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A ‘Most Honest Horse Thief’: James Byrnes’ Role In Japan’s Conditional Surrender
By Paul Ham Upon his swearing in as President Harry Truman’s Secretary of State, on 3rd…
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The Man Who Burned Washington D.C.
By Peter Snow The only time other than 9/11 that an outside force has attacked the…
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Shedding the Mythology of the Good Slaveholder
By Chris Tomlinson Tomlinson Hill is the stunning story of two families—one white, one black—who trace their…
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Today in History: The Death of the Romanovs
On this day in history, 96 years ago, the Romanov Family was awakened from their sleep…
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Life on the Streets of Victorian London
By Judith Flanders One of the earliest changes to the streets was the arrival of public…
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The Invasion of Okinawa
By P. T. Deutermann The invasion of Okinawa (April 1, 1945, to June 22nd, 1945,) turned…
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The Lost Lives of the Romanov Sisters
By Helen Rappaport What more is there possibly to know, you may ask, about the Romanov…
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How the Spanish Armada Was Really Defeated
By Robert Hutchinson The Spanish Armada campaign of 1588 changed the course of European history. If…
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The Dow Jones Celebrates an Anniversary
By Milton Ezrati The venerable Dow Jones Industrial Stock Index recently celebrated an anniversary—one year since…
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Video: The Terrible Choice Faced by Early Pilots
by John F. Ross At the turn of the twentieth century two new technologies—the car and…
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The Wreck of USS Monitor
by David Gibbins
Almost half of the ships that I cover in my book, A History…
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