The Curtiss-Wright Corporation came into being in 1929 through the merger of companies started by pioneering aviators Glenn Curtiss and the Wright brothers. Within the new company, the Curtiss-Wright airplane division made airplanes while the Wright Aeronautical Corporation focused on […]
The late Bernard Bailyn, former AHA president, was featured in the November 11 edition of Peter Coy’s New York Times newsletter. For the “Quote of the Day,” Coy chose a passage from Bailyn’s presidential address at the 1981 AHA annual
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The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University has unveiled a groundbreaking exhibition, Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain, showcasing the rich cultural and artistic heritage of the Umayyad caliphate in tenth-century
This rock contains the first of the newly discovered fossils: It is a portion of a fossil lake shore that preserves very fine details of ripples produced by waves, on which a small reptile left behind footprints of its legs
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three
SHOW NOTES: Sources: “A Time Bomb Named Robert Blake Re-Explodes As Baretta” by Lois Armstrong, People April 28, 1975 “The Ins and Outs of ‘Boxing Helena’” by Anne Thompson NYTimes, July 5, 1992 “Boxing Helena Rated NC-17” by David J.
References to God and Christianity are sprinkled throughout American life. Our money has “In God We Trust” printed on it. Most presidents have chosen to swear their oath of office on the Bible. Christian nationalists want more. Christian nationalist beliefs
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William A. Pinkerton with railroad special agents Pat Connell (left) and Sam Finley (right) from the Library of Congress. Even if you’ve only watched a handful of “Wild West” films or TV shows, you’ve probably encountered the Pinkertons. These hired
To the disbelief of gaping onlookers in the packed stands at El Toreo, Mexico City’s largest bullring, American rodeo performer Bill Pickett clung to the horns of a massive Mexican bull ironically named Frijoles Chiquitos (“Little Beans”). Watching from a
