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Mathew Brady Was a Genius. His New Monument Lives Up To That Reputation

On September 17, 2022, Historic Congressional Cemetery dedicated The Mathew Brady Memorial, near the famed photographer’s final resting place in ...
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Burnside Bridge Controversy: What Exactly Happened at Antietam Creek?

The fighting that occurred around Burnside Bridge at the Battle of Antietam remains one of the most controversial subjects of ...
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Watch the First Televised Presidential Debate: JFK vs. Nixon

On Sept. 26, 1960, American politics changed forever as television carried a presidential debate for the first time in history ...
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Charles Chapin’s Complicated Life, Part 1

Chapin built a life people envied, and had a great deal of power. His entire biography is full of noteworthy ...
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Charles Chapin’s Complicated Life, Part 1

Chapin built a life people envied, and had a great deal of power. His entire biography is full of noteworthy ...
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T-80: Why Is Russia Using One of the Worst Tanks Ever in Ukraine?

When Russia launched its “special military operation” into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, its offensive was spearheaded by tanks, primarily ...
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T-80: Why Is Russia Using One of the Worst Tanks Ever in Ukraine?

When Russia launched its “special military operation” into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, its offensive was spearheaded by tanks, primarily ...
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Scientists find evidence for food insecurity driving international conflict two thousand years ago

Researchers have identified climate-driven changes to food availability as a factor behind dramatic historical events that led the oasis city ...
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SYMHC Classics: General Slocum Disaster

This 2019 episode covers the burning of the P.S. General Slocum in the East River in New York on June ...
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How to Date a Brunette (According to the Navy in the 1960s)

“How to succeed with brunettes or blondes … they are all important missions wouldn’t you agree?” states the unctuous 1940s-sounding ...
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How the smear test was invented

In 1928 Dr George Papanicoloau, a Greek immigrant living in New York, discovered he could detect pre-cancerous cell changes in ...
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Japanese university student riots

In 1968 and early 1969 university students across Japan fought pitched battles with riot police after they barricaded themselves into ...
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The Higgs Boson: A scientific discovery that explains how the universe works

It is 10 years since scientists in Geneva said they believed they had found the Higgs boson - known by ...
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Way to Go, Ohio

A century ago, a mysterious and disfiguring disease was finally cured by an experiment in Akron, Ohio . . ...
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The Magic Wand Experiment

What if you could design any experiment you wanted? Without worrying about money, ethics, logistics, or even the laws of ...
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Hong Kong – abandoned children

In the 1950s and 60s hundreds of thousands of Chinese people fled to the British colony of Hong Kong to ...
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Hong Kong – Kowloon Walled City

A unique way of life came to an end in Hong Kong in 1993 when Kowloon Walled City was demolished ...
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Hong Kong: The 5-19 football riot in China

In May 1985 Hong Kong inflicted an unexpected footballing defeat on their neighbours and rivals China in a World Cup ...
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Hong Kong – democracy campaigner

In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China after more than 150 years of British rule. There were ceremonies ...
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Hong Kong – the handover

In 1997 Hong Kong was a buzzing hub of capitalism surrounded by a communist state. It was also a colonial ...
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