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In the first weeks of 2011, Osama bin Laden was worried. For five years, he had concealed himself and his extended family—wives,... Read More

On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian-backed... Read More

When war broke out in 1914, no one could have possibly foreseen what the conflict would be really like. At the time, in the common idiom, war... Read More

FOR 30 years, Ronald Reagan's breaking of the federal air traffic controller strike has often been seen as a turning point in United States... Read More

It was an old-fashioned lynching, carried out with the help of county officials, that came to symbolize hardcore resistance to integration.... Read More

Where is Gibraltar?It is a stony outcrop at the southern end of the Iberian peninsula, to which it is linked by a narrow isthmus. It marks... Read More

By the summer of 2012, few public figures were more widely admired than South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius. The "Blade Runner" had... Read More

Aaron Hernandez > Team(s): New England Patriots > Convicted of: First-degree murder > Arrested in: 2013 > Sentence: Life in... Read More

Let's just say there was probably some champagne passed around in the Silna family yesterday. That's because the Silna brothers, Ozzie and... Read More

1. He was originally named “Jumping Badger.” Sitting Bull was born around 1831 into the Hunkpapa people, a Lakota Sioux tribe... Read More

The dense formation that constituted the Army of the Potomac’s Black Hat Brigade formed up on Joseph Poffenberger’s farm at dawn... Read More

Why Were the Marines at Cam Ne? After the August 1964 incident in the Gulf of Tonkin between North Vietnamese torpedo boats and U.S. Navy... Read More

n May 1846, the last wagon train of the season left Independence, Missouri for the Mexican territory of Alta California. Led by two men from... Read More

A century ago in Fall River, Massachusetts, a jury of twelve men deliberated about one hour before acquitting Lizzie Borden of killing her... Read More

Upon the death of Augustus, Tiberius Claudius Nero stood as the last logical choice in a long and tumultuous line of potential heirs. In 14... Read More

A hanged man was never more popular. One hundred years ago, the British government executed Roger Casement for his participation in a... Read More

When it comes to alternative history, the Second World War is king. Dozens of books and wargames suggest how history would have changed if... Read More

How was the first voyage of Columbus to the New World undertaken, and what was its legacy? Having convinced the King and Queen of Spain to... Read More

At the height of his fame in the 1920s, humorist and short-story writer Ring Lardner was listed among the 10 best-known people in America. He... Read More

When the Basketball Association of America (BAA) merged with the National Basketball League (NBL) in 1949 it was the culmination of two great... Read More