History Shorts

Few people remember Napoleon III's attempt to use the turmoil of the American Civil War in the 1860s to sneak past the United States Monroe Doctrine and establish a French client state in Mexico. But did you know, it is in this context, many Mexicans and Americans celebrate Cinco the Mayo each May?

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Did you know that in the 1930s, a historian named Harry E. Pratt studied Abraham Lincoln's purchase history and found a receipt for a fifty-cent purchase of cocaine just a month before Honest Abe would become president?

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Our guest today is Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Jack H. Jacobs. His selfless acts under fire in Vietnam saved the lives of fellow soldiers and earned him the nation's highest military honors. The story of Mr. Jacobs' life before and after the defining event is one of resilience, leadership, and unwavering principles.

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The Montana-born feminist and pacifist Jeannette Rankin may have been the first woman elected to the American Congress. But did you know that, to military historians and others alike, she is known as the only member of Congress to vote against the United States' entry into both World War I and World War II?

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The ancient Egyptian pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, became one of the period's most famous rulers after the discovery of his nearly intact tomb in the Valley of Kings in 1922, but did you know that part of the media frenzy surrounding the unearthing of his resting place was also the talk of an ancient curse that led to some members of the discovery party dying in mysterious circumstances?

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Who has not heard at least one of Elvis Presley's songs or knows exactly who they are looking at when they see his image? But did you know that the details surrounding the king of rock and roll's untimely death are just as big of a part of pop culture as his life and music?

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Today's guest is Mr. Roger Moorhouse, the famed British historian, author, and professor whose extensive research and books on Eastern European and World War II history have been translated into multiple languages.

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The story of the American Great Depression, as taught in schools, often shies away from discussing one of the nation's most embarrassing debacles, namely the popularity of the American Nazi Movement, called the German Bund. But did you know that within this surreal story is another, one of the Jewish professional boxers and gangsters working as Mafia enforcers against these American Nazis?

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Everyone has heard of the great Greek philosopher Socrates, who lived in Athens in the 5th Century BC and, together with his student Plato and the latter's pupil Aristotle, formed the basis of modern philosophical thought. But did you know that the famous thinker was sentenced to death by the Athenian jury in 399 BCE on charges of impiety and corrupting the youth of Athens?

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Among the various wars of the twentieth century is one less known, albeit not less significant. At its height, the conflict forced the involvement of NATO forces and the International Court of Justice. At its center lay an object fought over for centuries, glorified by economies of the past and present, and one that fueled the settlement of North America - Cod.

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