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Bulkes: The "Greek Republic" that "Never Existed"
Bulkes: The "Greek Republic" that "Never Existed" This is a fascinating case of a place that existed briefly and within living memory (just barely) being deliberately forgotten. A Twitter reference to "wells" (πηγάδες) as a threat made by Greek Leftists...
The Pierce Pennant Tavern - Miami, Oklahoma History
The Pierce Pennant Tavern - Miami, Oklahoma History From the May 11, 1929, issue of Tavern Talk, a description of the main entrance of the soon-to-open Pierce Pennant Tavern in Miami: "Upon alighting from his automobile under a massive white...
Crawley New Town: Growth of the new town | British History Online
Crawley New Town: Growth of the new town | British History Online In order to provide for increasing demand for homes in the southeast of England after World War II, without encouraging further sprawl outward from London, the British government...
The Wisdom of Oscar Hammerstein - WSJ
The Wisdom of Oscar Hammerstein - WSJ Peggy Noonan on a long-ago interview with Oscar Hammerstein. 'It's a small thing, a half-hour television interview from 60 years ago, but it struck me this week as a kind of master class...
After 74 years, bones from Pearl Harbor tomb ship may be identified
After 74 years, bones from Pearl Harbor tomb ship may be identified Renewed efforts at Offutt AFB to identify the remains of USS Oklahoma crew who died on December 7, 1941: "Inside an old aircraft factory here, behind the glass...
San Francisco/NorCal Commuter Rail, Crayon Edition | Theodore Ditsek
San Francisco/NorCal Commuter Rail, Crayon Edition | Theodore Ditsek A fantasy map of commuter rail around the Bay Area, based on actual rail right-of-ways, many of which were in use before World War II as interurban track. Based in part...
Royal Air Force Training in Oklahoma during World War II
Royal Air Force Training in Oklahoma during World War II Description and coordinates of the facilities used to train RAF pilots in Miami, Ponca City, and Tulsa. Part of a website by Scott D. Murdock, who visits and photographs the...
Dodging Armageddon: The Third World War That Almost Was, 1950 | The XX Committee
Dodging Armageddon: The Third World War That Almost Was, 1950 | The XX Committee According to a recently declassified report, USA's forceful response to Communist aggression in Korea in 1950 deterred Stalin from carrying out his plan to attack Tito's...
Roger Hancock and John Freeman obituaries
Obituary of Roger Hancock, brother and agent of Tony Hancock in The Independent "The previous year, a chain-smoking, nervous-looking Tony had been very self-critical in a Face to Face television interview with John Freeman. 'It was the biggest mistake he...
FBI -- Adolf Hitler
FBI -- Adolf Hitler From the FBI's archives: "Adolph Hitler (1889-1945) was leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party and Chancellor of Germany from 1933-1945; he led that country into World War II in 1939. The documents in this file...
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