When the flu began to invade the United States in 1918, a frightened nation sought an unproven but familiar remedy: whiskey. There was just one
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The dulcet tones of “White Christmas” which crackled on the airwaves of the Armed Forces radio on April 29, 1975, did not succeed in spreading
The South Vietnamese stronghold of Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh City) fell to the Vietnamese People’s Army and the Viet Cong on April
A recession is defined as a contraction of economic growth for at least two quarters, measured by gross domestic product (GDP). Beginning with an eight-month
On April 29, 2004, the Second World War Memorial opened in Washington, D.C., to thousands of visitors, offering expected recognition to the 16 million American
On April 29, 1945, the 45th Infantry Division of the Seventh American Army liberated Dachau, the first concentration camp established by the German Nazi regime.
Three weeks after the trip from Tahiti to the Antilles, the HMS Premium is seized in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the master’s companion.
Cholera ravaged New York City in the summer of 1832, leaving its victims with sunken eyes, blue skin, severe diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. It had
When President Richard Nixon ordered American ground troops to invade Cambodia on April 28, 1970, he waited two days to announce on national television that