Stuff you Missed in History Class
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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The Yaa Asantewaa War of Independence
The Asante-British war of 1900 capped about 100 years of ...
The Asante-British war of 1900 capped about 100 years of war between Great Britain and the Asante Empire, which occupied part of what is now Ghana.
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Battle of Poitiers
On Sept. 19, 1356, one of the decisive battles of ...
On Sept. 19, 1356, one of the decisive battles of the Hundred Years War took place in France. It was the first major battle after almost a decade of relative quiet, and it stacked a small English army against a French military three times its size.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay, Part 2
Edna St. Vincent Millay was the first woman to win ...
Edna St. Vincent Millay was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry and was one of the Guggenheim Foundation’s judges for its poetry fellowships. And she managed to make a great deal of money as a poet in the middle of the Great Depression.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay, Part 1
Known as Vincent to family and friends, Edna St. Vincent ...
Known as Vincent to family and friends, Edna St. Vincent Millay grew up poor, caring for the household and her sisters while her mother worked. From an early age, she showed incredible talent and sowed the seeds of a life of passion and impressive poetry.
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The S.S. Sultana
Because the Sultana sank the day after John Wilkes Booth ...
Because the Sultana sank the day after John Wilkes Booth was captured and killed for the murder of Abraham Lincoln, it didn't make headline news. But it's considered the biggest maritime disaster in U.S. history.
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Ruth Harkness and the First Panda in the U.S.
In the 1930s a New York socialite had a dream. ...
In the 1930s a New York socialite had a dream. She wanted to be the first person to capture a panda from Asia and return to the western world with it. Her quest had a significant impact on the way the Western world viewed wild animals.
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The Treaty of Waitangi
This document -- a treaty between the British the Maori ...
This document -- a treaty between the British the Maori -- established New Zealand as a nation. The spirit of the agreement was to see to the best interests of both the Maori and the Crown, but a hurried translation of the document led to some confusion.
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Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923
Sept. 1, 1923 changed Japan forever when a devastating earthquake ...
Sept. 1, 1923 changed Japan forever when a devastating earthquake obliterated Yokohama and much of Tokyo, killing more than 140,000.
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Deaf President Now
This episode breaks the rule of thumb about covering fairly ...
This episode breaks the rule of thumb about covering fairly recent history. In 1988, the appointment of a hearing president at Gallaudet University sparked a protest that changed the course of both the school and deaf culture in America.
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The Red Ghost of Arizona and the U.S. Camel Corps
In 1883, a mysterious beast was spotted in Arizona and ...
In 1883, a mysterious beast was spotted in Arizona and trampled a woman. First described a a demon, the creature turned out to be a camel. But what was it doing in the American Southwest in the first place?
