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Your daily dose of the best historical tales, from the ancient past to the edge of memory.
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The A-10 Warthog has survived repeated attempts to put it out to pasture. Now its time may finally be up.
The fierce clash proved to be a fitting coda for the resolute 8th Vermont.
Mystery surrounds the infamous burning of the Reichstag in 1933.
For centuries Armenian residents of the Transcaucasian stronghold of Kars watched invaders come and go—until its final betrayal.
Lynching investigator Walter White risked everything to tell Americans the truth.
From the Founding Fathers to the present day, illness has impacted politics.
Just who killed the Lakota fighting man remains in dispute.
It was supposed to be an airplane for the people.
Partisan poets stoked the fire to keep the South’s combat spirit alive.
The gunman’s body was found beneath a tree, pistol in hand—but was it suicide?
What's a Minié ball, and why was this type of bullet—which is actually conical—used extensively during the American Civil War?
What would have happened if the U.S. hadn't sent men to take this small atoll, site of that iconic photo? Would it have cost the war?
Hessian officer's wife Frederika von Riedesel and her children were nearly shot during the battle of Saratoga.
Nurse Jane Boswell Moore wrote poignant letters about her interactions with the patients of this Winchester, Va., hospital.
Ethnologist Frank Cushing embraced Zuni culture right down to his Indian name.
Four dead Germans traveled on a wild journey, resulting in what the Monuments Men called "Operation Bodysnatch".
On June 25, 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court declared prayer in public schools unconstitutional.
Though the Lost Orders forced the Confederate commander to fight on unfavorable ground at Sharpsburg, he survived the bloody clash with his army intact.
Christopher Birdwood Thomson was determined to fly the R101 airship to India, whether it was ready for the trip or not.
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