In 1777 a British general known as “Gentleman Johnny” sold the king on an audacious plan to end the American Revolution.
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“We have struck an iceberg”: U.S. Firm Seeks to Retrieve Famed Titanic Radio
Housed in a soundproof compartment on the topmost deck, iron-eating bacteria and saltwater corrosion is working rapidly to “potentially bury forever the remains of the world’s most famous radio.”
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Sworn Enemies to be Good Friends
For nearly four years, Baroness Riedesel, wife of a German general, was shuttled around […]
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Dying FDR’s Right-Hand Man Ran the War
Admiral William Leahy was the acting commander in chief as the president’s health failed
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How These Pioneering Female Pilots Proved They Were More Than Powder Puffs
In 1929, the All Women’s Air Derby contestants braved breakdowns, bad maps, and desert crashes.
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Testing The ‘Mystery Of The English’
During the mid-sixteenth-century siege of Boulogne, a French commander determined to disprove the long-held […]
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This Small Battle in Vermont May Have Turned the Tide of the American Revolution
1777 American defeat in the Vermont mountains weakened the British, setting them up to lose at Saratoga.
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Battle of Honey Springs Decided Control of Indian Territory
Black and Native American soldiers outnumbered whites in overlooked July 1863 clash in what is now Oklahoma
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Sing, Cowboy, Sing!
From its mythical cattle drive origins, Western music flourished in romantic stories, novels, recordings and film, earning its place in the mosaic of American folk music
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A Date With Doolittle
Its mission accomplished, a B-25 heads west to safer skies. For his fourth painting […]