RealClearHistory Week of August 5, 2024 Archives

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Monday, August 5
BLOG: History at the Graveyard
Lawrence C. Bostic III RealClearHistory
The Skeletons in Benjamin Franklin's Basement
C Shultz & E Wexler Smithsonian Mag
Did Heracles Establish the Olympic Games?
Caleb Howells Greekreporter
50 Viking-Age Sayings You Need to Know
Staff Medievalists.net
St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
Jimmy Chen TheCollector
Explore: The Panama Canal
Jason Gauthier Census
Herbert Hoover: Beyond the Great Depression
Sue Bowman Lancaster Farming
How a Forgotten Picture Rewrites the History of WWII
Staff Financial Times
Prince Albert: The Fascinating Story of Britain’s ‘Lost’ King
E Evans HistoryExtra
How Did Europe’s Prehistoric Economies Operate?
J.E. Saraceni Archaeology Mag
Reporting on the Defeated South
Terry Johnston Civil War Monitor
The M50 Reising Submachine Gun
Patrick J. Chaisson Warfare History Network
House of the Dragon's Historical Parallels
Arienne King Ancient World Magazine
America’s Hard-Fighting Puerto Rican Regiment
Talia Aikens-Nuñez MHN
The Woman Who Parachuted Into Nazi-Occupied Poland
Tim Stokes BBC News


Tuesday, August 6
Who Inspired 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'?
Susanna Ashton Smithsonian Magazine
Does It Matter If We Know Who Betrayed Anne Frank?
Jennifer L. Foray Time
What's the IBA? Governing Body Behind Olympic Boxing Storm
Staff PBS News
Bangladesh's History of Upheaval and Coups
Staff Reuters
Vietnam War Hero Dead at 80
Matt White Task & Purpose
The Battle of Chaeronea
Tasos Kokkinidis Greek Reporter
The Titanic In Colour
Rachel Aroesti The Guardian
The Real‑Life Olympic History Behind 'Chariots of Fire'
Christopher Klein HISTORY
Israel's History of Assassinations
Rafi Schwartz The Week
The Bizarre History of Early Olympic Golf, 1900-1904
Shane Ryan GolfDigest
Worst and Most Important Vice-Presidential Picks
Dan McLaughlin National Review
Explore: The United Kingdom in World War II
C. Peter Chen WW2DB
Fire Gods and Goddesses: 14 Fire Deities From History
James Osborne HistoryExtra
Operation Paperclip
Don Smith Warfare History Network
The Culper Spy Ring: George Washington's Unsung Heroes
Josh Cohen History


Wednesday, August 7
What Americans Knew About Climate Change in the 1960s
Kate Yoder Grist
The History of The 100M & the Men Who Have Won Gold
Staff NBC News
A Page-Turning History of the Beach Read
April Snellings Mental Floss
7,000-Year-Old Treasures Found
Emma Frederickson Popular Mechanics
History Suggests the Memes Might Actually Help Harris Win
Allison Lange Time
Shipwreck Found in Lake Michigan After 130 Years
S Kuta Smithsonian Magazine
Is Oral History More Durable Than Written History?
James Bradley Washington Post
Explore: The History of Korea
Staff History-maps
Over a Century of Engineering Excellence
Jennifer Garcia DVIDS
The First Draft is History
Beth Young East End Beacon
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Aftermath
Clare Fitzgerald Sky HISTORY TV channel
The Peninsula Campaign of 1862
Patrick Smith Militaryhistoryonline
The Letter That Ushered in the Age of the Atomic Bomb
Deborah Nicholls-Lee BBC
“Screaming Woman” Mummy Likely Died in Agony
Mark Milligan Heritage Daily
Nothing New Under the Rising Sun
Stephen Nelson RealClearHistory


Thursday, August 8
The US-Russia Prisoner Swap Reminds Us of 2 Brave Men
Mark Tooley Providence
The History of Reported UFO Sightings and What They Mean
Iain Todd Sky at Night
A Surprising History of Synchronized Swimming
Rosemary Lane Georgetown
Ancient Gold Coins Rewrite History of War
Tim Newcomb Popular Mechanics
Ancient Hydraulic Lifts Could Have Helped Build Pyramids
Michael Irving New Atlas
Those Who Wander: A History of Nomads in Europe
Kapka Kassabova Literary Hub
How Romans Faced Off Against War Elephants
Michael B. Charles The Conversation
Carvings Might Be World’s Oldest Calendar
Kay Smythe The Daily Caller
The Real Story of Henry VIII's Six Wives
Jo Lawson-Tancred Artnet News
247th Anniversary of the Battle of Oriskany
Thomas Tallarino WKTV NewsChannel2
Warsaw’s “Robinson Crusoes”
Stuart Dowell Notes From Poland
Was Boris of Bulgaria Poisoned by Hitler?
Ellen Coughlan Daily Mail
Becket Castle Pieces Found in Northampton Car Park
Martin Heath BBC News
The British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
Tsira Shvangiradze TheCollector
Near Miss: How Medieval England Was Almost Invaded
Staff Medievalists.net


Friday, August 9
The ‘Weird’ History of Tim Walz’s Political Put-Down
Jason Farago NY Times
Walz Has History With China - Here It Is
John Sudworth BBC News
History Shows Preventing Further Unrest in UK is Challenge
Martin Kettle Guardian
Poetry Was an Olympic Event for Nearly 40 Years
Ellen Wexler Smithsonian Mag
Jesse Owens Broke Barriers and Records in 1936
Elliott Drago RealClearHistory
Top 10 Famous Black Athletes in History
Staff TheGrio
Who Were the Mafia’s ‘Five Families’?
Becky Little HISTORY
"Massacre in the Clouds": History of Bud Dajo
Pratinav Anil Historytoday
The History of the Freedom Waders at Rainbow Beach
Alex Hinton Time
A Reckoning With Empire
Ved Shinde lowlyinstitute
Prisoner Swaps Between Russia and US Began in 1962
Shaun Walker The Guardian
Wrecks of Japanese WWII Ships Found Off US Coast
C Fitzgerald warhistoryonline
Pirate Shipwreck Shows "Great Maritime Horror"
Aristos Georgiou Newsweek
A Brief History of Guyliner
Hannah Malach WWD
International Cat Day: The History of House Cats
Staff Sky History
Saturday, August 10
How the ‘Slamming Door’ Became Embedded in Hip-Hop
Ashwin Rodrigues WIRED
Indigenous Tobacco Grows From Ancient Seeds
Heidi S. Skinner Coastal Review
Herbert Hoover: ‘The Great Humanitarian’
Andrew Fowler Philanthropy Daily
What is the Constitutional Role of the Vice President?
Scott Bomboy NCC
Ancient Hydraulic Lift May Have Helped Build Pyramids
Michael Irving New Atlas
What DNA Says About Your Ancient Relatives
E. Callaway Nature Publishing Group UK
The Gruesome Countdown to the American Civil War
A. Foreman The Spectator
Reinvestigating the Civil War's Origin
Binnendijk Gompert King The National Interest
60 Years of Freedom Summer
Gianna Baez Legal Defense Fund
SEATO’s 70th Anniversary
Tommy Chai & Ang Cheng Guan The Diplomat
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