Wikimedia Commons Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald made history on May 4, 1959, as the first woman to win a Grammy Award. The ...

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Wikimedia Commons The 1770 Boston Massacre On March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd of Boston colonists near the ...

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The RMS Carpathia was a passenger ship from the Cunard Line fleet. Captain Arthur Rostron led this 558-foot vessel carrying ...

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The comfort food hall of fame Minnesota kids didn’t grow up on the same foods as everyone else. While other states served up ...

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Getaways Across Maine Most people think of Maine and picture Stephen King’s spooky stories or maybe a plate of lobster. But ...