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March 2010
... that
Thistle, Utah , was destroyed in 1983 by the most costly landslide (pictured) in United States history and was the first
federal disaster area declared by the U.S. President in the state of Utah?
... that
indie rock band
Fang Island took its name from a fictional location described in an
Onion article as a secret hideaway of then
U.S. Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld ?
... that
Carey McWilliams described
Carlos Bulosan 's
America Is in the Heart as a social classic that reflected the experiences of
Filipino immigrants in
America ?
... that the
American
electric blues
guitarist ,
singer , and
songwriter ,
Johnnie Bassett , played on
The Miracles 1958 debut
single , "Got a Job"?
... that during the
Korean War ,
US Army
Colonel Robert F. Martin commanded the
34th Infantry Regiment for only 14 hours before he was killed in the
Battle of Chonan ?
... that
Republican National Committee official
Rob Bickhart wrote a
PowerPoint presentation for a meeting of
Republican fundraisers which depicted
Nancy Pelosi as
Cruella de Vil ?
... that the
American
soul blues
guitarist ,
singer , and
songwriter
Jimmy Burns , issued a number of
singles in the 1960s, but waited over 25 years to release his debut
album ?
... that
Whitney Avenue Historic District in
New Haven, Connecticut , includes "locally outstanding" collections of
Queen Anne ,
Shingle ,
Colonial Revival and
Tudor Revival architecture?
... that General
Vernon Prichard , commander of the
"Old Ironsides" armored division during the
Italian Campaign in
World War II , was
Dwight Eisenhower 's
quarterback at
West Point ?
... that
footballer
Edward King was honored for heroism in the
Philippines and tactical skill in
France and later became
Commandant of the Army Command and General Staff College ?
... that
Hanging Rocks (pictured) at
Wappocomo ,
West Virginia , on the
South Branch Potomac River was the site of both a battle between
Delaware and
Catawba
Native American
tribes and an
American Civil War skirmish?
... that
Wyandanch , the
sachem of the
Montaukett , in 1659, sued Jeremy Daily in the colonial court in one of the first trials in North America with an English
defendant and a
Native American
plaintiff ?
... that
George Peek was the first Administrator of the
Agricultural Adjustment Administration and the first President of the two banks that would become the
Export-Import Bank of the United States ?
... that
Boeing is submitting an updated
OV-10 Bronco for the
US Air Force
Request for a slower support plane, or
Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance aircraft?
... that
American
Texas and
electric blues musician
Mike Morgan ' s backing band, the Crawl, was named after a
Lonnie Brooks song?
... that
Agalinis aspera (tall false foxglove), a purple and pink flowering plant native to the United States and Canada, is endangered?
... that the
American
Detroit blues
guitarist ,
singer and
songwriter
Eddie "Guitar" Burns was originally known as a
harmonica player?
... that
Heath Calhoun and
Andy Soule , both double-leg amputees due to wounds received in
Iraq and
Afghanistan , respectively, will represent the
United States at the
2010 Winter Paralympics ?
... that
Lord Palmerston threatened "immediate and frightful" war against the United States if they would not repatriate
Alexander McLeod , a Canadian accused of killing an American sailor?
... that when
U.S. Senator
Robert F. Kennedy heard
Phil Ochs sing "
Crucifixion ", tears came to his eyes?
... that
Kesha Rogers , who won the 2010
Democratic primary for
Texas's 22nd congressional district , is a follower of the
LaRouche movement and has called for the impeachment of President
Barack Obama ?
... that
Anna Kozlova has competed in three
Olympics , once for the
Unified Team (former Soviet Union) and twice for the
United States ?
... that
Sotir Peçi published the first
Albanian -language newspaper in the
United States ?
... that
Michele S. Jones (pictured) was the first woman in the
U.S. Army to attain the rank of
command sergeant major before she retired to a military liaison position in the
Obama Administration ?
... that
Ann Baumgartner was the first American woman to fly a
United States Army Air Forces
jet aircraft when she flew the
Bell YP-59A
jet fighter at
Wright Field as a test pilot during
World War Two ?
... that the
Bacon Deluxe sandwich from
Wendy's topped a list of the five most unhealthful gourmet burgers sold by national
fast food
restaurant chains in the United States?
... that early female
Republican Party politician and suffragist
Rhoda Fox Graves was the first woman to serve in the
New York State Senate ?
... that the
American
electric blues
harmonica player,
singer and
songwriter ,
Little Sonny , often boosted his earnings by
photographing customers between his on-stage appearances?
... that
Mary Nolan voted in favor of Senate Concurrent Resolution 22 that recognizes the service of
United States Merchant Marine veterans during
World War II ?
... that
James W. Treffinger went on to become a
Republican
County executive of
Essex County, New Jersey , even though his
Catholic family "idolized"
FDR and
Kennedy ?
... that between November 1996 and 2001, 936 people left the parish of
Baños in
Cuenca Canton ,
Ecuador , and emigrated mostly to the
United States ?
... that in 1906, some
Filipino prisoners involved in
medical experiments in the United States were intentionally infected with
cholera , and those who survived were rewarded with cigars or cigarettes?