McDonald’s introduced the Filet-O-Fish in this year.
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Percival Spencer’s Air Car: Everyman’s Amphibian
Percival Spencer’s 1941 Air Car design formed the template for two generations of amphibious […]
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Trailside: Haven of Hope in Emmitsburg, Md
A Catholic sanctuary town provided needed care and comfort during the summer of 1863
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Daily Quiz for June 29, 2018
This was the first time the Star Spangled Banner was played at an American sports event.
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Book Review: RAF
Richard Overy delivers a lively account of the 1918 founding and postwar maturation of Britain’s autonomous Royal Air Force
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Book Review: On Grand Strategy
In this freewheeling intellectual exercise on strategy, John Gaddis challenges readers to think without telling them what to think
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Book Review: The Field of Blood
Nicholas Morton argues that the city of Aleppo (in present-day Syria) was the key to control of the Levant during the Crusades
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Book Review: The Decline of European Naval Forces
Jeremy Stöhs examines the post–Cold War decline of European naval forces and suggests what the 21st century may hold
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High Tide of Viking Ireland
At Clontarf on Good Friday 1014 the Irish united under High King Brian Boru to drive out Viking invaders
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SMS Wolf
German merchant raiders like Wolf plagued Allied shipping during World War I