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Monday, October 2, 2023

What Inspired ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’?

 
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What Inspired ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’?
The classic short story is considered an example of early American folklore. But tales of headless horseman have been around since the Middle Ages.
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10 Things You May Not Know About Yosemite National Park
Check out 10 surprising facts about the UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was designated a U.S. National Park on October 1, 1890.
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How the First Latino Congressman Had to Fight for His Seat
Romualdo Pacheco was adroit at bear-wrangling and politics alike, but in 1877 he faced a rocky road to the House of Representatives.
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How a Camping Trip Created Our National Parks
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O.J. Simpson’s Getaway Car: What Happened to the White Ford Bronco?
On October 3, 1995, Simpson was acquitted of the double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. The white Ford Bronco, in which he made his infamous freeway chase, has its own storied history.
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What Was the Iran-Contra Affair?
OCTOBER 2
A major turning point in the Reagan-era political scandal came on October 5, 1986 with the revelation that the CIA was funding and operating the anti-communist Contras forces in Nicaragua. But that was just the tip of the iceberg.
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THE NEW YORKER
Watching the Southern Tip of Manhattan Change, for Forty Years
 
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE
The Surprisingly Radical Roots of the Renaissance Fair
 
BBC
Europe's Oldest Shoe Found in Spanish Bat Cave
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