Jules Schelvis, a Dutch historian who was the last insurgent of the Nazis’ Sobibor World War II extermination camp, died Sunday evening in his native Netherlands, according to multiple news …
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Joseph Medicine Crow (1913–2016), historian of Montana’s Crow tribe
by Legacy StaffJoseph Medicine Crow, the respected historian of Montana’s Crow tribe, died Sunday in Billings, Montana, according to multiple news sources, including The Associated Press. He was 102.
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Gordon Lightfoot sang of the early-fall conditions that can spell disaster for a ship: “The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn …
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There are threads that weave throughout history, connecting people, events and dates. The way those threads come together can be surprising and fascinating.
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These five real-life detectives deserve their own TV shows.
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When 10 alleged Russian spies were recently arrested before being deported in a spy swap arranged by the CIA, many found the events anachronistic, a throwback to a previous era. …
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Are you interested in delving into your family history and tracing your genealogy?
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On Anzac Day – 25 April – we mark the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps troops at Gallipoli during World War I. As we commemorate the centenary of the …
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Joseph Vlasic, who died 28 years ago this week, took the helm of his family’s milk and cheese business just before World War II and turned it into a pickle …
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Who was Gertrude Bell? She did as much to shape the Middle East over the past century as any man.