Week of January 15, 2018 Archives

RealClearHistory AM Update

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

Tuesday, January 16

Photographer Reveals Secrets of Hitler's Bunker

Christopher Gunkel Der Spiegel

Did Hitler Escape From His Berlin Bunker?

Jerome Corsi WND

What Makes SEALs Tick? Navy Wants to Know, Too

Emily Sohn History.com

Dining on a Sub More Than Food, It's Cuisine

Kyle Mizokami Popular Mechanics

Confession of Young Cosby's Murderer

CBS News

15 Celebrities Whose Family Members Were Killed

Ranker

How 'Super Bowl' Really Got Its Name

Henry Fetter The Atlantic

Lessons From Persian Gulf War

Kenneth T. Walsh US News & World Report

Prohibition Failed and Gave Rise to Gangsters

Dominic Sandbrook The Guardian

Come From Crappy Country? That's What Makes U.S. Great

Nick Gillespie Reason

This Day in History: January 16

Wednesday, January 17

Battle of Cowpens a Decisive Win for America

My Revolutionary War

This Man Wanted to Be Executed by Firing Squad

Lily Rothman Time

Warsaw Rising: Russia Lets Nazis Do Dirty Work

Andrew Curry History Net

Remembering Day U.S. Dropped 4 H-Bombs on Spain

Guy Walters Daily Mail

Swimming With Missing Hydrogen Bomb in Spain

Earl Wilson ADST

Brinks Robbery the Perfect Crime? Not Quite

New Engalnd Historical Society

Eisenhower's Military-Industrial Complex Lives On

NPR

U.S. Didn't Sanction Coup of Hawaiian Monarchy

Daryl Worthington New Historian

Lessons Not Learned From L.A. Quake

John Schuppe NBC LA

4 Myths About Civil Rights Movement

Rebecca Onion Slate

This Day in History: January 17

Thursday, January 18

'The Hell of Treblinka'

Vasily Grossman Facing History

Origins of German Domination of Europe

George Friedman Stratfor

Democrats Should Quit Blaming McGovern

Joshua Mound New Republic

Barbed Wire Transformed America

Tim Harford BBC

Hall of Mirrors: As Good as New

Alan Riding New York Times

Cook Brought VD, Other Diseases to Hawaii

Gene Denby NPR

How Scott Could Have Survived South Pole Expedition

The Telegraph

Japan's Secret Attempt to Control China

Yanzhong Huang The Diplomat

Did FBI Try to Kill Marion Barry?

Steven Nelson US News & World Rpt

7 Coolest Corvettes of All-Time

Brian Leon New York Daily News

This Day in History: January 18

Friday, January 19

Hitler's Role in 'Final Solution'

Ian Kershaw Genocide Education

Who Were Oil Victors in World War I?

James A. Paul Global Policy Forum

The Real Bridge on the River Kwai

Mark Smith The Man in Seat 61

10 Battles That Shaped Russia

Brandon Christensen RealClearHistory

Siberia, Crimea and U.S. Involvement in Russia

Lyle J. Goldstein The National Interest

Most Influential Presidents? None Recently

Martin Kelly ThoughtCo.com

Hearst's 'I'll Furnish the War' Just a Myth

W. Joseph Campbell Media Myth Alert

Pulizter-Prize Winner No Ordinary Joe

Emily Esfahani Smith Dartmouth Alumni Mag

Zeppelin Raid Launches Era of Air War

Ari Unikoski First World War

The Curious Tale of an Outlaw Wolf

Mindy Weisberger Live Science

This Day in History: January 19

Monday, January 22

Why Are We Still Infatuated With Hitler?

History Extra

Unabomber Trial Dissatisfying

William Finnegan New Yorker

Blame Harvard for the Creation of Unabomber

Alston Chase The Atlantic

Legend of Claudius Smith

Charles A. Huguenin Monroe Historial Society

'Roe': Retracing a Life of Regret

Joshua Prager Vanity Fair

ACLU's Shocking Legacy

Alan Sears WND

10 Men Who Were (Almost) President

The History Explosion

This Day in History: January 22