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October 2, 1187 Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders. Following a siege of Jerusalem that began on September 20, the […]

John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic

Lewis Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War,

Walter Matthau (born Walter John Matthow; October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American actor. During World War

1954 – The USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, is commissioned by the U.S. Navy. The Nautilus was constructed

Tony Stein (September 30, 1921 – March 1, 1945) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the U.S. military’s

Tony Stein enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1942, becoming a Paramarine. Paramarines were an experiment to test the idea

Saint Michael the Archangel isn’t a saint, but rather he is an angel, and the leader of all angels and

Orvon Grover “Gene” Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998),[2] nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American singer, songwriter,

In flogging, the most common means of enforcing discipline in the early U.S. Navy, a cat-o-nine-tails, a whip composed of