RealClearHistory Week of October 20, 2025 Archives

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Monday, October 20

The Longest Government Shutdowns in US History, Ranked

Kristine Villarroel BI

A Chinese Officer Wrote of D-Day in Long Lost Diary

John Leicester & Kanis Leung AP

How America’s Guided Weapons Launched the Space Age

Allen Frazier Military.com

The Dancer Who Became WWI’s Most Notorious Spy

Evan Andrews HISTORY

How America Almost Had a King

William E. Leuchtenburg AMERICAN HERITAGE

When Churchill Slammed America

James H. Douglas The Coolidge Review

How We Oversimplified the History of the Vietnam War

Andrew Bellisari Time

History's Warning About Stock Market's Record Highs

Simon Laird RealClearHistory

The Radical Legacy of the Black Panther Party

Tom Davies Historytoday

Britain’s Famous Forecasting Failure

Nazaneen Ghaffar New York Times

What Life Was Like on a Wagon Train Heading West

Deborah Lynn Blumberg HISTORY

These Cities Survived Time to Become Living Museums

Staff Times of India

5 Countries That Were Never Colonized

Staff Vanguard

What Really Happened to the Library of Alexandria?

Staff NatGeo

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, October 22

How Air Combat in Korea Still Shapes U.S. Tactics Today

Allen Frazier Military.com

Who Set Norfolk Ablaze, Galvanizing the Revolution?

Andrew Lawler Smithsonian

The Clash of the Civil War Ironclads

David A. Norris Warfare History Network

Bentonville: An Overlooked Turning Point in the Civil War?

Harrison W. Mark WHE

How My Brain Was Changed By Deployment in Iraq

Katie Strain The War Horse

The Last Time the French Jewels Were Stolen

María Pilar Queralt del Hierro NatGeo

The Turbulent History of the Stolen Royal Jewels

Laura O'Brien The Conversation

Mona Lisa Heist: How to Steal the World's Most Iconic Painting

Staff HistoryExtra

Did 21 Elephants Really Stress-Test the Brooklyn Bridge?

Lesley Kennedy HISTORY

How a Roman Tombstone Ended up in a Louisiana Yard

Margherita Bassi Gizmodo

When Churchill Slammed America

James H. Douglas The Coolidge Review

Examining the Execution of Charles I

Staff Historytoday

The Age of Discovery: Early Maps of America

Edwin S. Grosvenor AMERICAN HERITAGE

A Walk Through the 10 Oldest Museums in America

Gabriel Kirellos TheCollector

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, October 24

How Pigeons Helped the U.S. Hunt U-Boats in WWII

Allen Frazier Military.com

The Rise and Fall of Hitler's Third Reichsführer-SS, Himmler

Blaine Taylor WHN

The Nazis' Underground City-Turned Tourist Attraction

Maureen O'Hare CNN

How a Lawyer Led the Allies to Victory at Nuremberg

David Noonan Smithsonian

From the Roosevelts to the Kennedys: A Look at the East Wing

Ashley Ahn NYT

The Birth of Birthright Citizenship

Joseph Connor AMERICAN HERITAGE

When Churchill Slammed America

James H. Douglas The Coolidge Review

The Haunted House, As Told By Cinema and Literature

Nicola Bowring Conversation

The Smog of War: The Battle for Britain’s Clean Air

Gary Willis Historytoday

7 Royals Who Gave Up Their Crowns

Dave Roos HISTORY

Archaeologists Unearth 2,200-Year-Old Ruins in Italy

Aspen Pflughoeft KC Star

6,000-Year-Old 'Chewing Gum' Holds Secrets From the Past

Atharva Gosavi IE

The Ancient—And Mysterious—History of ‘Abracadabra’

Staff NatGeo

The History of...Underwear? A New Exhibition

Charlie O'Loughlin BBC News

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News