Category: Human Interest
The Fastest Ace Alive
On this day in 1947, U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. Yeager, born…
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…
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…
St. Vincent de Paul
On this day in 1660 St. Vincent de Paul, venerated in both the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches, passes after a long and colorful life…
Fear, Loathing, and Raw Courage at Little Rock
On this day in 1957, under escort from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, nine black students enter all-white Central High School in Little Rock,…
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