W.C. Minor: Madness, Murder, and a Dictionary (Part 1) — In the first part of this episode, we look at the early days of William Chester Minor. Minor originally studied medicine and served and practiced surgery in the Union Army. Eventually he was committed to a hospital for the insane. But what happened next?
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History on Air - The Only Atomic Bomb Ever Dropped on America
his is an actual event that occurred on March 11, 1958. This is the era of the Cold War. At precisely 4:19 PM a B-47E medium bomber serial number 53-1876A accidentally released their atomic bomb over the Gregg family property in Mars Bluff, South Carolina.
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History on Air » Blog Archive » HP120 – Texas City Disaster
On April 16, 1947 at around 8am people noticed a red glow from the ship Grandcamp which was docked in the Port of Texas City in Texas City, Texas.
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American History, Seen Through A Shot Glass : NPR
The United States as we know it was born in a bar, according to a new history of drinking in America. Author Christine Sismondo says most of the major events of the Revolution were plotted in colonial taverns, the start of a grand old American tradition
http://www.npr.org/2011/09/18/140442065/american-history-seen-through-a-shot-glass?ft=1&f=1008