On January 17, 1961—just three days before leaving office—Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a televised farewell address that would outlast nearly every other valedictory speech in American history. Calm in delivery but sober in judgment, the address reflected the perspective of a career soldier turned…
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On January 14, 1943, in the midst of a global war whose outcome was anything but assured, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill opened what would become one of the most consequential Allied strategy meetings of World War II: the Casablanca Conference. Convened in…
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On a cold winter morning in southern France, an unremarkable agricultural routine gave way to one of the most scrutinized UFO cases in modern history. At approximately 5:30 a.m. on January 8, 1981, a local farmer working his land near Trans-en-Provence reported an…
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On January 2, 1777, at a narrow stream just south of Trenton, New Jersey, the American Revolution reached one of its most psychologically decisive moments. There, American forces under the command of George Washington successfully repulsed repeated British assaults led by Charles Cornwallis at…
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On January 1, 1892, a small island in New York Harbor officially became the primary gateway to the United States for millions seeking a new life. That morning, Ellis Island opened its doors as the nation’s first federally operated immigration station, marking a turning…
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