Showing posts with label 20th century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 20th century. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

From the Archives: World War II veteran Franklin Kameny remembers his experience with 'don't ask, don't tell'

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World War II veteran Franklin Kameny remembers his experience with 'don't ask, don't tell' May 30, 2010 2:49 PM MST The c...
Thursday, April 20, 2017

Guest Post: Ella Fitzgerald's flirtation with reefer songs

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Adam Gustafson , Pennsylvania State University “The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on April 25: institutions fr...
Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Guest Post: How the Nazis co-opted Christmas

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by Joe Perry , Georgia State University In 1921, in a Munich beer hall, newly appointed Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler gave a Christmas sp...
Wednesday, December 07, 2016

What Was Daily Life Like on December 7, 1941?

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Seventy-five years ago today, an attack on a remote American naval outpost – Pearl Harbor, Hawaii – rousted the United States out of its con...
Thursday, November 27, 2014

'How Many Shopping Days Until Christmas?'

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If you landed here because you asked your search engine, "How many shopping days until Christmas?," the answer as this went to pre...
Friday, April 25, 2014

A Belated Birthday Salute to Shirley Temple Black (1928-2014)

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Earlier this week the world celebrated William Shakespeare's 450th birthday.  The Bard of Avon was born on April 23, 1564. In the mid...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

My Brush with Greatness: Edward Teller (1908-2003)

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Today would have been the 106th birthday of nuclear physicist Edward Teller , who has often been called the "father of the hydrogen bom...