RealClearHistory Week of July 4, 2022 Archives

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Monday, July 4
When Coolidge Wasn't Quiet, He Was Funny
Chris Lamb The Conversation
Is It Just a Coincidence That 3 Presidents Died on July 4?
Constitution Center
Clause Cut From Declaration of Independence
Kevin Kallmes Notes on Liberty
10 Things You Might Not Know About Independence Day
Fox News
What if USSR, Not Germany, Started World War II
David Pyne The Real War
Pickett's Charge Tops List of Valiant, But Failed Attacks
History and Headlines
Britain Turns Guns on Fallen French Ships
Robert Brown WWII Mag
Art, Complexity, and Long Reach of Battle of Königgrätz
Battlefield Anomalies
Israel's Audacious Raid Against Amin
Sharon Roffe-Ofir Ynet News
10 Most Daring Commando Raids in History
We Are the Mighty


Tuesday, July 5
History of Skimpy Bathing Suit Named for Bikini Atoll
Julia Turner Slate
What Happened to History's Most Famous Pirate?
Bipin Dimri Historic Mysteries
10 Ways to Fix the Supreme Court
Ian Millhiser Vox
This Southern Family Devised Plot to Kill Lincoln
David O. Stewart Smithsonian
Colonists' Last-Ditch Effort to Avoid War
R.B. Brooks History of Massachusetts
History Is Ultimately What States Make of It
War on the Rocks
Richard the Lionheart: The Warrior King
English Monarchs
Twisted Tale of 'The Fix' Isn't All True
John Thorn New York Times
A Costly Victory for Napoleon
John Rickard History of War
Thomas Jefferson's America Worth Celebrating
Caleb Franz RealClearHistory


Wednesday, July 6
How Octavian Ousted Mark Antony
Joseph Horodyski Warfare History Network
Wyatt Earp's Youngest Brother Never Quite Made It
History Net
Anne Frank's Evolution From Trapped Teen to Icon
Kate Birtles The Real Word
Forgotten Train Wreck of 1918 and Its Carnage
Ken Zurski Unremembered
Treachery, Tragedy and the Hay Castle
Matt Lewis History Hit
A Look Inside -- and Out -- at Egypt's First Pyramid
Owen Jarus Live Science
How AK-47 Measures Up
History and Headlines
Baseball's First ASG Nothing Like Today's Version
Baseball History Comes Alive
Jackie Robinson's Court Martial
Julius Tygiel American Heritage
A 'Casablanca' What If: What Happened to Rick?
John Rossi RealClearHistory


Thursday, July 7
10.3M Dead Jews Would Have 'Satisfied' Eichmann
Isabel Kershner New York Times
A Look at the 44 Federal U.S. Death-Row Inmates
Death Penalty Information Center
Photos and Cool Tech Behind Building of Hoover Dam
Tibi Puiu ZME Science
Dems Failed at Chance to Legalize Abortion
John McCormack National Review
Claiming California for United States
Thomas Diggins Booksie
Why These Scotsmen Served Russia
Boris Egorov Russia Beyond the Headlines
From Skirmish to 8 Years of Bloody War
Peter Chen WWII Database
U.S. Didn't Love Powers When He Returned
Jason Caffrey BBC News Magazine
As Oceans Heat Up, What's on the Plate Changes
Ian Rose Hakai Magazine
Pitcher Gave Up 29 Hits and 14 Runs .. and Still Won
Jon Caroulis Ballnine


Friday, July 8
Eastern Front Turned Into a German Boondoggle
Richard J. Evans History Extra
Take a Look at the WW II's Worst Planes
Dejan Kovacevic War History Online
U.S. and Japanese Takes on Battle for Kuril Islands
Northern Pacific Skies
Ship Icebound for 2 Years, But Some Survived
History and Headlines
Mongols Failed to Invade Japan -- Twice
Jake Leigh-Howarth Ancient Origins
USSR Hand-Picked Kim Il Sung for Power
Fyodor Tertitskiy NK News
Many Theories on How/Why Liberty Bell Cracked
Eric van Rheenen Mental Floss
Tangled Tale of Conman Soapy Smith
Shaylon Cochran Alaska Public Media
Eyewitness Account: Childhood in Gulag
Thel Abuseridze Tsarizm
Exploring Egypt's Dinosaur 'Land of Death'
Abe Musselman Atlas Obscura
Monday, July 11
Assassinations That Stunned the World
K. Tsui & E. Francis Washington Post
Abe's Goal Was a 'Normal' Japan
Bryan Walsh Vox
O'Hare Original Top Gun, and Wasn't a Chicagoan
Larry Offner St. Louis Magazine
Single-Seat Fighter Won Battle of Britain
Stephen Dowling BBC
'The Few' Did Not Save British Empire
Richard Overy History Today
Did Britain Have a Hand in Operation Valkyrie?
Harry Howard Daily Mail
Vichy France's Shame and Brutality
Jewish Virtual Library
How Cave Divers Saved a Soccer Team
Joel K. Baum National Geographic
When Skylab Fell From Space
Tony Long Wired
Dean, Nixon, Oakley Top Most Famous Quakers
Mangesh Hattikudur Mental Floss


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