Operation Plunder

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Calamity Jane was known as a frontierswoman, sharpshooter and lurid storyteller, but also a raging alcoholic and intermittent prostitute. Jane was a storyteller in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and appeared in the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.

On April 12th, 1864, the Battle of Fort Pillow found Union defenses greatly outnumbered by Confederate forces. Upon surrender, the mostly African American Union soldiers were gunned down after being refused POW status.

According to the Hebrew Bible, the Ark of the Covenant was constructed of gold and wood by Moses and the Israelites after they fled Egypt. The location of the Ark is unknown today, despite many theories of its location, making the Ark of the Covenant one of the most important missing artifacts in Judeo-Christian history.

Wampanoag chief Metacom, or King Philip—fed up with continued colonial expansion onto Indian land—forcefully defended his people’s territory in what became known as King Philip’s War, leading to attacks on English colonies throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Maine.

The Articles of Confederation established a central government among the thirteen states but quickly revealed weaknesses such as no authority to demand money or troops from individual states and more.

Stonehenge is located on the Salisbury Plain of southern England and was started more than 5,000 years ago using primitive tools and unknown methods for moving and erecting multi-ton, non-native stones.

The Neolithic Revolution is considered the last period of the New Stone Age and a critical turning point in humanity, witnessing the staggered birth of agriculture and animal husbandry, while converting nomadic hunter-gatherers into sedentary villagers.