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This Heroic Japanese Diplomat Defied His Government to Save Thousands of Jewish Refugees From the Holocaust

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Why a Minnesota Man Walked Around the World, Traversing 13 Countries and 14,450 Miles in Four Years

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This Filipina Spy Used Her Leprosy as a Cover to Thwart the Japanese During World War II

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A gender-affirming surgery gripped America in 1952: ‘I am your daughter’

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The African Diplomats Who Protested Segregation in the U.S.

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In November 1983, during a particularly tense period in the Cold War, Soviet observers spotted planes carrying what appeared to be warheads taxiing out of their NATO hangars.

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Eight Women’s Names Are Among the Thousands on the Vietnam Memorial Wall. Here’s What to Know About Them
 

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A Confederate Raider Fired the Final Shots of the Civil War in the Arctic, Two and a Half Months After Lee Surrendered

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A Century Ago, a Mob Brutally Attacked an American Diplomat in Persia.
 

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The American Soldier Whose Fear of Fighting in Vietnam Led Him to Defect to North Korea.

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Enslaved by George Washington, This Man Escaped and Joined the British 

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From a White House Wedding to a Pet Snake, Alice Roosevelt’s Escapades Captivated America

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In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, rumors of sabotage and imminent further attacks found fertile ground in the minds of a nervous American public.

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A Tale of Two Catholic
Presidents
 

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The Enduring Mystery of a Plane That Vanished in the Icy Canadian Wilderness With 44 People On Board

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A Century Ago, This Law Underscored the Promises and Pitfalls of Native American Citizenship

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Disney Animators 1941 Strike, After "Snow White", Changed
Hollywood

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The Shipwrecked Teenager Who Helped End Japan’s Isolationist Era

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​The History of California’s Inmate Firefighter Program

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For many watching Earvin “Magic” Johnson on television on Nov. 7, 1991, his words were tantamount to an announcement of his own death sentence.

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The Unsolved Murder of Civil Rights Activist Harry Moore
 

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Francine Uenuma is a freelance writer. She was previously a multimedia producer for the PBS NewsHour and The Washington Post.

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