In Old Norse mythology, Baldr, the son of the god Odin and the goddess Frigg, was slain with a mistletoe spear. Some ...

Wegener at the University of Graz in Germany says that millions of years ago the two Americas, as well as Europe, Asia, ...

On Dec. 22, 2010, former U.S. President Barack Obama signed the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was a 17 year military policy banning gay, lesbian and bisexual ...

The Smithsonian's American Women’s History Initiative is a comprehensive undertaking that documents, researches, collects, displays and shares the rich and compelling story of women in the United ...

In the years following World War I, America was gripped by the fear that the Communist Revolution that had taken place in Russia would spread to the United States. As is often the case when fear ...

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