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Aviation History Henry S. Bunting |
Eyewitness to Octave Chanute's Secretive Flights A young reporter for the Chicago Tribune got a scoop on early aviation experiments by trudging through Indiana sand dunes in 1896. |
Aviation History C. David Gierke |
Samuel Langley's Steam-Powered Flying Machines More than 100 years ago, Samuel Langley's team of specialists from the Smithsonian Institution proved to a small group of astonished observers that powered flight was possible. But they still had to prove that their Aerodrome could safely carry a man into the sky. |
Science News October 11, 2003 |
From the October 7, 1933, issue Ancient Map Shows How World Looked to Columbus... Better Cancer Treatment May Result From Powerful x-Rays... Deutons Creating Neutrons Promise to Smash Atoms... |
Military History Jon Guttman |
Burdick Brittin: Taking Charge Under Fire At Pearl Harbor, Burdick Brittin saw an ensign take command of his destroyer. On April 11, 1945, it was his own turn to take charge. |
American History Elbert B. Smith |
Shoot-Out on Pennsylvania Thanks to the actions of the men assigned to protect him, President Harry Truman survived a harrowing attempt on his life by two Puerto Rican nationalists. |
American History Wyatt Kingseed |
The Assassination of William McKinley Anarchist Leon Czolgosz came to Buffalo, New York, with a mission. He believed that government was evil, and he planned to stamp out that evil, beginning at the top. |
American History Edward Steers, Jr. |
The Deceptive Doctor Mudd When John Wilkes Booth knocked on Samuel Mudd's front door, he knew who was going to answer. |
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 William C. Symonds |
Swept Away Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938, by R.A. Scotti, looks at the worst natural disaster in 300 years of New England history. |
Science News October 4, 2003 |
TimeLine: September 30, 1933 First glimpses of a new world... Most intelligent college men choose most intelligent mates... High-voltage neutrons may be most effective atom splitters |
America's Civil War Allan L. Tischler |
Union Major General Philip H. Sheridan's Scouts Civil War Union General Phil Sheridan put together a group of scouts who wore Rebel uniforms and captured Confederate irregulars, dispatches and generals. |
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