All posts tagged "disaster"
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19.6K22MassachusettsWhen John Adams Slept With Ben Franklin
John Adams slept with Benjamin Franklin in a New Jersey tavern during the fall of 1776. They stopped on a journey from...
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20.0K2ConnecticutRichard Bissell – The Connecticut Yankee Behind the Bay of Pigs
In 1959 the CIA named Richard Bissell its deputy director for plans. The agency had made an unusual selection. Bissell replaced Frank...
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14.3K4MassachusettsWhen the Pickwick Club Collapse Killed 44 in Boston, the Charleston Took the Blame
At 3 a.m. on July 4, 1925, 50 couples crowded onto the dance floor of the Pickwick Club in Boston’s Chinatown, kicking...
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6.8K1MaineSamuel Williams Watches an Eclipse From Behind British Lines in 1780
The American Revolution in 1780 didn’t stop Harvard professor Samuel Williams from venturing behind British lines in Maine to observe a total...
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7.7K3Arts and LeisureScollay Square and Tales From The Crawford House
More than fifty years after their demise, Scollay Square and the Crawford House have taken on a mystique all their own. As...
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14.5K1Business and LaborThe Hartford Insurance Story: One Man, One Bold Stroke, One Insurance Capital
In 1835 Connecticut’s Eliphalet Terry assumed leadership of a small Hartford insurance firm. Within one year, and with one master stroke, he...
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