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On This Day, May 11: IBM's Deep Blue beats chess legend Kasparov
United Press International via Yahoo News· 40 minutes agoIn 1910, Glacier National Park in Montana was created by an act of Congress. In 1924, Karl Benz and...
Rewrite: News from past issues
Elko Daily Free Press· 13 hours agoMay 6, 1924: Miss Pearl Lindsay has purchased Mrs. J. Eggers’ bicycle. May 6, 1924: A pretty phaeton is on the freight depot here, for A. Primeaux of...
‘Fallen’ and ‘Everest, Inc.’: Walking to the Roof of the World
The Wall Street Journal· 17 hours agoThen he died trying. A century on, Mallory is best remembered for those three koanlike words. As...
At age 99, Jimmy Carter is still exercising his right to vote
News 12 Augusta· 13 hours agoFormer President Jimmy Carter, age 99, is still exercising his right to vote. Carter’s grandson,...
Washington Opera offers new ending to Puccini’s final work
FOX 4 Kansas City· 3 days agoNEW YORK (AP) — Ever since Giacomo Puccini died without finishing his last opera, “Turandot,”...
25 photos of what Paris looked like the last time it hosted the Olympics
Stacker via AOL· 4 days agoThe city hosted the Summer Games twice before: in 1900, as the first location outside Greece, and...
West Bloomfield Holocaust survivor turns 100
Detroit News· 5 hours agoWest Bloomfield resident Katherine Sattler said she has "a lot of history." The Metro Detroiter survived the Holocaust, immigrated to the U.S. after the...
This Is Why the Red Poppy Is a Symbol of Memorial Day
The Pioneer Woman via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoIn 1922, the VFW began national distribution programs around the country to support the cause, and...
On This Day in History - May 11th - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 40 minutes agoOn May 11, 1997, IBM's Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in a six-game rematch in New York.
Reviewing the news: Murderers and morels
Petoskey News Review via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMay 9, 1924: Murderer leaves $30 for county The recent closing of the estate of John Harada, Emmet county murderer and shortly after a suicide himself,...
