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The USS Arizona sank just nine minutes after being bombed, and its 1,177 dead account for nearly half the servicemen killed in the attack. Read More

The Torsk’s sinking of the Japanese vessel marked the last U.S. submarine kill for over eight decades — that is until March 3, 2026. Read More

At 5:04 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1989, San Francisco began to shake. The Loma Prieta earthquake caused widespread destruction. Across the... Read More

A pre-invasion exercise at Slapton Sands went horribly wrong, and senior Allied commanders covered up the serious losses and breach of D-Day... Read More

After the Battle of Bunker Hill, British forces entrenched themselves in Boston, where they were encircled by the Continental Army under the... Read More

What William Grimes wanted John Quincy Adams to know about freedom on the 50th anniversary of the country’s founding Read More

Some people are put on earth to do more than one big thing. Winston S. Churchill was such a man. If he had just been the new prime minister... Read More

Today, India, despite global scrutiny, has maintained a principled partnership with Iran, balancing its energy and strategic interests with... Read More

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in shaping... Read More

On the banks of the Rhine rises one of the most recognizable structures in Europe — a cathedral whose story spans centuries of faith,... Read More

The decision to turn Haga Sophia from a museum back into a mosque sheds light on a broader truth about the reality of religious pluralism:... Read More

Mary Stuart's father reportedly predicted that the Scottish throne would end with a woman. But no one could have foreseen the many twists... Read More

Phones have transformed since Alexander Graham Bell’s first call. Sprawling box sets and rotary dials led to push but... Read More

The medieval church’s acknowledgement that signs were equivalent to a spoken language was transformative for deaf people. Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

A street fight between British soldiers and American colonists turns into a bloodbath, escalating a conflict that will lead to the War of... Read More

250 years ago, Thomas Paine's Common Sense made the case for independence, but Paine knew that the harder work was figuring out how to govern... Read More

Join Greg and his guests to learn all about the life of medieval author Geoffrey Chaucer. Read More

Israel and Iran have been in almost constant conflict for nearly 50 years. Media tends to frame the violence as endemic, and inevitable... Read More

A new book chronicles the tense negotiations that secured the return of nearly 3,000 Allied civilians held by the Japanese during World War II Read More

Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity by Frank Dikötter is a balanced account of the violent years... Read More

The fourth season of hit Regency period drama Bridgerton tells the story of second son Benedict’s relationship with Sophie, a... Read More

The 2004 movie adaptation Troy retells the epic tale from Homer’s Iliad, but how historically accurate was it? Read More

Redistribution wasn’t the goal Read More

The American colonists battle Parliament Read More

In 1946, less than a year after the end of World War Two, Britain's wartime leader sounded an urgent warning about the Soviet threat to the... Read More

The gold train incident was one of several involving riches plundered by the Nazi regime from their victims across Europe. Read More

Ninety years ago this month, German troops marched into the demilitarized Rhineland area in violation of the Versailles Treaty of... Read More

Mexico’s disgraced saviour General Antonio López de Santa Anna completed his comeback on 9 March 1839 as the Pastry War came... Read More

The bodybuilder built a global wellness brand around his chiseled physique. Then World War I derailed his career. Read More

A DC chance to view what newly-minted Americans saw in July 1776 Read More

Abraham Lincoln understood the importance of being visually accessible, sitting for over a hundred portraits and working with numerous... Read More

Owning proven and popular content makes good business sense. Read More

A Paiute man had a vision: A ritual dance would reunite his people with their dead. The Ghost Dance swept across other North American tribes,... Read More

Archaeology offers a useful way to counter some biases. Read More

The great cities of Mesopotamia ("the land between two rivers") developed prior to the late 4th millennium BCE along two rivers – the... Read More

From dealing with nits to learning the three Rs, ancient Roman childhood bore some striking similarities to the modern experience Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More