The S.S. Republic was a steamship sunk by a hurricane en route from New York to New Orleans after the Civil War.

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It is 227 years since local American militias routed the British at the Battle of Lexington and Concord, but 65 men of his Majesty's 10th regiment and 67 American rebels are ...

Rumors and fears that the South Fork Dam might burst were widespread for many years, but ignored.

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How would today's Europe be different if the 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler had succeeded? Would the Mafia have existed without Prohibition?

How would today's Europe be different if the 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler had succeeded? Would the Mafia have existed without Prohibition?

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