, in a Feb. 7, 1951, charge against entrenched Chinese positions atop Hill 180 during the Korean War
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Hunted Down After Gettysburg
An illiterate North Carolina soldier paid the ultimate price for deserting the Confederate state.
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Daily Quiz for July 3, 2018
He was the first American to win seven Olympic gold medals.
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Daily Quiz for July 2, 2018
The US National Weather Service began systematically naming Atlantic hurricanes with women’s names in this year.
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Daily Quiz for July 1, 2018
This city was the first in America to open a subway system.