Links of Interest Vol. 8

You may have noticed that I haven’t posted anything since Tuesday. Well, my best friend came to town and I decided that I should take the weekend early. No worries, everything gets back to normal on Monday. I hope these stories from around the web will tide you over until then. If not, check out EiH on Twitter for history facts in microburst form.

• LBJ’s Amphicar
• President Einstein: Following the death of Israel’s first president in 1952, then-Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion decided to approach a certain physicist at Princeton University…
• 11 Facts About the End of the Great War
• A History of Phones: 9 Telephone Transitions that Rocked the Industry
• Blast From the Past: Vintage technologies that we no longer use
• Celebrities Reciting the Alphabet on Sesame Street: Richard Pryor, Jackie Robinson, Billy Joel, and a bunch more gems.
• 10 Astounding Actions Earning a Medal of Honor: I was disappointed that Freddie Stowers didn’t make the list, but it’s still great nonetheless.
• Finally, I leave you with a movie trailer for a film that just released yesterday, Blood Done Sign My Name, about the 1970 murder of African-American Vietnam-vet Henry Marrow in Oxford, North Carolina.

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