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April 2010 (1)
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March 2010 (11)
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- 31: April Fools’ Pranks, Jokes, and Ruses Throughout History (6)
- 28: Links of Interest Volume X (1)
- 24: The Chaos of Early U.S. Presidential Elections (3)
- 22: Wikipedia Improvement Project: Where’s Your Hometown? (3)
- 18: 5 Random Things About the U.S. Census (15)
- 17: 6 Awesome Serial Killer Nicknames and How They Got Them (5)
- 15: The Future of EiH (3)
- 09: 5 Random Things About Skylab (2)
- 04: 5 Nikola Tesla Innovations Way Ahead of Their Time (54)
- 02: 10 Incredible Facts About the 2010 Winter Olympics (4)
- 01: Why Black History Month is Becoming Obsolete (0)
February 2010 (23)
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- 28: Links of Interest Vol. 9 (2)
- 26: 5 Random Things About Julius Caesar Watts (4)
- 25: 5 Random Things About Langston Hughes (0)
- 24: More African-American Heroics during the Spanish-American War (2)
- 23: How to Earn a Medal of Honor During the Spanish-American War (0)
- 22: On This Day: The Miracle on Ice (0)
- 20: Links of Interest Vol. 8 (0)
- 16: 5 Random Things About Freddie Stowers (2)
- 15: 5 Amazing Firsts Accomplished by Barack Obama (5)
- 13: Links of Interest Vol. 7 (0)
- 12: Quick Facts: The Winter Olympics (0)
- 11: The 20th Anniversary of the Biggest Upset In Sports (3)
- 10: 5 Random Things About Paul Laurence Dunbar (5)
- 08: 5 Random Things About Charles Richard Drew (0)
- 08: Super Bowl XLIV Quick Facts (0)
- 06: Links of Interest Vol. 6 (1)
- 05: 5 Random Things About Rosa Parks: A Photo Essay (0)
- 04: The 100th Anniversary of “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” (3)
- 03: Exciting Site Updates! (4)
- 03: 5 Random Things About 5 Forgotten Black Inventors (5)
- 02: Links of Interest Vol. 5 (0)
- 01: 5 Random Things About Carter G. Woodson (1)
- 01: Today is the First Day of Black History Month (7)
January 2010 (26)
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- 29: On This Day: The First Inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame (2)
- 28: 5 Random Things About Jerome David Salinger (7)
- 27: 5 Historical Quotes That Explain Why I Love History (3)
- 25: I Just Read A Man Without A Country (and you should, too) (3)
- 25: EiH a “Very Interesting Blog” (2)
- 24: Links of Interest Volume 4 (1)
- 22: (More Than) 5 Random Things About Deltona, FL (1)
- 22: Book Recommendation: The Mental Floss History of the World (0)
- 21: 7 Must See Movie Trailers for the History Geek in You (4)
- 21: The White House Now Has an Official iPhone App (0)
- 20: 5 Random Things About Haiti…or What’s Right With Haiti (2)
- 18: 5 Random Things About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (2)
- 16: Links of Interest Volume 3 (2)
- 15: On This Day: The Democrats Become Donkeys (1)
- 14: 5 Random Classic Films in the Public Domain (3)
- 14: The Casablanca Conference and FDR’s First Plane Ride (3)
- 13: Are We Living in a New Gilded Age? (10)
- 13: On This Day: William Brydon Makes it to Jallalabad (0)
- 12: 5 Random Things About Edmund Burke (0)
- 11: 5 Random Things About Gainesville, Florida (0)
- 09: Links of Interest Vol. II (3)
- 08: 5 Random Things About the BCS National Championship Game (0)
- 07: 5 Famous Traitors Who Define the Word “Treason” (8)
- 06: 6 Books I Will Read in 2010 That You Should Read, Too (2)
- 05: 5 Random Things About the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) (1)
- 04: 5 Random Things About Air Marshals (2)
December 2009 (35)
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- 31: A Month-by-Month History of the Past Decade: 2008-2009 (0)
- 31: A Month-by-Month History of the Past Decade: 2006-2007 (1)
- 31: A Month-by-Month History of the Past Decade: 2004-2005 (0)
- 31: A Month-by-Month History of the Past Decade: 2002-2003 (0)
- 31: A Month-by-Month History of the Past Decade: 2000-2001 (0)
- 30: A Year-by-Year Look at the UN’s International Year Declarations (0)
- 29: Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Follow EiH on Twitter in 2010 (1)
- 28: Links of Interest: EiH 2K9 Year in Review Edition (1)
- 23: The 9 Best Classic Christmas Movies of All Time (9)
- 22: The Top 5 Faces of Santa Claus (1)
- 21: The Pagan Origins of Christmas (5)
- 20: Links of Interest: Christmas Edition (0)
- 19: Links of Interest Vol. 1 (0)
- 18: 5 Random Things about General John J. Pershing (4)
- 17: A Brief History of Call of Duty (0)
- 17: 7 iPhone Apps for the History Geek in You (3)
- 16: 5 Random Things About the Battle of the Bulge (0)
- 15: The 236th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party (2)
- 15: A Month-by-Month History of 2009 – Blogcritics Culture (0)
- 14: 5 Random Things About the Heisman Trophy (0)
- 14: Did You Happen to Catch The People Speak? (1)
- 12: This Week is History (0)
- 11: 5 Random Things About Moleskine ® (3)
- 10: Matt Damon Juggles While Reciting the Declaration of Independence (2)
- 10: 10 Weird Airport Codes You Know You’ve Wondered About Before (3)
- 09: 5 Random Things About Fort Worth, Texas (1)
- 09: 16 Historical Anniversaries That We Observed in 2009 (8)
- 08: 5 Random Things About John Lennon (2)
- 07: 5 Random Things About the Apollo Space Program (6)
- 04: 5 Random Things About 5 Random Guys Named Stephen (0)
- 03: Bleeding Kansas and The Burial of Barber (2)
- 03: 5 Random Things About O.J. Simpson (1)
- 02: 5 Random Things About Andrew Jackson (20)
- 02: 10 Classic Books Available on the Amazon Kindle for FREE (7)
- 01: 5 Random Things About Bobby Bowden (0)
November 2009 (26)
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- 30: 5 Random Things About Amazon.com (2)
- 28: Weekend Reading Time! (0)
- 25: 5 Random Things About Black Friday (1)
- 24: 5 Random Things About Thanksgiving (5)
- 23: 5 Random Things About the Federal Reserve (0)
- 23: Do you Like the Redesign? (0)
- 23: On This Day: Doug Flutie’s Hail Mary (0)
- 21: The Week in Review (2)
- 20: 5 Random Things About Electric Cars (8)
- 20: On This Day: Nazis at Nuremberg (1)
- 19: 2000 Year Old Chinese Warriors Visits America (0)
- 19: 5 Random Things About The University of Florida (3)
- 19: On This Day: The Gettysburg Address (3)
- 18: My First Guest Post (4)
- 18: 5 Random Things About George Bernard Shaw (2)
- 17: On This Day: Saturday Night Massacre (1)
- 16: Boing Boing asks, “Is There Really A Water Crisis?” (0)
- 16: On This Day: The International Day for Tolerance (0)
- 14: Your Weekend Reading Assignment (0)
- 13: Learn to Read the Mayan Long Count Calendar (0)
- 12: On This Day: The Exploding Whale (4)
- 11: Obama-care, Good or Ill, Makes Historic First Step (0)
- 10: What You Didn’t Know About Semper Fi (7)
- 04: Could the Iranian Revolution Have Been Avoided? (3)
- 03: EiH asks, What is “the Sanctity of Marriage?” (3)
- 03: Even History’s Greatest Figures Have Failed (2)
October 2009 (13)
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- 21: Local History: Bent Creek Experimental Forest (1)
- 15: The Always Controversial Nobel Peace Prize (7)
- 14: The First Nobel Laureates (1)
- 13: Who was Alfred Nobel? (1)
- 13: Does Barack Obama Deserve the Nobel Prize? [POLL] (10)
- 07: A History of MLB Playoff Tiebreakers (1)
- 06: On This Day: The Curse of the Billy Goat (6)
- 05: On This Day: “Senator, You’re No Jack Kennedy” (0)
- 03: A Little Weekend Reading (0)
- 02: The Only Existing Film Images of Anne Frank (2)
- 02: Would You Buy 50 Years of 50 States? (2)
- 02: Some Random Olympic Facts (0)
- 01: Why is Something Rotten in Denmark? (0)
September 2009 (67)
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- 28: The Sad Story of Student Loans (2)
- 28: Smith McDowell House: My Museum Day Destination (0)
- 25: Why Isn’t the U.S. on the Metric System? (3)
- 24: Is French Toast Really From France? (10)
- 23: The Empire State Building as Stimulus Project (0)
- 22: Reminder: This Saturday is Museum Day (1)
- 22: On This Day: The Execution of Nathan Hale (0)
- 21: Dulce et Decorum Est (0)
- 18: Saturday is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! (3)
- 17: On This Day: George Washington’s Farewell Address (0)
- 16: What does it mean to be Bohemian? (2)
- 16: Where in the World is Bermeja? (0)
- 15: 8 Ways to Access Everything Is History (1)
- 14: Patriots or Politics? (0)
- 12: Who Won the Grand Finale of the 50 Years of 50 States Challenge? (2)
- 11: On This Day: EiH Remembers 9/11/2001 (0)
- 10: 10 Questions You Should Have Asked About 9/11 (4)
- 09: 50 Years of 50 States: The Grand Finale (32)
- 08: Day Five Trivia Question Winner! (2)
- 07: 50 Years of 50 States: Day Five Trivia Question (6)
- 07: 50 Years of 50 States: Illinois (0)
- 07: 50 Years of 50 States: New York (0)
- 07: 50 Years of 50 States: Georgia (0)
- 07: 50 Years of 50 States: California (0)
- 07: 50 Years of 50 States: Texas (1)
- 07: 50 Years of 50 States: Pennsylvania (0)
- 06: 50 Years of 50 States: Ohio (5)
- 06: 50 Years of 50 States: Washington (0)
- 06: 50 Years of 50 States: North Carolina (0)
- 05: 50 Years of 50 States: Indiana (0)
- 04: Day Four Trivia Question Winner!!! (1)
- 03: 50 Years of 50 States: Day Four Trivia Question – Answer and Win!!! (5)
- 03: 50 Years of 50 States: Florida (0)
- 03: 50 Years of 50 States: Minnesota (0)
- 03: 50 Years of 50 States: Massachusetts (1)
- 03: 50 Years of 50 States: New Jersey (1)
- 03: 50 Years of 50 States: Alabama (0)
- 03: 50 Years of 50 States: Michigan (1)
- 03: 50 Years of 50 States: Colorado (0)
- 03: 50 Years of 50 States: Louisiana (0)
- 03: 50 Years of 50 States: Oklahoma (0)
- 03: 50 Years of 50 States: Nevada (0)
- 03: 50 Years of 50 States: Day Three Contest Winner (0)
- 02: 50 Years of 50 States: Day Three Trivia Question – Answer and Win! (7)
- 02: 50 Years of 50 States: Nebraska (0)
- 02: 50 Years of 50 States: Iowa (0)
- 02: 50 Years of 50 States: Missouri (0)
- 02: 50 Years of 50 States: Tennessee (0)
- 02: 50 Years of 50 States: Wisconsin (1)
- 02: 50 Years of 50 States: Oregon (0)
- 02: 50 Years of 50 States: Arkansas (0)
- 02: 50 Years of 50 States: Kentucky (0)
- 02: 50 Years of 50 States: Connecticut (1)
- 02: 50 Years of 50 States: Maryland (2)
- 02: Day Two Contest Winner! (0)
- 01: 50 Years of 50 States: Day Two Trivia Question (11)
- 01: 50 Years of 50 States: Virginia (0)
- 01: 50 Years of 50 States: Arizona (0)
- 01: 50 Years of 50 States: Hawaii (3)
- 01: 50 Years of 50 States: Rhode Island (1)
- 01: 50 Years of 50 States: Utah (1)
- 01: 50 Years of 50 States: New Mexico (3)
- 01: 50 Years of 50 States: South Carolina (2)
- 01: 50 Years of 50 States: Mississippi (0)
- 01: 50 Years of 50 States: Delaware (0)
- 01: 50 Years of 50 States: Kansas (0)
- 01: 50 Years of 50 States: Day One Contest Winner! (0)
August 2009 (50)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: 50 Years of 50 States: Day One Trivia Question (9)
- 31: 50 Years of 50 States: Vermont (0)
- 31: 50 Years of 50 States: Alaska (1)
- 31: 50 Years of 50 States: West Virginia (0)
- 31: 50 Years of 50 States: New Hampshire (1)
- 31: 50 Years of 50 States: Montana (0)
- 31: 50 Years of 50 States: Idaho (0)
- 31: 50 Years of 50 States: North Dakota (1)
- 31: 50 Years of 50 States: South Dakota (0)
- 31: 50 Years of 50 States: Maine (4)
- 31: 50 Years of 50 States: Wyoming (1)
- 31: 50 Years of 50 States Contest Details (10)
- 30: 50 Years of 50 States Starts Tomorrow!!! (0)
- 29: EiH: Now More Mobilier (0)
- 29: Weekend Link Round Up – Honeybees, iPhone Apps, and Michael Jackson (2)
- 28: The Best Scene in Television History (1)
- 27: This Day in Geek History (0)
- 26: Copyblogger Asks, “Is Writing Obsolete?” (0)
- 26: Senator Ted Kennedy Dies of Brain Cancer (0)
- 25: Kind of Bloop: Miles Davis Meets 8-bit Audio (0)
- 25: The Future of Publishing (3)
- 25: What If..? The Importance of the Hypothetical (0)
- 24: Upcoming Contest: 50 Years of 50 States (1)
- 24: Upcoming Documentary: Crude (0)
- 24: Did Polish Cavalry Really Charge German Tanks? (0)
- 24: TIME on Unsustainable Farming Practices (2)
- 24: ’8-Bit Trip’ Celebrates Retro Gaming’s History (VIDEO) (1)
- 21: Remember Ruby Ridge? (1)
- 21: George Orwell Has A Blog (0)
- 21: On This Day: Cameroon’s Killer Lake (0)
- 20: I Want This Book, You Should, Too! (0)
- 20: What if Jimmy Carter Won the 1980 Election? (8)
- 19: A Non-Conspiratorial Look at Symbolism and the $1 Bill (0)
- 19: History Geeks Rejoice! (0)
- 19: World Humanitarian Day (0)
- 19: On This Day: Google’s IPO (0)
- 19: Why There Has to be Health Care Reform (2)
- 18: What is the Future of Reading? (5)
- 17: In For a Penny, In For a Pound (2)
- 16: Ask the Readers: A History Conundrum (1)
- 15: August 15th: A Big Day For Cold War Defectors (4)
- 14: 11 Things You Might Not Know About John Madden (2)
- 13: Repost: The Most Hilarious WWII lesson Ever (2)
- 12: Obesity: A Growing Concern (10)
- 07: Human Experimentation in America (0)
- 06: 15 of the Biggest & Most Bizarre Parties in the World (0)
- 06: 4 Upcoming Movies You Should See (0)
- 05: 15 Da Vinci War Machines (0)
- 05: What it Costs to Raise a Child (0)
- 05: John Quincy Adams Joins Twitter (1)
July 2009 (8)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 23: Happy Birthday, Marvin the Martian! (0)
- 23: The Future (of Airport Design) is Bleak (0)
- 23: Art Imitates Life Because the Truth is Often Stranger Than Fiction (0)
- 22: Happy 10th Birthday Windows Messenger! (0)
- 21: 7 Non-fatal Injuries That Should Have Been Fatal (1)
- 21: See the Longest Solar Eclipse of the Century Online (0)
- 20: So What Else Has Happened on July 20th? (0)
- 20: Apollo 11 on the Sea of Tranquility (1)
June 2009 (12)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 17: The First Motorized Military Convoy Across America (3)
- 17: A Short History of Distance Education (1)
- 15: American Policy Towards Iran: Have We Been Doing it Wrong? (0)
- 12: The Pre-history of the Swine Flu Pandemic (2)
- 11: On This Day: The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door (0)
- 11: Islam: The War That Won’t Go Away? (4)
- 11: New Features! Forum Addition In Progress (0)
- 10: Blogroll Updated: Failure Today Fails to Exist (0)
- 09: Have You Ever Heard of Fordlândia? (3)
- 06: The 65th Anniversary of D-Day (1)
- 04: Today is…the 20th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre (0)
- 03: Putting the Past 10 Years in Perspective (1)
April 2009 (10)
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- 21: On This Day: The Game Boy is Born!!! (0)
- 20: Interesting Stuff About Marijuana (8)
- 16: Pirates! (4)
- 15: A Short History of the Federal Income Tax (0)
- 14: Book Review: The Words of Abraham Lincoln (2)
- 12: The Bunny Lays Chocolate Eggs (1)
- 09: Stories You Should Read (1)
- 04: Beyond Vietnam: The Speech that Killed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (3)
- 02: Why are so Many Businesses Called Acme? (1)
- 01: On This Day: Happy April Fools’ Day! (2)
March 2009 (20)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 24: A History of Big Ideas – BusinessWeek (0)
- 23: On This Day: Give me Liberty, or Give me Death! (2)
- 19: Barack Obama on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2)
- 19: On This Day: Six Year Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq (0)
- 19: Everything You Wanted to Know About the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (0)
- 18: My Feeble Attempt At Humor (7)
- 18: History Doesn’t Lie: GOP’s “small government” talk is hollow (2)
- 17: A Sad Day for Print Media: March 17, 2009 (1)
- 17: On This Day: Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! (1)
- 15: What’s the origin of “riding shotgun”? (4)
- 10: Happy Birthday James Earl Ray…that’s right, I said it. (15)
- 08: Why is it called Tivo? (And Other Tech Name Origins): Part 2 (1)
- 06: Why is it called a BlackBerry? (And Other Tech Name Origins): Part 1 (5)
- 05: On This Day: The Emergency Banking Act of 1933 (4)
- 04: Video Game Review – Call of Duty: World at War (3)
- 04: Bush’s Secret Dictatorship – Dan Froomkin’s Blog on washingtonpost.com (2)
- 04: On This Day: Political Firsts (5)
- 02: I Removed the Bookstore (0)
- 02: Truth or Consequences…New Mexico (4)
- 01: It’s International Death Penalty Abolition Day! (2)
February 2009 (34)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 28: Obamicon Yourself (1)
- 28: Historic Trauma Cases: George Washington (0)
- 26: The Wayback Machine: The Greatest Thing About America Will Be Its Downfall (5)
- 25: Chevy Chase: Which was First, the Comedian or the City? (3)
- 25: On This Day in History: Cassius Clay vs. Sonny Liston (2)
- 23: Mardi Gras Is Here! Happy Fat Tuesday! (2)
- 23: Was There a Mr. GEICO, the Insurance Salesman? (1)
- 16: On This Day in History: Happy Presidents’ Day! (3)
- 14: On This Day in History: Happy Valentine’s Day (0)
- 14: A Definitive Assessment of Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Part 5 (9)
- 13: On This Day in History: Friday the 13th (4)
- 12: A Definitive Assessment of Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Part 4 (3)
- 12: On This Day in History: Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin! (1)
- 11: A Definitive Assessment of Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Part 3 (5)
- 10: A Definitive Assessment of Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Part 2 (2)
- 10: On This Day: February 11th (0)
- 09: Breaking News: Florida State Senator to Introduce Bill on Intelligent Design (4)
- 09: On This Day: February 10th (0)
- 09: A Definitive Assessment of Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: Part 1 (8)
- 08: On This Day: February 9th (1)
- 08: On This Day: February 8th (1)
- 07: The History of Water Fluoridation (10)
- 07: On This Day: February 7th (0)
- 05: Michael Phelps Smokes Pot, EiH asks “Who Cares”? (4)
- 05: On This Day: February 6th (1)
- 04: On This Day: February 5th (2)
- 03: The 10th Anniversary of the Violent Death of Amadou Diallo (4)
- 03: On This Day: February 4th (1)
- 02: The Story of the Four Chaplains (3)
- 02: On This Day: February 3rd (1)
- 02: Mighty Morphin Presidents (0)
- 01: On This Day: February 2nd (0)
- 01: Pittsburgh Steelers Win Super Bowl XLIII (3)
- 01: Super Bowl Themed Links (0)
January 2009 (35)
Detailed Monthly Archive
- 31: On This Day: February 1 (1)
- 31: Super Bowl Facts, Records, and History (2)
- 30: On This Day: January 31 (0)
- 30: New Link Added (1)
- 30: Super Bowl Team Profile: Pittsburgh Steelers (2)
- 29: On This Day: January 30 (2)
- 29: Some Site Maintenance (0)
- 29: The Governor of Illinois Has Been Impeached!!! (3)
- 29: Super Bowl Team Profile: Arizona Cardinals (2)
- 28: On This Day: January 29 (2)
- 28: Profits Over People: American Companies That Collaborated With Nazi Germany (1)
- 27: On This Day: January 28 (0)
- 27: Documentary Review: No End in Sight (2)
- 27: This Post is Link-tastic! (Sites of Interest) (0)
- 27: On This Day: January 27 (4)
- 26: What’s the Deal with Bluetooth? (3)
- 25: On This Day: January 26 (0)
- 25: Documentary Review: The Corporation (4)
- 25: On this day: January 25 (0)
- 24: The Real Manchurian Candidate: The Story of CIA Operation MKULTRA (7)
- 23: On this day: January 24 (0)
- 23: Explanation of the Blogroll (3)
- 22: On This Day: January 23 (3)
- 21: A Round of Links (1)
- 21: On This Day: January 22 (2)
- 20: On this day: January 21 (2)
- 20: The Inauguration (1)
- 19: MLK and his Day (1)
- 18: Where Does Your Name Come From? (14)
- 17: “I Beg Your Pardon!” A Short List of Presidential Pardons (4)
- 17: Why is Google called that? (2)
- 16: American Football: Too Big for Cups (2)
- 15: The Origin of the Greatest Thing Nobody’s Using (4)
- 15: Obama’s Official Portrait Released (0)
- 14: The Inaugural Post (0)
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