Where is Bataan?
The Bataan Peninsula is in the Philippines.
Following the Allied surrender of Bataan to the Japanese in April 1942, it was the site of the infamous “death march” in which thousands of American and Filipino prisoners died.
Cassius Clay announced that he had changed his name to Muhammad Ali in February 1964, after defeating Sonny Liston and becoming heavyweight champion. Some time earlier, Ali had secretly joined the Nation of Islam, led by Elijah Muhammad.
The 13 original American colonies were: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia.
No, Abraham Lincoln didn’t write the Gettysburg Address on the back of an envelope. Judging from the many drafts of the speech that have been discovered, the speech was fashioned through the traditional method of writing and revising. It was presented on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the national cemetery at Gettysburg, four…
There were between 1,490 and 1,635 deaths in the April 19, 1912, disaster when the Titanic sank, 100 of whom were women.
Duke University was founded in 1838 as the Union Institute and Randolph College, and renamed Trinity College in 1851. The Durham, North Carolina, institution became Duke University in 1924 in commemoration of a $40 million donation from tobacco mogul James B. Duke.
Five U.S. presidents attended Harvard University: John Adams John Quincy Adams Theodore Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt John F. Kennedy