(Photo: US National Archives)It's Treasury Warrant #927. With it, the United States government purchased Alaska from the Tsar of Russia on March 30, 1867. The document instructs the Treasury to give Edouard de Stoeckl, t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/01/05/This-Is-the-Check-That-Paid-for-Alaska/(The Signing of the Treaty of Ghent by Amedee Forestier)The headline is a bit truncated. Although the treaty which ended the war between the United States and the United Kingdom was signed on Christmas Eve of 1814, it di...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/12/24/200-Years-Ago-Today-The-Treaty-of-Ghent-Ends-the-War-of-1812/(Painting of King William IV by Sir Martin Arthur Shee)Prince William Henry was the son of George III, the King of Great Britain and Ireland and the man whom the United States Declaration of Independence called a tyrant...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/12/19/The-American-Plot-to-Kidnap-the-Future-King-of-England/(Photo: Imperial War Museum)How would a soldier know if his tank was male or female? It would be necessary to make an anatomical inspection. Heavy tanks with cannons were male. Lighter tanks with multiple machine guns we...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/11/30/During-World-War-I-Tanks-Were-Designated-as-Male-or-Female/This photo, according to a document from the government Norfolk County, UK, is a photo of the city of Norwich taking delivery of its first computer. It's an Elliott 405, a computer manufactured by Elliott Brothers, a now...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/11/14/This-Is-What-a-Computer-Looked-Like-in-1957/The USS Barb was a Gato-class submarine operated by the United States in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Under the leadership of Commander Eugene B. Fluckey, who would be awarded a Medal of Honor and 4 Navy Crosse...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/11/12/The-Submarine-That-Sank-a-Train-The-Extraordinary-Raid-of-the-USS-Barb/(Portrait by Rembrandt Peale)As he aged, George Washington gradually lost his teeth. Throughout his life, he consulted a variety of dentists to provide dentures for him.In 1781, General Washington commanded the army watc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/11/07/How-George-Washingtons-Bad-Teeth-Helped-Win-the-Revolutionary-War/(Photo: Rolf Müller)In the village of Tappan... ...y Condemned Him To Death Just The Same." Military History 21.2 (2004): 18. Biography Reference Bank. Web. 4... ...ican Revolution 1775-1783: An Encyclopedia. 1985. History Study Center. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.“Andre Monum... ...iot For Whom? Benedict Arn...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/11/05/The-American-Monument-to-an-Enemy-Spy/(Photo: Tristan Schmurr)This is Torghatten, a mountain in Brønnøy, Norway. There’s a hole that goes right through the center of it. The hole is 160 meters long, 20 meters wide, and 25 meters high.(Pho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/10/31/TorghattenThe-Mountain-with-a-Hole-in-It/(Photo: Max Smith)Other than a handful of submarine-mounted artillery bombings, a brief air raid by a single submarine-launched seaplane, and a few balloon-floated bombs, Japan was unable to directly attack the 48 contig...
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