20th Century

3+ hour, 43+ min ago   (884+ words) Activist Octavius V. Catto, who lived from 1839 to 1871, pushed the fold for Black Americans. Catto advocated Black Americans’ right to vote, to eliminate segregation of the city’s schools, and Philadelphia’s racist trolley car system.— LIBRARY OF CONGRESS The Octavius V. Catto…...

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6+ hour, 3+ min ago   (455+ words) Wellington said it to John Wilson Croker on September 4, 1852 — ten days before he died. The famous version is shorter than what he actually said, and weaker....

6+ hour, 21+ min ago   (279+ words) US Army General George S. Patton said it in Boston on June 7, 1945, one month after Germany surrendered. The same day, he called a man killed in action "frequently" a fool, and Gold Star families answered....

7+ hour, 41+ min ago   (700+ words) Buddy Schwarz Day held for parishioner’s 103rd birthday Aug. 7 JONESBORO — A Weiner parishioner was honored on his 103rd birthday as Arkansas’ oldest living World War II veteran. On Aug. 7, Hugo Joseph Schwarz, known throughout his life as “Buddy,” received an American flag…...

19+ hour, 43+ min ago   (55+ words) GettysburgTimes.com - To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the left. Sorry, an error occurred. Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Must be at least 8 characters, not contain repeating characters (e.g., 111), and not contain sequential numbers…...

8+ hour, 40+ min ago   (365+ words) Washington said it in his first annual address to Congress on 8 January 1790, with the capital still in New York, arguing that the country had to pay for a standing army....

13+ hour, 31+ min ago   (714+ words) January 10 should be a special date in American history. On January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense rolled off the press in Philadelphia and ignited a drive for independence. As Murray Rothbard wrote,“Tom Paine had, at a single blow, become the…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (400+ words) Eighty-four years ago today, the FFVS J 22 took to the skies for the first time as Sweden sought to strengthen its air defenses during World War II. Developed domestically after wartime conditions limited access to foreign fighters, the J 22 combined innovative…...

17+ hour, 46+ min ago   (309+ words) The Arch of Victory Avenue of Honour Committee has criticized recent tree-lopping works carried out by Powercor along Ballarat’s famed Avenue of Honour, describing the treatment of several trees as unacceptable. Committee president Garry Snowden said the trees hold significant…...