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Chasing Profits, Creating Famine - Bengal and the East India Company
The first of series of famines that struck Bengal were exacerbated by the greed and malfeasance of the East India Company's leaders.
A Glitch in the Patriot Missile System
The tragic consequences of a simple oversight that resulted in the deaths of 28 American troops during the Gulf War in 1991.
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A Canadian Battering Ram: Assiniboine's Sinking of the U-210
The story of a firefight between a Canadian destroyer and a German U-boat that broke out in the North Atlantic.
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The Legend of the Gimli Glider
How a mathematical miscalculation set the stage for disaster, only to be thwarted by the men who miscalculated in the first place.
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When A Booth Saved the Life of a Lincoln...No, Really.
The story of the serendipitous encounter between Edwin Booth and President Abraham Lincoln's son months before the assassination of the President at…
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Project Seal: A Backup to the Atomic Bomb
The secret mission aimed at developing a tsunami-causing weapon in World War II.
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The Terrible Viking, A Danish War Legend
Anders Lassen's actions in Italy in World War II earned him the Victoria Cross.
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