RealClearHistory Week of January 19, 2026 Archives

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Monday, January 19

The 1951 Agreement Allowing US Military in Greenland

Dave Roos HISTORY

The U.S. Military Has a Long History in Greenland

Paul Bierman Military Times

What History Tells Us About Trump’s “Big Stick”

Brian Winter Americas Quarterly

America's Worst Defeat in the Hunt for Pancho Villa

Allen Frazier Military.com

Obedience and Punishment: Tiananmen Revisited

Joseph Torigian War on the Rocks

NYC's Chinatown and the American Dream

Kristen Osborne-Bartucca TheCollector

How the First Stamps Changed Communication in the U.S.

Staff WBUR

Who Built the USSR?

Arthur Herman The Coolidge Review

The Excommunication of Henry VIII

Paulina Kewes & Frederick Smith History Today

How the Romans Became the World's Greatest Builders

Elena Castillo NatGeo

How Did An Entire Viking Colony Vanish From Greenland?

Brandon M. Bender WHE

How Ancient Rome Is Embracing Modern Tech

Nicole Winfield ABC News

In Ancient Times, Gender-Diverse People Held Power

Chaya Kasif The Conversation

Who Were The US Presidents That Won All 50 States?

Aryan Singh WorldAtlas

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, January 21

The Unknown Hero of MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech

John Blake CNN

How Jimmy Carter Helped Lay the Groundwork for MLK Day

Sharon Lawson CBS

Stevie Wonder Helped Make MLK Day Official

Olivia B. Waxman Time

Before Greenland, There Was the Suez Crisis

Subhadra Srivastava Wion

Erik the Red to Don the Orange: A History of Greenland

Paul Dallison POLITICO

When the U.S. Bought Alaska in 1867

Staff Deccan Herald

Who Built the USSR?

Arthur Herman The Coolidge Review

Cloisters & Courage: Westminster Abbey Under Fire

Ronan Thomas RealClearHistory

Man Honors Vets by Preserving WWII Memorabilia

Kevin Damask Military.com

How 3 Colonial Towns Shaped the Course of US History

Christopher Klein HISTORY

All About the Viking Longship

John Spindler Warfare History Network

Wikipedia at 25: Of Collective Knowledge And Its Fault Lines

Brenda Haas DW

Ten Facts About Ancient Egypt You Need to Know

Joshua J. Mark WHE

80 Fascinating Photos From American History

Oleksandra Kyryliuk AOL

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, January 23

A Timeline of U.S. Relations With Iran

Staff Council on Foreign Relations

Iran Has a Long History of Violent Suppression

Staff NBC News

Will the Regime in Iran Fall? History Offers Clues

Simon Sebag Montefiore Free Press

The Four Principles of the Monroe Doctrine, Explained

Lesley Kennedy HISTORY

Prelude to Putin: Russia and the West in the 1990s

James Rodgers History Today

The Costliest Air Raid in American Military History

Allen Frazier Military.com

How a Military Base Triggered the Collapse of the Inuit

Ludovic Slimak Conversation

The Kursk Battle: The Eastern Front's Turning Point

Jonas Goldstein WHN

Who Built the USSR?

Arthur Herman The Coolidge Review

How a Norwegian Weather Rocket Almost Sparked Nuclear War

Greg McKevitt BBC

Meet 13 People Who Survived on Deserted Islands

Gregory Wakeman Smithsonian

The Greatest Library Ever Was Built by a Ruthless King

Michela Piccin NatGeo

The Crusades: Medieval Holy Wars Explained

James Osborne HistoryExtra

14 Facts That Will Make You Question Everything You Know

Krista Torres BuzzFeed

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News