RealClearHistory Week of February 3, 2025 Archives

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Monday, February 3

Remembering Oswald Spengler

Bert Dekeyzer Chronicles

Black History Month: Origins, Celebrations and Myths

Haya Panjwani AP News

Who Took the Infamous "Napalm Girl" Photo?

Jada Yuan Washington Post

S.S. Pacific: A Deadly, Costly, Maritime Disaster

Joel Sams Smithsonian Magazine

Remembering a Bloody Chapter of the Revolution

Seth Taylor Post and Courier

Nine Very Bizarre Aircraft from WWII

Staff MSN

Six Of The Largest Warships In Military History

Chris Littlechild SlashGear

The Nuclear-Powered City Hidden Inside a Glacier

Staff National Geographic

Hiss-Chambers Chapter 19: The Opening Statements

John W. Berresford Libsyn

The Origins of Inmate Firefighting

Justin Hawkins Time

Russia’s California Colony

George Edinger Historytoday

5 Ways People Have Tried to Live Forever

Gregory Wakeman HISTORY

The Accuracy of Punxsutawney Phil's Groundhog Day Forecasts

Staff Live Science

The Ancient Relationship Between Sheep & People

Staff Phys

Bones of 15th Century “Vampire” Unearthed in Croatia

Nathan Falde Ancient-origins

The Surprising History of 8 Popular Pasta Shapes

Diana Perez Food & Wine

Wednesday, February 5

What's in Remaining JFK, MLK, RFK Assassination Files?

Olivia B. Waxman Time

D.C. Collision Echoes Wichita State Football Team Plane Crash

Kyle Melnick WaPo

7 Shocking Plane Crashes in US History

Christopher Klein HISTORY

New York’s First Electric Taxi Fleet – From the 1800s

Christopher Klein NatGeo

Every WWII Soldier Wanted One of These Rifles, Here’s Why

David Beren AOL

Brazilian Navy Confirms Location of WWII Shipwreck

Max Saltman CNN

10 Most Shocking Snubs & Losses In Grammys History

Gina Wurtz ScreenRant

The Life-Cycle of Empires & Superpowers

Alastair Paynter Substack

How C. G. Woodson Fueled the Creation of Black History Month

Tim Ott Biography

How Negro History Week Became Black History Month

Veronica Chambers NYT

The Tale of Austria-Hungary's Royal Murder-Suicide

Lucy Coatman Historytoday

Hiss-Chambers Chapter 20: The Prosecution

John W. Berresford Libsyn

A History of Toilet Paper

Paul Lenz Histories

Europe's Oldest-Known Book Discovered

Teresa Nowakowski Smithsonian Mag

15 Stunning Trades in NBA History

Steve Aschburner NBA.com

Friday, February 7

A History of the Long-Embattled Gaza Strip

Julia Frankel AP News

The Resurgence of Tariffs

Williamson M. Evers The Beacon

Why America’s First Department of Education Didn’t Last

Petula Dvorak WaPo

Exposing the Secrets of the Black Chamber

Peter Zablocki Smithsonian Mag

Hiss-Chambers Chapter 21: Prosecution's Documents

John W. Berresford Libsyn

The Mickey Mouse Cartoon That Protested the Vietnam War

Eli Yudin Cracked.com

Even the Founders Wanted to Colonize Canada

Lawrence B.A. Hatter Time

How Alexander Became the First Great General

Staff The Jerusalem Post

Top Medical Advancements Throughout History & Their Pioneers

Staff Usatoday

The 1961 Plane Crash That Devastated US Figure Skating

Lesley Kennedy HISTORY

How Activist Rosa Parks Changed the Course of History

Erin Blakemore NatGeo

Rare Portraits of Amistad Slave Revolters

Kate McMahon The Conversation

Archaeologists Uncover Home Depicted in Bayeux Tapestry

Taylor Nicioli CNN

National Army Museum Tells Story of Soldier Magazine at 80

Julian Forces News

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News