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Lost Franklin expedition ship found in the Arctic
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History & Sociology
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9 years ago
Inuit history accurate "The beauty of where they found it is it's proof positive of Inuit oral history," CBC chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge, who has covered the Franklin search for...
World War I - Week 6 - September 7-13, 1914
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TIMELINE Sep 7 - Second Austrian-Hungarian invasion of Serbia begins Sep 7 - Battle of the Masurian Lakes leads to the retreat of Russian 1st Army Sep 8 - Germans forced back across the River...
World War I - Week 7 - September 14-20, 1914
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POLITICAL Sep. 18 - Britain's King George V delivers speech to Parliament declaring: "We are fighting for a worthy purpose, and we shall not lay down our arms until that purpose has been fully...
World War I - Week 8 - September 21-27, 1914
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POLITICAL Sep. 21 - Winston Churchill gives a speech in Liverpool calling for 1,000,000 volunteers for the British Army. The British had difficulty setting up recruiting centers to handle the...
Slave photo from Robert E. Lee's home discovered on eBay
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Slave photo from Robert E. Lee's home discovered on eBay National Park Service curator Kim Robinson holds the photo of Selina Gray, right, who was in charge to care for Arlington House...
Sitting (Bull) for the camera: Fascinating pictures of Native Americans capture an ancient culture on the edge of a new world
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They are among 127 images collected by English adventurer Charles Alston Messiter at the end of the 19th century They include Sioux chief Sitting Bull, famous for his legendary victory...
Rural museum's WWII exhibit saved from scope of new gun laws
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Rural museum's WWII exhibit saved from scope of new gun laws The Lynden Pioneer Museum, near the Canadian border in the northwest region of Washington state, nearly removed 11 weapons...
Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!! - 5 Most Haunting Last Photos
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Mysterious, haunting and rare final photos from history. From the last photo ever taken of the Titanic to the eerie, tragic end of a scientist caught in a volcanic explosion....
70 Years Ago This Week The Battle of the Bulge Started, Veteran, 96, Still Haunted by the Cold
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70 years ago this past Tuesday, one of the epic battles of WWII started. ''The Battle of the Bulge''. This is the story of one of the few survivors of Easy Company, 506th ParachuteInfantry...
Excavation uncovers secret underground Nazi WMD factory
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Excavation uncovers secret underground Nazi WMD factory This undated photo provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia shows part of a seizure of radioactive substances, including...
Time capsule dating to 1795 included coins, newspapers
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Time capsule dating to 1795 included coins, newspapers Jan 6. 2015: Museum of Fine Arts Boston Head of Objects Conservation Pam Hatchfield displays a coin as she removes it from a time...
Some Thoughts on the Complaints by a Woman Activist Who Argues Women's Restroom Wait Times Are Sexist, by Perrie Halpern
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9 years ago
Before I present the video, I have a few things to say about the premise of this argument. There are a few points I would like to make, as one who has stood on many a long line waiting to go to...
Is watching porn "cheating" on your significant other ?
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Things have changed a lot in da age of teh interwebs . How about fidelity ? I am probably the worst person to be dealing with this topic since I am basically an insensitive pig . However , maybe...
The Real American History: "The Sons of LIberty"
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Tonight starts the 3 part, 6 hour series "The Sons of Liberty" on the history channel. It professes to show us the founding fathers, as they were. Not demigods, but tough and resilient men, who...
90 Years After Their Use is Barred: U.S. to begin destroying chemical weapons stockpile
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Inert simulated 155mm chemical munitions used for training are stored at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado. (AP / Brennan Linsley) The United States is about to begin destroying its...
The Last Days of Benito Mussolini -- The Reader's Digest, October 1944, Part 1
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Certainly not a scholarly publication, The Reader's Digest offers a glimpse into American Life. I've found three issues, one from 1934, 1937, and 1944, carefully preserved in all these papers...
The Last Days of Benito Mussolini -- The Reader's Digest, October 1944, Part 2
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From Part 1, the Grand Council is meeting, under the threat of death from Mussolini's elite Fascist troops, at the Palazzo Venetia, to discuss Mussonlini's removal from office. From Part 1, the...
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