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Henry Tudor never expected to become king of England.
The "Higgs Boson" was "in the news" around the world on July 4, 2012.
Landing in New Jersey, following a thunderstorm, one of Germany's airships - the Hindenburg - exploded on May 6, 1937.
When Germany's rigid airships were able to travel long distances, they required special recovery procedures to help them land. This video footage depi...
Hiram Rhodes Revels - the first African-American to serve in the U.
History records that Hirohito seemed to be in a good mood on the day Pearl Harbor was attacked. Historians argue that when he approved the attack, he ...
On the 70th anniversary of VJ Day, people still wonder whether Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, was responsible for Japan's role in WWII. To his people, Hi...
On August 15, 1945 - just before noon - the Japanese people heard their Emperor's voice for the first time. He was telling them to "bear the unbearabl...
In the spring of 1946, pressure mounted to try Hirohito for war crimes.
On the 6th of August, 1945, the world saw the first use of an atomic bomb when America used the device against Japan by dropping the nuclear weapon on...
What was it like to be a crewman aboard the Enola Gay, the plane which dropped the world's first atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima?
A story of hope, amidst all the heartbreak and devastation in Hiroshima, following a nuclear blast.
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