Week of January 8, 2018 Archives

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Monday, January 8

There's a Reason He Was Called Crazy Horse

Biography

Proof Americas Were Settled Earlier Than Thought

Lorraine Boissoneault Smithsonian

Emperor Hirohito Didn't Want to Go to War

Japan Times

English Risked Big, and Lost

Theodore Roosevelt Naval War of 1812

Why Does NYT Still Blame Palin for Giffords' Shooting?

PunditFact

Alfred Packer: Cannibal Turned Folk Hero

Cheryl Eddy Gizmodo

How War Came to Gallipoli

Michael Duffy First World War

Did 'Ma Bell' Really Need to Be Broken Up?

Brad Reed Network World

This Day in History: January 8

Tuesday, January 9

Do We Love Churchill Too Much?

Andrew Bacevich The American Conservative

5 Tainted Presidential Elections

Fred Lucas The Daily Signal

RMS Queen Elizabeth Fire Still a Mystery

Finding Dulcinea

iPhone Unveiling Drove Engineers to Drink

Fred Vogelstein New York Times

Tracing Gruden's Run With Raiders and Return

A. Stites & H. Lyles Jr. SB Nation

Star of the West: First Shots of Civil War

Harper's Weekly

Jews Burnt to Stave Off Plague

Michael Omer-Man Jerusalem Post

Lakers' Historic Streak: 'We Were Really Just Having Fun'

J.A. Adande ESPN

This Day in History: January 9

Wednesday, January 10

Polygamy Creates Inequality, Which Leads to War

The Economist

No Doubt: Germany Started Great War

Boris Johnson The Telegraph

Who Got What Under Lend-Lease Act?

Kennedy Hickman ThoughtCo.com

Spindletop Spewed and the Oil Boom Began

KC Bit & Supply

Washington Begged, Borrowed, Stole to Feed Troops

Joseph Stoltz Daily Beast

Putin Invokes WW II to Instill Patriotism

Shaun Walker Oxford University Press

Vindicating Rockefeller's Standard Oil

Alex Epstein Daily Caller

'68: Assassinations, Tet Offensive, Jumbo Jet Debut

Rebecca Gibian RealClearLife

Uber Smart People Know What They Don't Know

James Fallows The Atlantic

This Day in History: January 10

Thursday, January 11

Photo Essay of Eastern Front of WW II

Alan Taylor The Atlantic

Journal Offers Insight to Executioner

Joel F. Harrington Publishers Weekly

Left for Dead: The Moment That Shaped Sharon

Mitch Ginsburg Times of Israel

The Myth of Muhammad and 'Tolerant' Mecca

Religion of Peace

Benjamin O. Davis: 1st Black Army General

Center of Military History

Why Weimar Was Destined to Fail

Michael Brooks History Mike

18 Trips to Revisit World War I

Mary Forgione Los Angeles Times

Antiquities Act Made Way for National Parks

Robert Righter National Park Service

More to Francis Scott Key Than Anthem

J. Mark Powell Washington Examiner

Designated Hitter v. Baseball Economics

Dan McLaughlin Grantland

This Day in History: January 11

Friday, January 12

10 Cool WW II Aircraft That No Longer Exist

Brandon Christensen RealClearHistory

Explosives Disguised as Toys and Other Russian Weapons

Dustin Koski TopTenz

Foreign Bases Cost U.S. $100 Million and Hosts Say, 'Go Home'

The Economist

FDR's Folly of 'Unconditional Surrender'

World Future Fund

What's Next in Green Beret Murder Probe?

Alex Ward Vox

Revolution in Iran? Nah, This Isn't 1979 Revisited

Vali Nasr The Atlantic

New Century's Titanic Catastrophe

Bryan Burrough Vanity Fair

Arsonist? Car Thief? Issa's Past Isn't Pure

Ryan Lizza New Yorker

Blame Do-Gooder's African Murders on Al-Qaeda

Rosie Cowan The Guardian

Joe Namath: A Lovable Rogue

Larry Schwartz ESPN

This Day in History: January 12

Monday, January 15

Boston's Molasses Flood Worse Than Tsunami

Ferris Jabr Scientific American

From Geese to Sully: Miracle on the Hudson

William Langewiesche Vanity Fair

MLK Was Socialist Before That Was Cool

John Blake CNN

MLK and Malcolm X: What Might Have Been

DeNeen L. Brown Washington Post

The Glorious Reign of Queen Elizabeth I

The British Monarchy

Birth of Basketball in Naismith's Own Words

Richard Sandomir New York Times

'Black Dahlia' Murder Case Still Unsolved

Jennifer Latson Time

Wheel of Fortune Rooted in Religion, Medieval Times

Alex Brown History Today

The Greatest Undefeated Seasons in Sports

Jeff Merron ESPN

Have a Coke and a Smile: Refreshing History Lesson

Mary Bellis ThoughtCo.com

This Day in History: January 15