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Red Scare

{ Article added: 07/03/2010 }
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Categories : Cold War, Historical
Red Scare is a phrase used to refer to periods of anti-Communism in the United States. The first "red scare" took place began towards the end of World War I and was generally characterized by worker revolution as well ...Read More »

James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh

{ Article added: 07/03/2010 }
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Categories : Crime, Historical, People
James Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh was a Scot who, in 1570, committed the first assassination with the use of a firearm (in this case, a carabine of nearly three and a half feet in length). Hamilton's victim was James Stewart, ...Read More »

McLean House

{ Article added: 07/03/2010 }
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Categories : Civil War, Historical
On July 21, 1861, the first major battle of the American Civil War took place on farmland owned by Wilmer McLean. It was called the First Battle of Bull Run. Seeking to get away from the war, McLean, ...Read More »

Battle of Nuremberg

{ Article added: 07/03/2010 }
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Categories : Sports
The Battle of Nuremberg refers to a particularly heated match between Portugal and the Netherlands in the second round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. The match saw four red cards and sixteen yellow cards handed out ...Read More »

Joseph Force Crater

{ Article added: 03/21/2010 }
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Categories : People, The Unexplained
On August 6, 1930, Judge Joseph Force Crater left Billy Haas's Chophouse on West 45th Street in New York City after eating dinner with two friends and disappeared forever. He had recently emptied his safety deposit box and had ...Read More »

Bushranger

{ Article added: 03/21/2010 }
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Categories : Crime, Historical
Originally, bushrangers were convicts on the run in the British penal colony of Australia. These escapees lived in the bush and used their survival skills to evade capture. The term evolved to refer to outlaws who used the ...Read More »

Gretna Green

{ Article added: 03/20/2010 }
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Categories : Legal, Places & Locations
After a law was passed in England in 1753 that required parental consent for any marriage when the parties were both not 21 years old, the village of Gretna Green in Scotland became a very popular destination for eloping couples. ...Read More »
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