America - still a young country by world standards - began as an experiment in self-government. This collection includes stories of America's people as they follow a path of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Geologists use sound waves to locate oil beneath the surface of ground and water.
Howard Hughes' father, along with many others, was a fortune-seeker lured by Texas oil.
Expertsbelievethe Olmec civilization is thefirst societyin Mesoamerica and that they have awritten formof language.
Much like the other beaches, Omaha Beach has its share of heavy fighting and death on D-Day.
Without food or supplies soldiers on Bataan cannot resist Japanese advances. They are angry that MacArthur left and know that surrender is near.
Operation Anadyr takes place when Soviet troops and ballistic weapons go to Cuba.
Operation Mongoose is a failed US-government attempt to overthrow Castro and communism in Cuba.
By 1992, Somali famine is terrible. Rebel leaders fight each other with weapons from the Soviet Union. The UN asks the US to begin Operation Restore H...
Small ceramic tiles on the surface of space shuttles protect against high temperatures on reentry to earth.
Poe's gambling and borrowing leads to debt; left on his own, he leaves Virginia and returns to Boston as a literary critic.
Michael Cassius McDonald creates the first organized crime syndicate in Chicago.
After resisting arrest, Oswald is caught at the Texas Theater.
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