The Mirage of the Pacific: Clark at the Columbia Estuary
On November 7, 1805, along the northern shore of the Columbia River in present-day Washington, William Clark believed the Corps of Discovery had finally reached the Pacific Ocean. After nearly ...
Hoisting the Flag at Port Royal: The Fall of Fort Walker
On November 7, 1861, Union naval forces under Flag Officer Samuel Francis Du Pont attacked the Confederate defenses guarding Port Royal Sound, South Carolina. Seeking a deep-water base for the ...
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The Calculated Risk: The Inaugural Dinner of the Actuarial Society
On the evening of November 7, 1914, a gathering at the City Club in New York City marked the founding of the Casualty, Actuarial and Statistical Society of America. The ...
The Travelling Scholar: Andrew Dickson White and the Making of Cornell
Born on November 7, 1832, in Homer, New York, Andrew Dickson White became an influential educator, historian, and diplomat. After graduating from Yale in 1853, he spent three years studying ...
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The Galloping Failure: The Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
On the morning of November 7, 1940, the four-month-old Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State collapsed into Puget Sound in winds of about forty-two miles per hour. Known as “Galloping ...
The Pacifist in the Capitol: Jeannette Rankin’s Breakthrough
On November 7, 1916, Montana Republican Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to the United States Congress. Her victory came nearly four years before ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, ...
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The Chant at Prophet’s Rock: The Battle of Tippecanoe
On November 7, 1811, an American army commanded by Indiana Territorial Governor William Henry Harrison fought Native American warriors near Prophetstown, the settlement established by the Shawnee brothers Tecumseh and ...
General’s Debut: Grant at the Battle of Belmont
On November 7, 1861, Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant faced his first battlefield test as a commander in the American Civil War at Belmont, Missouri. Moving down the Mississippi River ...
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Shielding the Guns: Firebase Cork and Army Engineering in Vietnam
The photograph above identified as “Firebase Cork 2, November 1968” offers a starting point for examining the construction work behind American fire-support positions in Vietnam. Before assigning the scene a ...
Brave Old Zach: The 1848 Whig Triumph
On November 7, 1848, Major General Zachary Taylor won election as the twelfth president of the United States. The Whig candidate defeated Democrat Lewis Cass by 163 electoral votes to ...
