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Kearny, Know-Nothings, Korean War, more NJ facts | Albright Updated 7:30 AM; Today 7:30 AM The 16-inch guns of the battleship USS New Jersey "Big Jay" let go in six gun salvo on enemy troop Concentration near Kansong in October of 1951 during the Korean War. Facebook Share Historically speaking, did you know that: Thomas H. Kean: Thomas Howard Kean, April 21, 1935, is a two time governor, state assemblyman, and educator. After leaving public office, Kean became President of Drew University. I...

Article content On this day, April 23, in history: In 34, Jesus Christ was crucified, according to mathematician and physicist Sir Isaac Newton, one of the foremost scientific intellects of all time. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or From the archives: YouTube hits its Sweet 16th Back to video In 303, St. George was beheaded on the orders of the Roman Emperor Diocletian. This martyred soldier is not only the patron saint of England and Portugal, ...

Advertisement The harsh realities of World War One for soldiers around the world have been brought into sharp focus in a series of vivid colourised photographs.   Images show British soldiers at a captured trench pointing at a sign that says old hun line, Indian cavalry after their charge at the Somme in 1916, and an Irish soldier in a trench in Mesopotamia. Other striking pictures show Canadian soldiers in the Battle of Amiens in 1918, the second wave of Russian troops waiting to go over the...

TODAY IN HISTORY Today’s Highlight in History: On April 22, 2005, Zacarias Moussaoui pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom outside Washington, D.C. to conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers to kill Americans. (Moussaoui is serving a life prison sentence.) On this date: In 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon as thousands of homesteaders staked claims. In 1898, with the United States and Spain on the verge of war, the U.S. Navy began blockading Cuban ports. Congress authorized creation o...

Today’s Highlight in History: On April 22, 2005, Zacarias Moussaoui pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom outside Washington, D.C. to conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers to kill Americans. (Moussaoui is serving a life prison sentence.) On April 22: In 1864, Congress authorized the use of the phrase “In God We Trust” on U.S. coins. In 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon as thousands of homesteaders staked claims. In 1898, with the United States and Spain on the verge of ...

Todays highlight On April 22, 2005, Zacarias Moussaoui pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom outside Washington, D.C. to conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers to kill Americans. (Moussaoui is serving a life prison sentence.) On this date 1889: The Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon as thousands of homesteaders staked claims. 1898: With the United States and Spain on the verge of war, the U.S. Navy began blockading Cuban ports. Congress authorized creation of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, also ...

Somerset resident campaigning for posthumous Victoria Cross for black Second World War hero Mr Maseko sank a German ship with a bomb made from a milk can Bill Gillespie is campaigning for Job Maseko to be posthumously be awarded the Victoria Cross (Image: Tom Wren SWNS) GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your...

SUMMARY Philip Thomas was a farmer and slave trader in Pittsylvania County. Born in 1831, by late in the 1850s he had partnered with William A. J. Finney in a slave trading business. The two worked together for several years buying enslaved men, women, and children locally and then either transporting them to the slave-trading hubs of Richmond and Alexandria or sending them directly south for resale. Both earned substantial return on their efforts, aided by improvements in infrastructure and co...

People making outrageous claims about Six Days In Fallujah are doing so without evidence. Its time to get a grip.

A controversial shooter that's being called an "Arab murder simulator" is coming to consoles in 2021