Week of December 24, 2018 Archives

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Monday, December 24

Should Ceausescus Have Been Executed?

Soraya Nelson NPR

Abortions Ceausescu's True Legacy

Staff Report Daily Mail

The Fall of Hong Kong on Christmas

Andrzej Cierpicki HKSW

Shocking, Grisly Murder of JonBenet Ramsey

J.J. Maloney Crime Magazine

10 Gruesome Murders That Didn't Make Big News

Sara Greenfest Insider

Mafia, Secret Society, Vatican Had Ties to Murdered Banker

Historic Mysteries

Making the Best of Christmas in the Trenches

University of Oxford

Western Front: Peace, Back to War

Martin Gilbert History Reader

KKK's Bloody, Violent History

John Simkin Spartacus Educational

'Immaculate Reception' Photog Not a 1-Shot Wonder

David Davis Deadspin

This Day in History: Dec. 24

Tuesday, December 25

World's Oldest Politically Motivated Assassination

Ashley Cowie Ancient Origins

Maybe War of 1812 Wasn't as Pointless as It Seemed

American Battlefield Trust

Memories of Christmas Truce Come to Life

Pat Horan Historiat

Top 15 Worst Nightclub Fires

Chris Valentine Odd Culture

Patton at Bastogne: Leadership in Aggression

Geoff Loftus Forbes

Underwear Bomber Path From Privilege to Terror

BBC

Thank the Army America's Love of Lager

Miranda Summers Lowe War On the Rocks

From Baptism to Steve Jobs: America Loves the Garage

Sarah Laskow Atlas Obscura

Was Jesus Really Born on Dec. 25?

Andrew Santella Slate

Sad Story Behind 'White Christmas'

Katie Sewall KUOW

This Day in History: Dec. 25

Wednesday, December 26

How Washington Engineered Attack on Trenton

American Battlefield Trust

December 1776 a True Case of Win or Go Home

Gerald Carbone History Reader

Operation Linebacker II Reaches Crescendo

Global Security

Horrifying Story of the Blood Countess

Stefan Andrews The Vintage News

Key Reasons Beyond Collapse of Soviet Union

Alexey Timofeychev Russia Beyond

'Surreal' Tsunami a Turning Point

Rebecca Jacobson PBS NewsHour

Sioux at America's Biggest Mass Hanging

Douglas Linder UMKC

Vegas Mob Connection Started at Flamingo

Larry Gragg We're History

Bambino: A Curse Born of Hate

Glenn Stout ESPN

Here's Why Red Sox Really Sent the Babe to Yanks

Larry Getlen New York Post

This Day in History: Dec. 26

Thursday, December 27

Missions to the Moon That Never Took Off

John Wenz Smithsonian

Laura Ingalls Wilder Was No Fan of FDR

William Anderson The Daily Beast

'The Troops Are in Charge of the Plant'

Louther S. Horne New York Times

Finland Beats Back Soviet Union at Kelja

Winter War

Bhutto's Murder May Not Have Been What It Seemed

Owen Bennett Jones BBC

Sale of Phantom Jets Altered U.S.-Israel Relationship

Jewish Virtual Library

American View From Inside Afghanistan During USSR Invasion

ADST

How Afghanistan Became Soviet Union's Vietnam

Al Jazeera

An Intemperate Temperance Advocate

Arkansas History & Culture

10 Recently Discovered Ancient Weapons

Jana Louise Smit Listverse

This Day in History: Dec. 27

Friday, December 28

More to Calhoun Than Vice Presidential Resignation

Constitution Center

100 Years Ago Still Resonates Today

John Lukas American Heritage

Eyewitness to History: Massacre at Wounded Knee

Eyewitness to History

Photos, Personal Stories of the Binh Gia Campaign

118 AHC

The Blitz That Set London Ablaze

Nigel Blundell Daily Mirror

Thomas Paine's Divisive Fight for Liberty

George Ford Smith Mises.ca

Solzhenitsyn: Speaking Truth to Power

The Economist

Remember Good Old Days, When You Could Hate USSR?

Julia Barton Salon

U.S.'s Fight With Britain Over Texas

Texas State Historical Association

The Punch That Ended Woody Hayes' Career

The Washington Times

This Day in History: Dec. 28 |Dec. 29 | Dec. 30

Monday, December 31

A Glimpse Inside Germany's 'Nazi' Army

Michael Haskew Warfare History Network

Horror of Battle of Bulge in Soldier's Words

John Fague 11th Armored Division

The Murder of Grigori Rasputin

Jennifer Rosenberg About.com

Rasputin's Effect on Russia in WWI

Michael Duffy First World War