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Capt. Robert A. Lewis, the co-pilot of the Enola Gay, scribbled thoughts in a notebook while the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan. Read More

After Nazi forces invaded Denmark in 1940, a Canadian crew sailed through the Northwest Passage to establish authority in the... Read More

Jermain Wesley Loguen opened his home to fugitives fleeing the South. He publicized this work openly, risking arrest or even re-enslavement Read More

Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on Iwo Jima in June 1944. Over the next eight months, he built one of the most elaborate defense... Read More

The largest cavalry battle of the American Civil War took place at Brandy Station, Virginia, where J.E.B. Stuart's Confederates and Alfred... Read More

Known as the “godmother of civil rights,” Dorothy Height fought not just for racial justice but for women’s equality. Read More

What history gets wrong about the 11th president Read More

There’s no doubt that the Americas were irrevocably changed by European contact. The decimation and sociopolitical transformation of... Read More

Charlotte Despard publicly denounced British imperial rule from London in the 1920s. Her activism linked women's suffrage with India's fight... Read More

Indigenous slavery, which lasted for centuries, has gone by many names. A new public history project wants us to see it for what it was. Read More

Opinion | Seventy years ago today, on Feb. 25, 1956, then-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev took to the podium in Moscow’s Palace of... Read More

Archaeologists in Germany have discovered a corridor system from the late Middle Ages in a burial site dating back to the 4th millennium BC. Read More

Several claim to be the oldest in the land, but which candidate is most likely? Our expert weighs in Read More

In 1957, the painter showed the BBC how he built up his pictures of industrial urban life from his imagination, and described the loneliness... Read More

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

When President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in the middle of the Civil War, he was not just changing the terms of... Read More

Misha Glenny and guests discuss the origins and harsh realities of the gladiator life. Read More

Brothers & Freeborn Black men, William & Ben Frank enlisted in the Continental Army. They gambled military service would earn them a better... Read More

February 24, 1868. The House of Representatives moves to impeach Andrew Johnson, making him the first president impeached in US history. Read More

The Cancelled Prime Minister: The Extraordinary Rise and Tragic Fall of Ramsay MacDonald by Walter Reid finds the romance behind... Read More

Black History Week was launched to correct the record—and show why inclusive American history matters. Read More

Lauren Yee’s play about the early post-Soviet era in St. Petersburg is a very funny tragedy. Read More

Her role as a historic hero or villain depends on the movement in question, but looking at her as a mother and daughter adds depth to her... Read More

This interactive timeline of the war in Ukraine shows major attacks, key moments and how the battle lines have shifted in the four years... Read More

Visiting the Alamo for its 190th anniversary? Beyond the 13-day battle myth lies a 300-year struggle for Indigenous and Black history that is... Read More

The Siege of the Alamo(23 February to 6 March 1836) was an engagement of Texian forces with the Mexican Army, leading up to... Read More

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On June 19, 1864, the fabled CSS Alabama sailed out of the harbor in Cherbourg, France, to confront the USS Kearsarge, which was blockading... Read More

In 1775, the British were occupying Boston and the Patriots were low on weapons. General George Washington turned to Knox to do what seemed... Read More

The Kotze Affair stemmed from an infamous gathering by members of German aristocracy, revealed in a series of anonymous... Read More

Chief White Eyes toggled between British and American leadership to secure land for the Lenape. Read More

In the late 1800s, Black cowboys brought their culinary knowledge from Africa to the American West—influencing everything from antelope... Read More

Recently, cutting-edge technologies and novel treatments have led to groundbreaking advancements. Some basic concepts still underscoring the... Read More

Joan of Arc was put on trial twice, once before and once after her death. The records made at these trials are often used as evidence of... Read More

Often it was family members calling for arrest over fears of succession. Read More

Beneath southern Poland, the Wieliczka Salt Mine has transformed from a medieval industrial powerhouse into a surreal underground world of... Read More

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