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Thanks to cowboy-and-Indian movies of the 1950s and 1960s, the Cheyenne are among the best known of all Indian tribes. T... MoreThe Cheyenne
Although Barry Sanders earned all-state honors in high school football, many college recruiters overlooked him because o... MoreBarry Sanders
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Cleric and civil rights activist Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. The Nobel Committee called Tutu... MoreDesmond Tutu
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell uttered the words that would inaugurate a new era in human communication: 'Mr. Watson, co... MoreAlexander Graham Bell and the Telephone: The Invention That Changed Communication
Early in 1898, the battleship USS Maine was sent to Havana. Supposedly undertaken to protect U.S. interests in Cuba, thi... MoreThe Sinking of the ""USS Maine: Declaring War Against Spain
After two years of training with the British Mount Everest Expedition, Edmund Hillary, along with Nepalese Sherpa Tenzin... MoreSir Edmund Hillary
Personally selected by President Thomas Jefferson, Captain Meriwether Lewis was assigned to lead an expedition to the We... MoreLewis and Clark
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