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A Brief HistoryOn March 5, 1936, the fighter airplane that has been called the most beautiful plane of all time made its first flight. The... Read More

ou’re the one that makes the beautiful movies.” That’s what Abraham Zapruder’s assistant, Lillian Rogers, told him on... Read More

The House of Hanover ruled Britain for nearly 200 years, and this dynasty oversaw the modernisation of Britain. Despite their not... Read More

The Aokigahara Forest is a lonely place to die.So dense is the vegetation at the foot of Japan's Mount Fuji, it is all too easy to disappear... Read More

BRANDY SCHILLACE SOMETIMES writes fiction, but her new book is not that. Schillace, a medical historian, promises that her Cold War-era tale... Read More

 World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us... Read More

Founded in 1703 in the westernmost corner of Russia’s territory, St. Petersburg was laid out according to the urban planning ideals of... Read More

Since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the world has come to the nuclear brink only twice. The first, and better... Read More

Sunday, March 7th, is cold and windy. Tension grips the city, and the air seems pregnant with potential violence. Cars filled with white... Read More

People are complex, and historic events are usually even more so. As such, it is unsurprising that there are often aspects of historic... Read More

The election of 1800 was the first time power was transferred from one political party to another. The first president, George Washington,... Read More

I recently came across an article written by Fox News commentator, Bernie Goldberg, under the headline “Obama’s Campaign One Of... Read More

The second-century A.D. historian Appian vividly captured the moment the Roman Republic truly died: When the great orator Marcus Tullius... Read More

More than 1,000 years ago, a woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the map with her husband and a small crew, landing in what the Vikings... Read More

From time immemorial, people had the need to venerate objects of great significance: religious relics, mythical symbols, or depictions of... Read More

 Julius and ethel Rosenberg were executed 55 years ago, on June 19, 1953. But last week, they were back in the headlines when Morton... Read More

hen Robert F. Kennedy was shot on June 5, 1968, he had just assumed the leadership of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party by beating... Read More

Founded in 1703 in the westernmost corner of Russia's territory, St. Petersburg was laid out according to the urban planning ideals of... Read More

Have you ever heard someone say they were going to “put the kibosh” on something? Did you ever wonder what they meant, or what a... Read More