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Of the 58 presidential elections in US history, 53 of the laureates have won both the Electoral College and the popular vote. But in five

Within the greater mystery of the UFO phenomenon lies another as yet unsolved puzzle: why so many reports involve strange triangular-shaped craft – often described

On July 22, 2003, US Army Soldier Jessica Lynch, a prisoner of war who was rescued from an Iraqi hospital, receives a hero’s welcome upon

Ever since America dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945, the question has persisted: Was this magnitude of death and

On February 12, 1968, 1,300 black sanitation workers in Memphis began a strike demanding better working conditions and higher wages. Their position marked an early

In the first major land battle of the Civil War, a large Union force under General Irvin McDowell was routed by a Confederate army under

President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 – ending discrimination in the military – on July 26, 1948. Truman’s Order ended a long-standing practice

Activists who practiced civil disobedience in the 1960s knew that their adversaries would not show them civility in return. Congressman John Lewis, a leader of

Over the centuries, billions of people have read the Bible. Scholars have spent their lives studying it, while rabbis, ministers, and priests have focused on