Week of September 3, 2018 Archives

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Monday, September 3
What Is Labor Day, Anyway?
The Conversation
Behind U.S. Staging of Japan's Surrender
Jenny Jarvie Los Angeles Times
FDR's Secret War to Save Britain
Jerome O'Connor Naval History Magazine
Shipyard Strike Start of End of Soviet Union
Neal Ascherson The Independent
Survivor's Story of Munich Olympic Massacre
James Montague CNN
Happy Birthday, Los Angeles! Or Is It?
Nathan Masters KCET
Debunking Myth of 'White Australia'
Keith Windschuttle Quadrant
The Real Story of Geronimo
Edward Rielly Public Domain Review
This Day in History: Sept. 3


Tuesday, September 4
Infighting Cause of British Loss at Somme
Hugh Sebag-Montefiore History Extra
Grattan Massacre Started With an Ox
Savages & Scoundrels
Inside Story of Mossad's Revenge
Simon Reeve The Independent
Oslo Accords Little More Than Partition of Palestine
Efraim Inbar Jerusalem Post
Biggest Public Funerals in History
George Pendle History.com
Gerald Ford's Perilous California Trip
Edward Epstein S.F. Chronicle
Was Ghandi a Racist?
Rama Lakshmi Washington Post
How '90s Buffalo Bills Influenced a Bomber
Sam Anderson Politico
This Day in History: Sept. 4


Wednesday, September 5
Why Didn't Sam Houston Want Texas to Join Confederacy?
Dead Conferderates
This Jew Was a Con Man, British Spy, Chinese General
Kevin Knodell War Is Boring
Castration, Other Cruelties of Black September
Sam Borden New York Times
Unmasking the Munich Massacre's Masked Man
David Davis Deadspin
Spy Satellites Put U-2 Planes Out of Business
Kathleen Johnson Cold War Museum
Apartheid Founder's Violent Death
Rob Marsh Africa Crime Mystery
American Way of War Traces Roots to WW I
Michael Shurkin War On the Rocks
Color Changes How We See History
David Gelber 1843 Magazine
This Day in History: Sept. 5


Thursday, September 6
Luftwaffe's Doomed Mission
JIm Pinhorn RCAFJ
Magellan Wasn't First to Circumnavigate Globe
Emily Upton Today I Found Out
Here's Why Germany Lost 1st Battle of Marne
DailyHistory.org
How the 1st Tank Was Developed
Spartacus Educational
Timeline of Tanks: 100 Years
Daniel Garrun Army Technology
When Things Got Tough: The Sacking of Athens
Peter Green London Rev. of Books
Sorting Myth From Reality of the Blitz
James Richards BBC
Night of Fire Heralding Total War
Stephen Bates The Guardian
25 Things About Cal Ripken's Streak
Jim Reineking USA Today
A Cultural History of the American Diner
Ryan P. Smith Smithsonian
This Day in History: Sept. 6


Friday, September 7
Rome's Demolition of Jersusalem
Paul McDonnell Ancient Warfare
During This Seige, 4,000 Starved on Christmas Day
History Learning Site
Murdered Politicians Not Named Kennedy
Brandon Christensen RealClearHistory
Who Killed 'Kingfish' Huey Long?
Donald Wilkes Jr. Athens Observer
How Shakespeare Shaped History
BBC News
Mysterious Crash of USAir Flight 427
Bill Adair Tampa Bay Times
What Exactly Is Nationalism?
Samuel Goldman Modern Age
12 Fascinating Museums For Military Enthusiasts
Miquel Ros CNN
A Brief History of Rule-Bending in Baseball
Chelsea Janes Washington Post
Henry II, Thomas Becket, and Church Immunity
Caleb Smith RealClearHistory
This Day in History: Sept. 7 | Sept. 8 | Sept. 9
Monday, September 10
Debunking Myths of 9/11
Popular Mechanics
Science of Twin Towers' Collapse
T.W. Eagar & C. Musso Journal of the Minerals
Story of 9/11's Falling Man
Tom Junod Esquire
Would World Really Be Different Without 9/11?
Niall Ferguson Newsweek
They Survived 9/11 in a Stairwell
Steve Fishman New York Magazine
In Defense of Endless War
Christopher Hitchens Slate
For Sansons, Guillotine Was Family Business
Edward White Paris Review
The Day a 1-Hitter Los to a Perfect Game
Marty Noble MLB.com
This Day in History: Sept. 10


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