This Week In American History

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appeared out of the clouds above the island...

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appeared out of the clouds above the island...

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This Week In American History: December 4th - December 10th

This Week In American History: December 4th - D...

December 4 1867 U.S. Department of Agriculture official Oliver Kelley gathered a group of farmers who became the founders of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, better known as...

This Week In American History: December 4th - D...

December 4 1867 U.S. Department of Agriculture official Oliver Kelley gathered a group of farmers who became the founders of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry, better known as...

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This Week In American History: November 27th - ...

November 27 1910 New York City's Pennsylvania Station opened as the world's largest railway terminal. The original Penn Station occupied two city blocks and was built by The Pennsylvania Railroad....

This Week In American History: November 27th - ...

November 27 1910 New York City's Pennsylvania Station opened as the world's largest railway terminal. The original Penn Station occupied two city blocks and was built by The Pennsylvania Railroad....

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

The tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday dates to the early history of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies, when post-harvest holidays were celebrated on the weekday regularly set aside...

Thanksgiving

The tradition of celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday dates to the early history of the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies, when post-harvest holidays were celebrated on the weekday regularly set aside...

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This Week In American History: November 20th - November 26th

This Week In American History: November 20th - ...

November 20    1923 The U.S. Patent Office granted Patent No. 1,475,074 to 46-year-old inventor and newspaperman Garrett Morgan for his three-position traffic signal. Though Morgan’s was not the first traffic...

This Week In American History: November 20th - ...

November 20    1923 The U.S. Patent Office granted Patent No. 1,475,074 to 46-year-old inventor and newspaperman Garrett Morgan for his three-position traffic signal. Though Morgan’s was not the first traffic...

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This Week In American History: November 13th - November 19th

This Week In American History: November 13th - ...

November 13 1979 In the middle of a game in Kansas City, Philadelphia 76ers center Darryl Dawkins leapt over Kansas City Kings forward Bill Robinzine and slam-dunked the basketball, shattering...

This Week In American History: November 13th - ...

November 13 1979 In the middle of a game in Kansas City, Philadelphia 76ers center Darryl Dawkins leapt over Kansas City Kings forward Bill Robinzine and slam-dunked the basketball, shattering...

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