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The Watering Hole: November 10 - Kristallnacht
This is our open thread. Please feel free to offer your own comments on any topic. 51 years before the fall of the Berlin Wall was the rise of an ominous series of events in Europe that culminated wi… more →
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The Watering Hole: November 10 - Kristallnacht
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WaltTheMan wrote 3 weeks ago: This is our open thread. Please feel free to offer your own comments on any topic. 51 years before t … more →
Today in History - War of the Worlds
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EV wrote 1 month ago: : : : : : : : : : : It’s 71 years ago today that Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds … more →
The only known moving images of Anne Frank
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Zooey wrote 2 months ago: In the grainy black and white YouTube video, Frank is shown leaning over the balcony to watch an eag … more →
The Watering Hole: September 18 - US Capitol
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WaltTheMan wrote 2 months ago: This is our open thread. On this date in 1793, George Washington laid the corner stone of the US Cap … more →
The Watering Hole: September 5 - New York
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WaltTheMan wrote 3 months ago: On this day in 1664 the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam surrendered to the British, who subsequent … more →
It was 70 years ago today..
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EV wrote 3 months ago: Franz Honiok ..that the second World War started. The biggest catastrophe of the 20th century was fi … more →
Watering Hole: August 29 - Cog Railways
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WaltTheMan wrote 3 months ago: On this date in 1868, the first cog railway in the world was opened on Mount Washington in New Hamps … more →
The Watering Hole: August 26 - Katrina
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WaltTheMan wrote 3 months ago: On this date in 2005 a named storm, Katrina, was upgraded as a serious threat to the Gulf states. At … more →
The Watering Hole: August 5 - The Pilgrims
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WaltTheMan wrote 4 months ago: On this date in 1620, the Mayflower and a companion ship, the Speedwell left Southhampton for a loca … more →
Welfare and the Pursuit of Happiness
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EV wrote 4 months ago: This is an excerpt from an essay I’ve written in 1988 for a political theory seminar at Munich … more →
Great Adventures in History - The Chinese Armada
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EV wrote 5 months ago: Zheng He - His Travels : : : : : : : : : : A hundred years before Christopher Columbus or Vasco Da G … more →
Friday Open Thread - Juneteenth
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WaltTheMan wrote 5 months ago: Today, June 19th, is celebrated as Juneteenth[1], commemorating the date in 1865 when slaves in Galv … more →
Saturday Open Thread
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nwmuse wrote 5 months ago: June 13, 1971. This was the day the New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers. From Wikipe … more →
Thursday - Open Post, FM Radio and Just About Everything Else
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WaltTheMan wrote 5 months ago: On June 11th in 1935, Edwin Armstrong first publicly demonstrated FM radio. This man invented virtua … more →
R.I.P. Hugh Van Es
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EV wrote 6 months ago: This is one of the most famous pictures of the Vietnam War. Photographer Hugh Van Es has died Friday … more →
Storm in a Teacup
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nwmuse wrote 7 months ago: A guest-post by commenter to TheZoo ~ 5thstate! : : : : : : : : : : . The revolutionary slogan of “N … more →
The Garden of Eatin’: A Short History of America’s Garden
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nwmuse wrote 8 months ago: Washington’s Not-So-Secret Garden Michelle Obama announced that she would be planting a vegetable ga … more →
History IS Repeating Itself
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MsJoanne wrote 8 months ago: : : : : : : : : : : h/t: Mike’s Blog Roundup at Crooks and Liars. Some choice snippets from an … more →
