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Tarawa, 1943; Louisa May Alcott; Civil War; Genocide; Venus de Milo; Ukraine, and more

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1. Remembering Pvt. William E. Rambo and Betio Island, Tarawa, 1943.

2. Civil War nurse Louisa May Alcott.

3. Life in 1862.

4. Today’s terms are ‘genocide’ and ‘war crime.’

5. Odd, but true: the Civil War and standardized clothing sizes.

6. On this date in 1820, the Venus de Milo was discovered.

7. What they …