9/11 to climate change: Historians look back on the decade
Y2K, the first year of a new century, arrived after much anticipation. Any decade is going to be full of the predictable and the unexpected
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Mon Dec 07 13:58:58 PST 2009
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Historians begin hunt at Sussex farmhouse
The red brick farmhouse at the edge of a 30-acre soybean field has stood witness to the last 280 years of settlement, trading, farming -- all into the modern age.
The News Journal,
Tue Dec 08 01:06:02 PST 2009
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Pearl Harbor mini-sub discovered, historians say
The remains of a Japanese mini-submarine that participated in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor have been discovered, researchers were to report Monday, offering strong evidence that...
Contra Costa Times,
Mon Dec 07 21:00:38 PST 2009
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UF students caught in middle of tobacco case's controversy
By Nathan Crabbe Staff writer Four University of Florida graduate students who did research for a tobacco company's legal defense have been caught in a debate over the role of historians in...
The Gainesville Sun,
Tue Dec 08 03:12:53 PST 2009
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Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice
Four historians have presented their ideas for a turf farm hotel to the parliament
Iceland Review,
Tue Dec 08 03:15:09 PST 2009
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Arkansas News Bureau,
Tue Dec 08 04:45:36 PST 2009
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Sparta history preserved with help from Eagle Scout
Sparta History was, literally, placed in the hands of two students who helped to coordinate the cataloging of items and arrange the new room dedicated to Sparta Historians William and Mary ...
The Sparta Independent,
Tue Dec 08 00:03:54 PST 2009
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Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived
Recommended THE MOVIE: There are few things as genuinely thrilling as a truly well-made documentary. Koji Masutani's Virtual JFK: Vietnam if Kennedy Had Lived is that, a masterfully assembl...
DVD Talk,
Mon Dec 07 15:41:49 PST 2009
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Holy grail of data-sifting proves elusive
Call it the Pearl Harbor Paradox. On this day 68 years ago, the United States was thrust into World War II when Japan devastated the Pacific Fleet
San Diego Union-Tribune,
Mon Dec 07 07:09:50 PST 2009
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Number of survivors of Halifax explosion shrinking
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Fort Frances Times,
Mon Dec 07 11:24:13 PST 2009
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Locals remember Pearl Harbor
Video Locals remember Pearl Harbor Body Local historians say December 7, 1941 in Wilmington began just like December 7, 2009, cold and gray. Thousands of miles away that day, Japanese force...
WWAY 3 Wilmington,
Mon Dec 07 14:06:41 PST 2009
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View a photo that Bob Howarth
"I know from writing historical novels, one of the great sources is bound volumes" of newspapers, says Pete Hamill . "They tell you all the detail that historians don't. How much was a pair...
Poynter Institute,
Mon Dec 07 06:50:56 PST 2009
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N.J. veteran speaks to students, establishes monuments to remember Pearl Harbor at...
Whether he is receiving public recognition in Trenton, speaking to hundreds of kids at Montgomery High School or writing to historians and students around the country, 87-year-old Pearl Har...
The Star-Ledger,
Mon Dec 07 04:12:09 PST 2009
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When the Nobel Peace Prize creates a stir
Throughout its more than 100-year history the Norwegian Nobel Committee has been no stranger to controversy, as this year with its attribution of the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barac...
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Mon Dec 07 21:31:13 PST 2009
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Capitol Visitor Center sees 2.3 million visitors
The Capitol Visitor Center has hosted 2.3 million people since opening a year ago on Dec. 2, 2008.
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Mon Dec 07 14:28:20 PST 2009
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County historical society opens gift shop
POTTSVILLE - The Historical Society of Schuylkill County is hoping to attract not only historians and genealogists to its headquarters, but also holiday shoppers. The halls at 305 N. Centre...
The Hazleton Standard-Speaker,
Mon Dec 07 06:22:28 PST 2009
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2 News Now Webcast: Sunday Dec. 6, 2009
Monster surf expected to arrive overnight, three emergency shelters are now open, a trip to Ewa where historians say WWII began, Lokahi drives on the neighbor islands.
KHON 2 Honolulu,
Sun Dec 06 20:40:57 PST 2009
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Travel briefs
10 ski resorts with diversions for the rest of us
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Mon Dec 07 11:02:36 PST 2009
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Historian finds Red Baron's death certificate
A Polish historian says he made a surprising find when poring through World War I archives
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Mon Dec 07 09:41:24 PST 2009
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