Martyrdom at Dawn
At dawn on this day in 1915, 49-year-old British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad in Brussels, Belgium. Before World War…
Up and Down The Big Muddy
On this day in 1816, the steamboat Washington, with a Henry Miller Shreve-design shallow draft ideal for western rivers, arrives at the docks in New…
Tecumseh, the Blazing Comet of the Ohio Valley
On this day in 1813, a combined British and Indian force is defeated by General William Henry Harrison’s American army at the Battle of the…
Ein Deutschland
On this day in 1990, East and West Germany come together on what is known as “Unity Day,” less than one year after East German…
Judgment(s) at Nuremberg: Full-On Antifa
On this day in 1946, 12 high-ranking Nazis comprising the first flight of such evil-doers are sentenced to death by the International War Crimes Tribunal…
The Catch
On this day in 1954, New York Giants center-fielder Willie Mays makes an amazing over-the-shoulder play on a fly ball, forever after known simply as…
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