On This Day: George Washington elected 1st U.S. president
George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...
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Local men who died in the First World War
Men joined up and fought in World War I, also known as the Great War, for all kinds of reasons; some fought for the Empire, ...
Tragic Edinburgh war poet who died before being published to have works auctioned
James Alexander Mann, who was an aspiring writer and actor from Edinburgh, died just five days after his 21st birthday after ...
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The first supersonic flight of the Boom XB-1, an aircraft that could revolutionize civil aviation
The XB-1 is a demonstrator for the future Boom Overture, which aims to be the first supersonic passenger aircraft made in the ...
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Folkestone pensioner calls for First World War memorial support
A Folkestone pensioner has called on the local community to support plans for the erection of a First World War memorial and ...
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Treating the traumatised: Shell-shocked veterans in the Irish Free State
Given the momentous changes that occurred in Irish politics and society during the First World War, it’s easy to overlook the extraordinary ‘Home Front’ efforts across the island between 1914 and 1918 ...
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Fallen Black South African Soldiers From World War I Finally Remembered
A new war memorial in Cape Town, South Africa, remembers the close to 2,000 casualties who served in Africa during World War 1, between 1914-1918 and who have no known graves and because they were ...
Long forgotten, Black South African servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial
The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men they represent were buried. But their ...
General Knowledge: Who Was The Most Educated US President?
The 28th US President who led the country through World War 1 is widely considered to be the most-educated occupant of the Oval Office, holding a PhD ...
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The Deadliest Weapons of The First World War...
For hundreds of years prior to the 20th century, war had changed very little with the improvements in weapon technology that did arise being incremental and slow to establish themselves. However, with ...
Forgotten No More: The Black South Africans who died in WWI Africa
On January 23, 1915, two boatmen named Dolly Jenniker and Zulu Madhliwa drowned in the Orange River in South Africa. They were ferrying supplies to Union of South Africa forces which had invaded ...