What Really Happened to TWA Flight 800?
Maureen Callahan, New York Post
1996TWA Flight 800 Explodes After Takeoff
Key Pieces of Nazi Propaganda
James Friend, TopTenz
Bavarian Monastery Gave Jews Place to Start Anew
Emanuella Grinberg, Smithsonian
4th Crusaders Crush Byzantine
Richard Robinson, Military History
1203Fourth Crusaders Sack Constantinople
Why We Couldn't Look Away From Casey Anthony
Andrew Cohen, The Atlantic
2011Casey Anthony Released From Prison
America STILL Has a Love Affair With Royals
Heather Souvaine Horn, New Republic
Oder-Neisse and Dismemberment of Prussia
Global Security
1945Allied Leaders Meet in Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference: How to Handle Poland, Japan?
Imperial War Museums
1945'Big Three' Meet for Potsdam Conference
Francisco Franco: A Brutal, Complicated Life
Britannica
1936Spanish Civil War Begins
DiMaggio's Streak Could Have Been Longer
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1941Joe DiMaggio's Hitting Streak Ends
This Day in History: July 17

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World War 1
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1918Russia's Romanov Family Executed
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1769California's 1st Mission Dedicated
Nixon's China Decision Ballsy -- and Right
David Ignatius, Washington Post
1971Nixon Announces Decision to Go to China
An Engineering Marvel Under Alps
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1965Mount Blanc Tunnel Between France and Italy Opens
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1988'Die Hard' Debuts
This Day in History: July 16

World War II

Landing in Sicily Opens 2nd Front

Upon victory in North Africa, Allied forces used ports in North Africa as staging points northwards toward the underbelly of Europe. The first target chosen by the Allied commanders was Sicily after concluding an amphibious operation against Vichy France would be impossible. Allied occupation of Sicily would also safeguard Allied shipping in the Mediterranean, as well as relieve Malta from the con Read More

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Civil War

Blame Gen. Ewell for South's Loss

Gen. Richard S. Ewell of the Confederate Army was frustrated and angry on the afternoon of July 1, 1863, the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg. The cause of his grief was Robert E. Lee, who had just issued a confusing order that forced Ewell to reconsider whether he should carry out an important attack. What he did next may have arguably decided the battle, and certainly became one of the most Read More

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Crime

Why We Couldn't Look Away From Casey Anthony

Now that the Casey Anthony murder trial is over, now that all the shouting has subsided and the verdicts have been bestowed, perhaps it's time for some context and perspective. While the television heralds were proclaiming the young mother's guilt, and while tens of millions of other eager beavers were leaping at the chance to be judgmental toward someone they'd never meet or ever know, the rest o Read More

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