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The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors. Le Sueur, Meridel quotes
The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that…women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves.- Louise Otto
The history of a soldier’s wound beguiles the pain of it. -Sterne, Laurence
“History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.” Alexis de Tocqueville
During his 24-year baseball career, Rose played in more games and got more hits than any player in history. Even so, the onetime Most Valuable Player could not avoid a lifetime ban from the sport after being accused of betting on baseball games—including those of his own team. In return for not having the charges [...]
“Live out of your imagination, not your history.” – Stephen R. Covey
A generation which ignores history has no past and no future. -Heinlein, Robert
Traveling by mail is both dangerous and illegal, yet several people throughout history braved the risks anyway. One famous case was that of Henry “Box” Brown, who escaped slavery in 1849 by shipping himself to an area of the US where slavery had been outlawed. Just a few years ago, a man escaped a German [...]
Armstrong became a pilot at 16, studied aeronautical engineering, and won three medals as a US Navy pilot in the Korean War. He became test pilot in 1955 and joined the space program in 1962. He made history in 1969, when he became the first person to walk on the Moon, a feat he famously [...]
Located near the magnetic South Pole, Russia’s Vostok Research Station in Antarctica experiences three straight months of polar night every year from April to August, a period during which the Sun does not rise. In 1983, in the dead of southern winter and polar night, Vostok experienced the lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth, a [...]