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John Kirkland has dug deep into various archives and found the love letters of many revered men as well as a few terrible tyrants and has published his findings in the book, <i>Love Letter of Great Men</i>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/16/what-do-tyrants-say-in-love-letters.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/16/what-do-tyrants-say-in-love-letters.htm Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:46:48 +0000 2012-02-16T13:46:48Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/16/another-round-of-posthumous-baptisms-of-holocaust-victims.htm <p>In the past, the Mormon Church has posthumously baptized Jewish victims of the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/tp/holocaust.htm">Holocaust</a>, which was supposed to have stopped after a huge public outcry against it. However, it has happened again. This time, amidst the list of Holocaust victims, was famous Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal's mother, Rosa. Rosa died in the Belzec concentration camp in 1942.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/16/another-round-of-posthumous-baptisms-of-holocaust-victims.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/16/another-round-of-posthumous-baptisms-of-holocaust-victims.htm Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:43:45 +0000 2012-02-16T08:43:45Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/14/preserved-wwi-shelter-discovered.htm <p>In 1918, 34 German WWI soldiers were in an underground shelter when an Allied bomb exploded above it. The ceiling caved in, killing all 34. At the time, 13 bodies were able to be removed but the rest had to be left. Over 90 years later, the underground shelter was rediscovered.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/14/preserved-wwi-shelter-discovered.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/14/preserved-wwi-shelter-discovered.htm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:36:01 +0000 2012-02-14T22:36:01Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/14/history-quote-of-the-week-73.htm <p>"For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing." -- Quote by Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal</p> <p><b>For more:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/History-Quotes.htm">History Quotes</a>, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/tp/holocaust.htm">The Holocaust</a> http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/14/history-quote-of-the-week-73.htm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:52:53 +0000 2012-02-14T05:52:53Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/07/flappers-in-the-1920s.htm Women in the 19th century wore corsets and long dresses, had long hair, and were expected to act primly. After World War I, young women wanted to escape those constricting ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/07/flappers-in-the-1920s.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/07/flappers-in-the-1920s.htm Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:19:50 +0000 2012-02-07T17:19:50Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/07/history-quote-of-the-week-72.htm <p>"We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets." -- Quote by actress <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/MarilynMonroe.htm">Marilyn Monroe</a></p> <p><b>For more:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/History-Quotes.htm">History Quotes</a>, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/MarilynMonroe.htm">Marilyn Monroe Biography</a></p> http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/07/history-quote-of-the-week-72.htm Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:54:50 +0000 2012-02-07T08:54:50Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/02/otzi-the-iceman.htm At first, the two hikers thought they had found the ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/02/otzi-the-iceman.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/02/otzi-the-iceman.htm Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:18:18 +0000 2012-02-02T09:18:18Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/02/02/history-quote-of-the-week-71.htm <p>"The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression." -- Quote by W.E.B. 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Read more about the complex life of movie-star <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/od/people/a/MarilynMonroe.htm">Marilyn Monroe</a>.</p> http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/01/31/who-was-marilyn-monroe.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:56:57 +0000 2012-01-31T23:56:57Z http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/01/25/the-first-man-on-the-moon-2.htm <p><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/history1900s/1/0/s/C/1/apollo40.jpg" align="right" hspace=5 width=170>On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human being to walk on the moon. But how long did it take him to get to the moon? There were three men on the Apollo 11 mission; who didn't get to walk on the moon? What did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin actually do once they landed on the moon? Find out the answers to these questions plus so much more in this article about the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/od/1960s/p/firstmanmoon.htm">First Man on the Moon</a>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/01/25/the-first-man-on-the-moon-2.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://history1900s.about.com/b/2012/01/25/the-first-man-on-the-moon-2.htm Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:03:30 +0000 2012-01-25T23:03:30Z