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The Johnstown Dam Collapse and Flood 1889
On Memorial Day of 1889, western Pennsylvania was caught by a massive storm, unprecedented in the state's history. Heavy rains brought the South Fork dam above the city of Johnstown to the brink of ...
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Chemin des Dames: The Battle that Triggered the Mutinies of 1917
The Chemin des Dames is a ridge road in northern France that was the site of several major battles during World War I, most ...
Omagh bomb firefighter describes 'chaos and devastation'
A firefighter who attended the scene of the Omagh bomb has likened its aftermath to an image of the Vietnam War.
Lincoln’s secret: Below the memorial, graffiti may show racy screen star
The National Park Service theorizes that a century-old sketch made by a worker in the Lincoln Memorial’s undercroft depicts ...
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A short history of the Web
Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated ...