American History
Steve Boisson |
Published: July 27, 2006 at 3:03 pm
A Depression-era crackdown on illegal immigrants even banished some native-born Americans. Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were especially hard-hit by the roundups.
Published: July 25, 2006 at 5:24 pm
Irving Berlin was perhaps America's most beloved composers.By Paula Anne Greten
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:18 pm
With the stroke of a pen on June 29, 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower set in motion the realization of a long-held dream: the construction of a spectacular system of highways that would tie America together as never before.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:17 pm
The massive earthquake that shook San Francisco to its core in the early hours of April 18, 1906, ignited a howling blaze that threatened total destruction of the city. Action intended to save the city may have added to the chaos, injuries, deaths and damage.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Thirteen years before his 1993 death at the age of 97, the famed aviator who led the retaliatory American raid on Tokyo in 1942 spoke about his experiences and the people he served with during World War II.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
After the American commander in chief suffered a humiliating defeat at the Battle of Long Island, he turned to a crack regiment from Massachusetts to save the army.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
After repeated attempts by the Allies to stymie Japanese cryptographers during World War II, the Americans succeeded by developing a secret code based on the language of the Navajos.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Although a brilliant naval historian and noted theorist on the importance of sea power to national defense, Alfred Thayer Mahan hated the sea and dreaded his duties as a ship's captain.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Air conditioning came of age in America in 1925, when engineer Willis Haviland Carrier installed humidity-controlled refrigeration in New York City's Rivoli Theater.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:16 pm
A musical production Orson Welles directed in 1937 demonstrated why there's no business like government-sponsored show business.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
World War II ended on the deck of the USS Missouri. Five years later the Korean War broke out--and the 'Mighty Mo' was the only U.S. battleship ready to fight.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
The press and the polls agreed: Harry Truman was certain to lose. But instead of giving up, the president decided to 'give 'em hell.'
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:15 pm
U.S. Navy Captain Charles Gridley earned a place in history on May 1, 1898, during the Battle of Manila Bay.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:13 pm
Ben Franklin warned that it would be a 'hard nut to crack'--but in 1745 a ragtag army of New Englanders captured Louisburg, France's most imposing North American stronghold.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:13 pm
Born 300 years ago, Benjamin Franklin remains perhaps the most inquisitive, creative and prodigious inventor, innovator and thinker ever born on American soil. But which of Franklin's many 'inventions' was actually his most important? A scientist offers a somewhat surprising answer.
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:13 pm
On the eve of the colonials' leap into revolution, Benjamin Franklin was the target of a dangerous initiative by a French secret agent to determine the Americans' intentions and capabilities. Franklin's wisdom -- and wile -- proved pivotal in boosting French confidence in supporting the insurgents.
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