World Trade Center. 1,350 feet high, 110 stories
Empire State Building. 1,250 feet high, 102 stories
(with the 164-foot television tower included, it is 1,414 feet high)
Chrysler Building. 1,046 feet high, 77 stories
AT&T Building. 950 feet high, 67 stories 40
Wall Tower. 927 feet high, 71 stories
Franklin Roosevelt first used it in his acceptance speech for the presidential nomination at the 1932 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
The “Peggy Stewart Tea Party” took place in a colony in Maryland. The burning of the tea ship Peggy Stewart was inspired by the Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773. Like its more famous counterpart, this act of destruction was committed to protest British duties on tea and the monopoly of the British East…
According to the 1990 census, Americans of Chinese origin (1.6 million) outnumber those of Japanese origin (848,000) by almost two to one.
This classified history of American involvement in Vietnam called the Pentagon Papers first began to run in the New York Times on June 13, 1971. Despite legal challenges from the White House, the Supreme Court permitted the Times and the Washington Post to continue publishing the documents. Leaked by former Pentagon employee Daniel Ells-berg, the…
The 4,000-mile trade route called the Silk Road joined the ancient kingdoms of China and Rome. It started in Siam, followed the Great Wall of China to the northwest, bypassed the Takla Makan Desert, crossed the Pamir Mountains, passed through Afghanistan, and ended at the Levant. Goods were then transported across the Mediterranean Sea to…
The last veteran of the American Revolution died in 1867.