All posts tagged "space"
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6.1K5Arts and LeisureHow Basketball History (and Basketball) Was Made in Springfield, Mass., in 1891
If it weren’t for a bad case of cabin fever, basketball history would never have been made. Nor, for that matter, would...
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12.2K1Arts and LeisureThe Boston Redskins Play Their Last Game
George Preston Marshall brought professional football to Boston in 1931 with a team known as the Boston Redskins — and which won...
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21.0K13Arts and Leisure10 Unusual Facts About James Lord Pierpont, The Man Behind Jingle Bells
You’ve heard James Lord Pierpont. Everyone has. And in three weeks’ time, you’ll hope you never have to hear his music again....
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7.2K16Science and NatureBetty and Barney Hill Take a Long, Strange Trip
On Sept. 19, 1961, Betty and Barney Hill made their way back from Montreal to their home in Portsmouth, N.H., after a...
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5.3K4Business and LaborBarre Stonecutters Fight the Spanish Civil War
Barre, Vt., was a hotbed of anti-fascism during the Spanish Civil War, as Barre stonecutters raised money to help the suffering Spanish...
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11.5K25MassachusettsJFK Born In Brookline, May 29, 1917
When John Fitzgerald Kennedy came into the world, his family was not yet wealthy and glamorous, and it hadn’t yet been plagued...
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