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The Unsolved Mystery of D.B. Cooper I.Introduction A.Imagine being a flight attendant, now picture receiving a note from a passenger which indicates that there is a bomb on the plane; this is what happened to Tina Mucklow, a flight attendant and also one of the main witnesses of the D.B. Cooper Case. B.The unsolved case of D.B. Cooper is one of the most infamous hijackings of American History. C.Not only that, it’s also one of the largest and most difficult conundrums ever for the FBI.…

David Von Drehle worked as a journalist for The Washington Post and is also the author of “Triangle: The Fire That Changed America.” In this ALA Notable Book of the Year, Von Drehle talks about the devastating fire in New York City on March 25, 1911 as well as the events leading up to it, how it led to many reforms and changes in government policies regarding not just the workplace, but of the standard of living in general. During the 20th century, a time when immigrants flocked to the US for in…

there were only 60 officers(“Wikipedia”). People could do whatever they wanted, whenever they felt like it. Even before Al Capone, a famous American gangster who ran the streets of Chicago, started his illegal activities the city already had a reputation for crime(“Mental Floss”). Chicago’s rival territories, the North and the East, started being rivals right about the time Al Capone started to dominate the streets of Chicago. The two rivals, even today, are only split by Madison Street(“Sam T…

his morning, on the 245th anniversary of The Boston Massacre, Queen Elizabeth admitted in a public comment that the English attack that resulted in the death of several americans was “kind of a bad idea.” “We are taking the time to express Our regret for a wrong committed over 200 years ago,” the Queen began. “This week, after seeing a news report about a American revolution remembrance ceremony, We thought to yourself, ‘Man, that was kind of a bad move, We should probably make an expression…

Taha Quraishi Mr. Irvine US History 22 September 2015 Fahrenheit 9/11 Fahrenheit 9/11 directed by Michael Moore is a documentary film that premiered in movie theaters around the world during June of 2004. The film’s foremost basis is that US President George W. Bush is, and has been from the start of his term, unfit for office and does not act in the interests of the American people. It is a no-holds-barred attack on the Bush management’s handling of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the War on…

The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis Imagine being a sailor on The USS Indianapolis. You had just finished dropping off the atomic bomb at Tinian. It is late at night and you decide to go to bed. A couple minutes later, the ship jolts to the left. You’ve been hit by a torpedo. You jump out of your bed and rush out of the room. You hear your captain screaming, “Abandon ship!Abandon ship!”. You rush down the narrow hall and find a life jacket. You put it on and run to the stern of the ship. You…

Introduction At present, whenever we look at Islam. We instantly imagine the suicide bombing, violent protests, terrorism, jihad and veiled women of the Middle East. This mean that some people have a negative sense towards the Islamic world. Particularly, when we consider on women which are nearly always the victims of gender discrimination , justice, and inequality. So, in this paper, I try to conduct the analysis in the issues of gender inequality over the Islamic world. From my point…

Military deception has been used throughout history to thwart the enemy during battle. The Art of War by Sun Tzu discusses strategies that emphasize the concept of deception as a critical war tactic. Military deception is considered a type of psychological warfare and employs many unconventional methods including visual deceptions and misinformation. Before and during the Invasion of Normandy in World War II, one of the largest deceptions in military history was executed. By using this…

America became immediately involved in the war in terror following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Less than a month after 9/11, the United States had invaded Afghanistan in order to attack and destroy Al-Qaeda, meanwhile removing the government that allowed them to live within their borders. Following that, the US had invaded Iraq which was related to the war on terror. The result of these wars was that the budgets for defense-related agencies skyrocketed…

Aisha Bibi is a woman from Afghanistan known all around the world for her famous picture on the cover of the 2010 Time magazine. It showed her face without a nose with a troubling comment on the side, “What happens if we leave Afghanistan” (Baker). The article by Aryn Baker explains, she was beaten and abused by her husband’s family, Aisha Bibi fled to her parents after she could no longer take the abuse. She was then dragged away by a group of men from the Taliban and taken back to her husband.…