US History Archives - Page 28 of 28

President Eisenhower’s $14 Billion Heart Attack

On the eighth hole of the Cherry Hills Country Club golf course, just outside Denver, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 64, started

Listverse is always good for a list or two. They’d have to be, it’s in their name. Ancient artifacts are

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Did you know that during the planning for the Apollo moon missions, documenting the mission with television and photography was

During World War II, the A-2 leather flight jacket was standard issue for pilots and plane crews who often decorated them

Alfred Ely Beach, a wealthy engineer and businessman designed the first subway in New York City. His 95 meter pneumatic

In 1902, an interesting group of twelve young men came together for an even more interesting cause: to ingest poison.

Looking like a Presidential version of Easter Island, there’s a field in Croker, Virgina with an interesting story. The busts

From Messy Nessy Chic: The “Crypt of Civilization”, is an airtight room at Oglethorpe University in Georgia, USA, that was

Messy Nessy Chic has an interesting story about the FBI’s Fingerprint Factory: In the 1920s, the bureau was only employing 25 workers