Week of May 21, 2018 Archives

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Monday, May 21
Henry VI Wasn't Fit to Be a King
Mad Monarchs
Kill for Thrills: Inside a 1924 Chicago Murder
Simon Baartz Smithsonian
America's Psychology of Fear Dates to '95
W. Joseph Campbell The 1995 Blog
Tracing India's 'Cooperation' With Britain
Joshua Curiel RealClearHistory
Coercive Acts? Not So Fast, Said Colonists
America in Class
'I Won't Feel ... Cheated if I Fail to Come Back'
Judith Thurman New Yorker
Wearin' My Levis ....
The Idleman
This Day in History: May 21


Tuesday, May 22
Detailed Look at Himmler's Last Days
Selkirk Panton Daily Express
Heinrich Himmler: Architect of Nazi Terror
Holocaust Museum
P-38 Was Much More Than a Can Opener
Richard A. Beranty Warfare History Network
10 Things Discovered in Mass Graves And Battlefields
Jana Louise Smit Listverse
Pact of Steel: Formation of WW II Axis Powers
USHMM
How Axis Powers Got Their Name
Jason Daley Smithsonian
A Brief History of Piracy
Laura May The Independent
Conquistadors Plundered and Imposed Past on 'New' World
Ed Hingston TopTenz
Meet the Reno Gang, Wild West Train Robbers
History Net
Grisly End of Bonnie and Clyde
John Neal Phillips American History
This Day in History: May 22


Wednesday, May 23
Grant's Take on the Battle of Anna
History Central
Cautionary Tales From the Weimar Republic
Harold James Project Syndicate
Disease, Famine, Battles: 30 Years War Worth It?
Wu Mingren Ancient Origins
Bismarck's Sinking of HMS Hood
Antonio Bonomi HMS Hood Assn.
Taking 'Seething Hatred' to Grave Useless
Donald M. Bishop Public Diplomacy Council
The Man Who Let Mengele Get Away
Gerald Posner The Daily Beast
Until 2004, Famous Slice of Russia Lived in Chicago
William O'Connor Daily Beast
Sacco and Vanzetti: Who's Truly Guilty?
Douglas Linder UMKC
10 Guns Favored by the Police
History and Headlines
10 Guns Favored by Gangsters
History and Headlines
This Day in History: May 23


Thursday, May 24
What Happened to Etan Patz?
Lisa Cohen New York Magazine
Was Philadelpia Experiment Real?
Mark Pilkington The Guardian
Autos a Fad, TV Won't Last, and Other Wrong Predictions
Relatively Interesting
Worst U.S. Plane Crash Still Haunts
Cory Franklin Chicago Tribune
Firemen Recall a 'Sea of Death'
Madhu Krishnamurthy Daily Herald
1st U.S. Flying Wing Jet Wasn't Stealth at All
Kyle Mizokami Popular Mechanics
Idea of Nazi Train of Gold Still Intrigues
Frank Jacobs Big Think
Evolution of Gaza Strip Under Hamas Rule
Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post
Coventry Sinks During 'Suicide Mission'
Leesa Rumley BBC News
How Baseball Got Lights
Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan Gizmodo
This Day in History: May 24


Friday, May 25
SS Terror Chief No Simple Monster
Georg Bonisch Der Spiegel
Did Golden Gate Really Almost Collapse?
Stephen Tung San Jose Mercury-News
10 Longest Bridges in the World
Brandon Christensen RealClearHistory
What's With Russia's Secret Cult of Tsar Worship?
Oliver Carroll The Independent
How the Mighty Bismarck Was Sunk
Tony Long Wired
Empress: Sunk in 14 Minutes
Gavin Murphy Encyclopedia Titanica
From Scooping Seaplanes to Launching Fighters
Matthew Moss Popular Mechanics
'Wine of the Dead' a Throwback to Napoleonic Era
Rafaela Ferraz Atlas Obscura
Original Home Run King's Final Farewell
Hayden Bird Boston.com
Most Incredible Hour in Sports History
Richard Rothschild Sports Illustrated
This Day in History: May 25 | May 26 | May 27
Monday, May 28
Anatomy of End of Pearl Harbor Architect
Phil Zimmer Warfare History Network
What Life Was Like After Being at Lost at Sea, POW
Reasonable Theology
10 Things About Louis Zamperini
Medical Bag
Memorial Day? 'Self-Absorbed Americans Don't Give a Damn'
Luke Murphy CNN
Britain's "Cooperation" With India a Power Play
Joshua Curiel RealClearHistory
Why Germany Invaded Belgium -- Twice
Andrew Knighton War History Online
$1 Million, a Grudge, Led Woman to Murder Sister
Kyle Swenson Washington Post
Lockjaw, Human-Skin Gloves: Good Old Days? Not Really
Elizabeth Yetter Listverse
This Day in History: May 28


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