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150 years ago today (Dec. 22nd, 1864), General William Tecumseh
150 years ago today (Dec. 22nd, 1864), General William Tecumseh Sherman via telegraph presented to President Abraham Lincoln “as a Christmas gift th...

Twenty-five years ago today (November 9th, 1989), the Berlin Wall
Twenty-five years ago today (November 9th, 1989), the Berlin Wall fell. For most of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall encircled West Berlin, thus separati...

RIP Ben Bradlee (1921 - 2014). As the executive editor of the
RIP Ben Bradlee (1921 - 2014). As the executive editor of the Washington Post, Bradlee supervised Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during their uncover...

Forty years ago today (September 8, 1974), President Gerald Ford
Forty years ago today (September 8, 1974), President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard M. Nixon for all offenses against the United States during Nixon’s...

Fifty years ago today (September 7, 1964), President Lyndon B.
Fifty years ago today (September 7, 1964), President Lyndon B. Johnson ran the “Daisy” campaign ad. The ad features a little girl plucking a daisy...

Seventy-five years ago today (September 1, 1939), Nazi Germany
Seventy-five years ago today (September 1, 1939), Nazi Germany invaded Poland thus beginning the Second World War, the bloodiest war in history. Adolp...

45 years ago today (Monday, August 18, 2014), the Woodstock Music
45 years ago today (Monday, August 18, 2014), the Woodstock Music & Art Fair ended with the Jimi Hendrix Experience playing the last set of the music ...