Battle of Taranto

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The only Japanese bombing on the continental United States during WWII occurred outside of Brookings, Oregon. Two incendiary bombs intent on starting wildfires failed.

A sounding board for the wisdom of its colonial author, Ben Franklin, Poor Richard’s Alamanack was in print uninterrupted from 1732 to 1758.

The nearly four-month-long attack on Britain by the German Luftwaffe cost the lives of more than 20,000 people and wounded a nearly equal amount.

A writer and revolutionary whose works strongly influenced both the American and French Revolutions. His Common Sense pamphlet was the best-selling and most praised in the colonies.

After the Japanese surrendered from WWII in 1945, dedicated holdouts refused to acknowledge defeat, staying in hiding for decades after war was over.

For a brief 18-month period the Pony Express made it possible for mail to cross the country in 10 days instead of 8 weeks, the prior standard by ship.

How scientists discovered that the chemical weapon mustard gas reduced the size of cancer tumors, making it the first chemotherapy agent in medical history.