Gangsters of the Roaring Twenties

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An ongoing refusal to increase USPS pay led to a boiling point when Congress proposed a 41% pay increase for themselves and a 5.4% increase for postal workers; resulting in the great postal strike of 1970, the largest walkout of federal employees in U.S. history.

In 1835, a fictional writer Dr. Andrew Grant published in the New York Sun newspaper about having seen life on the moon through a new high-power telescope in South Africa. The popularity and global phenomena of the six articles would be known as the Great Moon Hoax of 1835.

The Battle of Appomattox Court House and the subsequent decision would bring an end to the Civil War as Lee’s confederate troops dwindled down enough to force surrender to Grant and the Union Army.

Donut Dollies were young, educated and vivacious women sent into the Vietnam warzone to boost troop morale and a much-needed break from war. Donut Dollies were often caught between mortar and sniper fire, giving them first-hand knowledge of the stressors of war.

As superpower nations vied for outposts in the Americas, the English King James I chartered another attempt to colonize North America, which resulted in the Jamestown Colony being settled on May 13th, 1607.

Moe Berg was a mediocre journeyman baseball player who leveraged his education and multilingualism to travel to Japan and provide espionage for the FDR administration ahead of the outbreak of WWII.

The Battle of Fredericksburg occurred between December 11th and December 15th 1862 and resulted in victory for the Confederate Army, dealing a painful blow to President Lincoln and the Union Army.