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As Jews in France tried to flee the Nazi occupation, Harry Bingham, an American diplomat, sped them to safety
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The excavation of a notorious jail recalls Virginia's leading role in the slave trade
Momentous or Merely Memorable
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Righteous good Samaritans came from across the world to save Jews and others from concentration camps
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A recently discovered pyramid and tomb in Egypt may shed light on a dark episode in a pharaonic tradition of court intrigue
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Born on the same day, Lincoln and Darwin would forever influence how people think about the modern world
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Fighting racial segregation in the South, these activists were beaten and arrested. Where are they now, nearly fifty years later?
Momentous or Merely Memorable
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The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Great Emancipator or unreconstructed racist? Each generation evokes a different Lincoln. But who was our sixteenth president?
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What do Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln, and the Freedom Riders have in common with each other?
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Excavations at a cemetery in a Thai village reveal a 4,000-year-old indigenous culture
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Bo, the Obama’s First Pooch, has a legacy to live up to in Laddie Boy, the family pet of President Harding
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Two of the world’s greatest modern thinkers are much celebrated, but what did they know of one another?
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At the invitation of Theodore Roosevelt, six Indian chiefs marched in his inaugural parade as representatives of their tribes
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Former child prostitute Somaly Mam has made it her mission to rescue victims of sex slavery throughout the world
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In a state park full of amateur diamond miners, one prospector dug up a valuable stone worth thousands of dollars—or did he?
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What words do presidents focus on most in their inaugural addresses? Explore speeches, from Washington to Obama
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In Iraq, the restoration of the shattered Mosque of the Golden Dome brings together Sunnis and Shiites in an unlikely alliance
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A self-taught strategist with no combat experience, Abraham Lincoln saw the path to victory more clearly than his generals
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