What if Bob Hope bought the Washington Senators? This was almost a reality in 1968. The famous comedian went as far as to secure funding and lined up a General Manager to take over the team. https://t.co/2c0uVMMRVK What if Bob Hope bought the Washington Senators? This was al…
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42 years before Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, a massive fire engulfed the center of American military might. The fire was not due to a terrorist attack, but was rather the result of. . . a computer? https://t.co/hzQ7pOFVzU 42 years before Flight 77 crashed into the Pe…
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What do a five-year-old boy, a woman working at a train station, and an African American newspaperman have in common? They all witnessed presidential assassinations in Washington, DC. https://t.co/ShFOTpWKRA What do a five-year-old boy, a woman working at a train station, an…
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Early 1900s postcard view of the interior of the Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square. The main entrance is off to the left. The old general circulation desk--long gone--is at the center. This space is now occupied by an Apple store; DC History Center is on the second flo…
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The Cochran Hotel stood on the northwest corner of 14th and K Streets NW from 1891 to 1928, when it was replaced by the Tower Building. In its later years, it was called the Franklin Square Hotel. More about it at: https://t.co/NlSnW02obL https://t.co/vuLqfD3V51 The Cochran H…
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Is Thomas Edison in part responsible for the Military Industrial Complex which defined much of the 20th-century? In 1915, Edison proposed the US set up a lab devoted to innovations of war. This would later turn into the Naval Research Laboratory. https://t.co/Mv53C57mtB Is T…
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Today in History - July 2 https://t.co/qWaU2Qe7wS On July 2, 1863, the lines of the Battle of Gettysburg, now in its second day, were drawn in two sweeping parallel arcs. Continue reading. On July 2, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded the newly inaugurated U.…
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