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September/October 1988

Last Updated 07:00 AM EDT October 21, 2008

Political Fights, Popular Fêtes

The fluid political atmosphere produced two major blocs that faced off in the presidential contest of 1828: the National Republicans, headed by John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay, and the Jacksonians (soon called Democrats), an assembly of Adams’s opponents who gathered around Andrew Jackson.

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Florida’s 61 Must-See Historical Sites

The lure of white sand beaches, citrus groves, and the glitter of Disney World and Miami, has often diverted the spotlight from Florida’s rich historical heritage.

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Actor Paul Newman Dies

Ellis Island Museum to expand immigration story

How presidential candidates win debates

Inspired U.S. wins back the Ryder Cup

Mystery ship washes ashore in Alabama after Hurricane Ike

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The Truth about Brigham Young
Posted by American Heritage Staff at 07:00 AM EST
September 29, 2008

Before too many readers get seduced by Mr. Rammell's outrage over the purported sliming of Brigham Young and our ancestors (yes,...

A baseball songsheet published in 1867.

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October 21

1980: The Philadelphia Phillies win their first World Series.

1959: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens to the public in New York City.

1917: Dizzy Gillespie, jazz musician, is born.

1861: Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, the second major battle of the Civil War.

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October 20

“Science is neither a single tradition, nor the best tradition there is, except for people who have become accustomed to its presence, its benefits and its disadvantages. In a democracy it should be separated from the state just as churches are now separated from the state.”

—Paul Feyerabend, German philosopher of science, 1975

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