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Military History
July 2005
Michael E. Haskew |
Haughty Host Humbled The mere mention of the Persian Empire's might was enough to make all Greece tremble...or was it?   |
American History
Daniel Stashower |
Mina Crandon & Harry Houdini: The Medium and The Magician Mina Crandon's followers believed she had genuine paranormal powers. Harry Houdini was equally certain she was a fraud. |
Wild West
Steven M. Leonard |
Custer's Nemesis: Frederick W. Benteen Frederick William Benteen, though he displayed daring and audacity during his military career, would probably not be remembered today if not for his supporting role at the Little Bighorn more than 125 years ago. |
Wild West
Gary L. Blackwood |
Klondike Fever Known as 'Lying George' for his many false strikes, George Washington Carmack and two Indian friends found a real nugget in 1896 that set off a fabled gold rush in Canada. |
World War II
Robert LaRue |
Berkeley Summer: Building the Bomb A gathering of many of the world's greatest scientists in 1942, hosted by J. Robert Oppenheimer, laid the foundation for the development of the atomic bomb. |
World War II
Barry Reed |
RAF Officer MacCarthy's Incredible Journey from Dunkirk to Nagasaki Royal Air Force officer Aidan MacCarthy narrowly escaped the Nazis, spent three years in Japanese POW camps and survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. |
Science News
June 25, 2005 |
From the June 22, 1935, Issue Police Radio Transmitter Viewed by the Camera... New Vitamin, Choline, May Aid in Diabetes Control... Mathematical Equations for Cake Aid Bakers... |
Military History
July 2005
Pierre Comtois |
Battle for Baku On the plains of Central Asia, the men of 'Dunsterforce' fought Germans, Turks, Bolsheviks and Persian warlords with equal verve. |
Smithsonian
July 2005
Robert M. Poole |
Ripped from the Walls (And the Headlines) Fifteen years after the greatest art theft in modern history the mystery may be unraveling. |
AskMen.com
Norman Brown |
Top 10: Legendary Seafaring Explorers Whether motivated by dreams of wealth, fame, new worlds, or simply the glories of discovery, these explorers made their mark in history's books and forever influenced the fate of mankind -- even if some of these adventurers got lost on the way. |
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