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(1888–1965), U.S. historian, born in Xenia, Ohio, and educated at Ohio State and Columbia universities. He taught American history at Ohio State University (1912–19), was professor and head of the history department at the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa; 1919–24), and then became professor of history at Harvard University (1924–54). A member of many learned societies, in 1942 he was president of the American Historical Association. His works are notable for their keen insight into the sociological forces that shaped American history. They include The Colonial Merchants and the American Revolution, 1763–1776 (1917), New Viewpoints in American History (1922), The Rise of the City (1933), and The Political and Social Growth of the American People 1865–1940 (1941). With the American historian Dixon Ryan Fox (1887–1945), Schlesinger edited A History of American Life (13 vol., 1927–48).
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Billy Meier
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President Chester A. Arthur
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Arthur Sylvester discloses the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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Arthur Ashe: Kennedy Assassination
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This Day in History: 09/09/1971 - Birth at the White House
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Billy Meier
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He's got the photos, but was Billy Meier really contacted by extraterrestrials?
He's got the photos, but was Billy Meier really contacted by extraterrestrials?
President Chester A. Arthur
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In this Presidents video, we learn that Chester A. Arthur, America's twenty-first president, served from 1881 to 1885. Although Arthur was a Vermont-native, he exuded the presence of a New Yorker. In 1880, Arthur was elected Vice President.
In this Presidents video, we learn that Chester A. Arthur, America's twenty-first president, served from 1881 to 1885. Although Arthur was a Vermont-native, he exuded the presence of a New Yorker. In 1880, Arthur was elected Vice President.
Arthur Sylvester discloses the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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Here, Arthur Sylvester discloses the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, which occurred on July 30th of 1964, when South Vietnam began clandestine naval raids against Communist positions in the Gulf.
Here, Arthur Sylvester discloses the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, which occurred on July 30th of 1964, when South Vietnam began clandestine naval raids against Communist positions in the Gulf.
Arthur Ashe: Kennedy Assassination
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In this History Channel video, listen to Arthur Ashe's story about when he was a student at UCLA and heard the news that Kennedy had been shot. He said he first saw about fifty coeds heading from the student center crying.
In this History Channel video, listen to Arthur Ashe's story about when he was a student at UCLA and heard the news that Kennedy had been shot. He said he first saw about fifty coeds heading from the student center crying.
This Day in History: 09/09/1971 - Birth at the White House
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Esther Cleveland, daughter of Grover Cleveland, becomes the first child of the First Family to be born in the White House.
Esther Cleveland, daughter of Grover Cleveland, becomes the first child of the First Family to be born in the White House.
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