Max Yasgur agreed to let Woodstock organizers rent his land to hold their festival. His neighbors never forgave him, but he didn't regret it
Ray Cavanaugh
The tank released its contents in a spectacular wave some 25 feet in height and 165 feet wide, a tsunami of syrup that moved at 35 mph.
On Oct. 8, 1918, Alvin York single-handedly killed 25 and captured 132 of the enemy, forcing the German Army to retreat from their position.
Though the July 21, 1918, attack’s circumstances were remarkable, its death toll was zero. Here's why.
Though it's a holiday about Ireland that's famously celebrated in the U.S., there's a deep reason why Mexico takes St. Pat seriously.
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Her desire to be a chemist was dismissed at first, but she went on to develop drugs that would save and improve countless lives.
A full century after her execution, questions remain about whether the famous dancer and femme fatale was a spy or merely an unlucky gossip.
While Esther Howland did not invent the Valentine’s Day card, she changed the form forever. These 19th-century examples show how.
In a tiny town in Oregon, women decided in 1916 that local problems had only one solution: they would have to vote themselves into office.
By the time Salem’s witch trials started in 1692, Connecticut was already winding down its half-century of persecution.
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Robert Sterling Yard, a longtime New Yorker and journalist, was handpicked to convince the U.S. that a National Park Service was needed
What was a lawyer like Francis Scott Key—who wrote the words to America's national anthem—doing watching a battle anyway?
The tech pioneer would have turned 100 on April 30, 2016
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