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424ea4629056115aa7d93703fc102c75 | https://www.history.com/news/the-father-of-modern-gynecology-performed-shocking-experiments-on-slaves | The ‘Father of Modern Gynecology’ Performed Shocking Experiments on Enslaved Women | The ‘Father of Modern Gynecology’ Performed Shocking Experiments on Enslaved Women
Few medical doctors have been as lauded—and loathed—as James Marion Sims.
Credited as the “father of modern gynecology,” Sims developed pioneering tools and surgical techniques related to women’s reproductive health. In 1876, he was name... |
55d1a085e63d686742955b2ac842df48 | https://www.history.com/news/the-father-of-modern-libraries-was-a-serial-sexual-harasser | The Father of Modern Libraries Was a Serial Sexual Harasser | The Father of Modern Libraries Was a Serial Sexual Harasser
Adelaide Hasse was used to professional challenges. As a young woman, she struggled to be taken seriously by mostly male executive boards. She created a groundbreaking new way to classify government documents—and was disappointed when a male colleague claimed ... |
7e8905099529ac9021aa18477a403722 | https://www.history.com/news/the-final-push-to-berlin-the-history-behind-fury | The Final Push to Berlin: The History Behind “Fury” | The Final Push to Berlin: The History Behind “Fury”
Nearly a year after the beaches of Normandy were stormed, the Allied push across western Europe was nearly complete. American troops had helped to liberate Paris, win the brutal Battle of the Bulge and press the fight into Nazi Germany through a bitter winter. After t... |
523d786019ef1698f295ccef0e753fca | https://www.history.com/news/the-firewood-shortage-that-helped-give-birth-to-america | The Firewood Shortage That Helped Give Birth to America | The Firewood Shortage That Helped Give Birth to America
What fuels your world? If you were a colonist or a citizen of the early United States, the answer would be firewood—the material that not just warmed people’s bodies, but allowed them to power the expansion of a new nation.
In many ways, firewood helped create Ame... |
fa615f406f6920c9b1f9c51b05352540 | https://www.history.com/news/the-first-foreign-born-first-lady-louisa-catherine-adams | The First Foreign-Born First Lady: Louisa Catherine Adams | The First Foreign-Born First Lady: Louisa Catherine Adams
Louisa Catherine Johnson was born in London, England, in 1775, to an English mother and a father born in England’s American colonies. The family relocated to France after the Revolutionary War broke out, but returned to London in 1781. Louisa and her sisters wer... |
d1c6d177f5891a4c18dfd4d0ce9bac64 | https://www.history.com/news/the-first-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade | The First Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade | The First Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
As the United States prospered during the Roaring Twenties, so did New York City’s iconic department store—Macy’s. After going public in 1922, R. H. Macy & Co. started to acquire competitors and open regional locations. Macy’s flagship store in Manhattan’s Herald Square did such... |
8b31078474d2bb2808920e0b668b3a20 | https://www.history.com/news/the-first-shots-of-the-texas-revolution | The First Shots of the Texas Revolution | The First Shots of the Texas Revolution
Green DeWitt feared for the safety of his colony. The empresario of the DeWitt Colony had led 400 Anglo-Americans to settle in the Mexican territory of Texas near the confluence of the San Marcos and Guadalupe Rivers in 1825, but since then the capital of his colony, Gonzales, ha... |
e1c014f59f87584efd2cf2287ba7a84a | https://www.history.com/news/the-first-winter-olympics | The First Winter Olympics | The First Winter Olympics
The snow-covered Alps sparkled in the sunlight that bathed the winter resort of Chamonix, France, on January 25, 1924. In the heart of the alpine village, 258 amateur athletes gathered for the ceremonial opening of the first-ever “International Winter Sports Week,” a frozen athletic festival o... |
086070236793508d5efef171e084dbc1 | https://www.history.com/news/the-goods-on-brunch | The Goods on Brunch | The Goods on Brunch
For some people, the weekend just isn’t complete without brunch. A leisurely meal of eggs Benedict, perhaps some home fries and a Bloody Mary or two: What’s not to love? But we haven’t always brunched. This week we’ll investigate the history of this unique meal, from its origins in the United Kingdo... |
4cc3cba0a90da9c454be6640bfa71eaa | https://www.history.com/news/the-great-alaska-earthquake-50-years-ago | The Great Alaska Earthquake, 50 Years Ago | The Great Alaska Earthquake, 50 Years Ago
[slideshow]As the sunlight waned on March 27, 1964, Alaska’s frozen ground shivered violently. Periodic rumbles were nothing new to Alaskans—four out of every five U.S. earthquakes occur in the state—but the quake that struck at 5:36 p.m. local time on Good Friday was unlike an... |
e9fd8eb94e59cbfb4cd8e5ecf19849ff | https://www.history.com/news/the-great-molasses-flood-of-1919 | The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 | The Great Molasses Flood of 1919
The source of what became known as the “Great Molasses Flood” was a 50-foot-tall steel holding tank located on Commercial Street in Boston’s North End. Its sugary-sweet contents were the property of United States Industrial Alcohol, which took regular shipments of molasses from the Cari... |
96e53f9ba1a5f11e2873baaac90bdcf9 | https://www.history.com/news/the-green-book-the-black-travelers-guide-to-jim-crow-america | The Green Book: The Black Travelers’ Guide to Jim Crow America | The Green Book: The Black Travelers’ Guide to Jim Crow America
“There will be a day sometime in the near future when this guide will not have to be published. That is when we as a race will have equal opportunities and privileges in the United States. It will be a great day for us to suspend this publication for then w... |
ca0f44159af1ba85acce65a7fb822994 | https://www.history.com/news/the-grisly-story-of-americas-largest-lynching | The Grisly Story of America’s Largest Lynching | The Grisly Story of America’s Largest Lynching
A mob of tens of thousands of angry men surrounded a New Orleans jail, shouting angry slurs and calling for blood. By the time they were done, 11 men would be dead—shot and mutilated in an act of brutal mob violence that took place in front of a cheering crowd. It was 1891... |
82060c92401b8e9a7806802819370dd3 | https://www.history.com/news/the-haunted-history-of-halloween-candy | The Haunted History of Halloween Candy | The Haunted History of Halloween Candy
For most American kids, it wouldn’t be Halloween without trick-or-treating for candy; however, that wasn’t always the case. When the custom of trick-or-treating started in the 1930s and early 1940s, children were given everything from homemade cookies and pieces of cake to fruit, ... |
488297c9ae5b2ac88a0e6fefb32c55f8 | https://www.history.com/news/the-hazy-history-of-420 | The Hazy History of “420” | The Hazy History of “420”
Many “420” revelers don’t know the origins of the word, but have vague recollections of once-heard tales about its origins. Some believe it’s the number of active chemicals in marijuana, others that it’s based on teatime in Holland. Some reference the birthday of Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889),... |
483952168b55e3d4b5e18f82094d5b35 | https://www.history.com/news/the-heist-that-made-the-mona-lisa-famous | The Heist that Made the Mona Lisa Famous | The Heist that Made the Mona Lisa Famous
The theft of the Mona Lisa has been called the “art heist of the century,” but the caper itself was fairly rudimentary. On the evening of Sunday, August 20, 1911, a small, mustachioed man entered the Louvre museum in Paris and made his way to the Salon Carré, where the Da Vinci ... |
58be675430e51319cd917ac139891e5f | https://www.history.com/news/the-hepster-dictionary-was-the-first-dictionary-written-by-an-african-american | The ‘Hepster Dictionary’ Was the First Dictionary Written By an African American | The ‘Hepster Dictionary’ Was the First Dictionary Written By an African American
Have some fews and two? Put it in your kick, head to the nearest frolic pad, and prove that you’re a jitterbug.
If these phrases sound like gibberish, you must not be hep—or at least you haven’t read the Hepster’s Dictionary, a glossary of... |
786fca7b078fc41bfc5a641278419c40 | https://www.history.com/news/the-history-behind-brexit | The History Behind Brexit | The History Behind Brexit
In 1957, France, West Germany, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community (EEC), the predecessor of today’s European Union. It was the latest of several attempts to foster economic cooperation between European nat... |
96e6b1f2c2c6308a64e074ebc07420bc | https://www.history.com/news/the-history-of-ballpark-food | The History of Ballpark Food | The History of Ballpark Food
Hot Dogs The world’s first sausage may have been made as far back as 64 A.D., when Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar’s cook, Gaius, stuffed pig intestines with ground meat in a flash of culinary inspiration. After eating the sausage, the emperor is said to have declared, “I have discovered somet... |
e08093685015090cee57bfa791b075c1 | https://www.history.com/news/the-history-of-must-have-holiday-toys | The History of Must-Have Holiday Toys | The History of Must-Have Holiday Toys
In a turbulent world, you can count on one thing to stay the same: Kids will always put toys at the very top of their holiday lists. Global toy sales topped $88.8 billion in 2016, and the array of choices is larger than ever, with classics like puzzles, games and dolls holding thei... |
8f81f6fabbc431aa083cdce6c65e44e9 | https://www.history.com/news/the-history-of-pumpkin-pie | The History of Pumpkin Pie | The History of Pumpkin Pie
It’s hard to imagine an American Thanksgiving table without the ubiquitous orange-crusted custard made from strained, spiced and twice-cooked squash.
Few of our festival foods can claim deeper American roots than pumpkins, which were first cultivated in Central America around 5,500 B.C. and w... |
fc4bb4b8bd1d229f67e31a86ae54332a | https://www.history.com/news/the-history-of-the-electoral-college-debate | The Electoral College Debate Dates Back to the Nation's Founding | The Electoral College Debate Dates Back to the Nation's Founding
At the time of the Constitutional Convention, the majority of the new nation’s citizens lived in cities like Philadelphia or Boston, while the Southern states were more rural and sparsely populated. African American enslaved people made up a full 40 perce... |
7a465366f0e89395484d00b722cea9b6 | https://www.history.com/news/the-hollywood-extortion-racket-that-gave-us-todays-summer-blockbusters | The Hollywood Extortion Racket That Gave Us Today’s Summer Blockbusters | The Hollywood Extortion Racket That Gave Us Today’s Summer Blockbusters
Ever wonder why blockbuster movies feel so interchangeable? It’s not just a lack of creativity on the part of filmmakers—it’s part of the legacy of a now-illegal practice that once allowed film studios to completely control what audiences saw.
Duri... |
bcca2645f69f8d178ccead3dffd6051d | https://www.history.com/news/the-hottest-social-scene-in-the-19th-century-american-south | The Hottest Social Scene in the 19th-Century American South | The Hottest Social Scene in the 19th-Century American South
When Almanzo Wilder took Laura Ingalls to singing school in a tiny South Dakota town in 1884, they sang rounds, practiced scales and learned to harmonize. It turned out they harmonized pretty well in other ways, too. The short stint in singing school was part ... |
92a879fd7ebe9e5e329e438bdca3d31b | https://www.history.com/news/the-humble-chicago-house-that-started-a-movement | The Humble Chicago House That Started a Movement | The Humble Chicago House That Started a Movement
Location: The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Chicago, IllinoisExpert: Anya Jabour, Regents Professor of History at The University of Montana, Missoula
Why It’s Worth a Visit Hull-House started out as a two-story brick house in Chicago’s 19th Ward in 1889. Within decades... |
392759f1e02eb8a76c371ef371779cf2 | https://www.history.com/news/the-hunleys-daring-submarine-mission-150-years-ago | The Hunley’s Daring Submarine Mission | The Hunley’s Daring Submarine Mission
On the clear but chilly night of February 17, 1864, John Crosby stood on the deck of USS Housatonic a little less than six miles and three years removed from the launching point of the Civil War, Fort Sumter. The moonlight shimmered on Charleston Harbor’s still surface as Housatoni... |
81e2d1d2714924734f8c63b271978fec | https://www.history.com/news/the-icemans-stomach-bug-helps-scientists-map-ancient-human-migration | The Iceman’s Stomach Bug Helps Scientists Map Ancient Human Migration | The Iceman’s Stomach Bug Helps Scientists Map Ancient Human Migration
In a study published last week in the journal Science, researchers from the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman at the European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) in Italy reported their discovery and analysis of the Helicobacter pylori, or H. pylori,... |
242aa1d5313beec61b335dfb5d814912 | https://www.history.com/news/the-impact-of-hurricane-katrina-10-years-later | The Impact of Hurricane Katrina, 10 Years Later | The Impact of Hurricane Katrina, 10 Years Later
Survivors:
Q. What is the most positive change that you’ve seen over the past 10 years since Katrina–personally, in your community or in New Orleans/the Gulf Coast as a whole?
Angela Trahan: On a personal level for me, the positive change was that I realized I needed to ... |
34dd324bad506b911aae3d7b23076271 | https://www.history.com/news/the-infamous-40-year-tuskegee-study?swcfpc=1 | Tuskegee Experiment: The Infamous Syphilis Study | Tuskegee Experiment: The Infamous Syphilis Study
The Tuskegee experiment began in 1932, at at a time when there was no known treatment for syphilis, a contagious venereal disease. After being recruited by the promise of free medical care, 600 African American men in Macon County, Alabama were enrolled in the project, w... |
a88ffcd7eda339edf27a649c2b72ae12 | https://www.history.com/news/the-inside-story-of-harry-truman-and-hiroshima | Harry Truman and Hiroshima: Inside His Tense A-Bomb Vigil | Harry Truman and Hiroshima: Inside His Tense A-Bomb Vigil
Ever since August 6, 1945, when the first atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima, the human race has lived in fear of nuclear annihilation. In the annals of history, few events have had more import than this first atomic bombing, and no historical figure has been ... |
151c614fd430fa9b9a488dd41ed05327 | https://www.history.com/news/the-jewish-men-forced-to-help-run-auschwitz | The Jewish Men Forced to Help Run Auschwitz | The Jewish Men Forced to Help Run Auschwitz
Lesław Dyrcz leaned over a pile of rubble and dirt, completely unaware that he was about to make a discovery that would shed light on one of history’s darkest moments. It was 1980, and the forestry student was working to help restore the original forest around what was once A... |
95bed13e5c04b764c2cacafa8ab30763 | https://www.history.com/news/the-killer-fog-that-blanketed-london-60-years-ago | The Great Smog of 1952 | The Great Smog of 1952
Clear skies dawned over London on December 5, 1952. A wintry cold snap had gripped the British capital for weeks, and as Londoners awoke, coal fireplaces were stoked in homes and businesses across the city to take the chill from the early morning air.
As the day progressed, a veil of fog—not unus... |
c7292bfeaab50fcd9c0f461156ede24b | https://www.history.com/news/the-killer-hurricane-that-surprised-the-northeast-75-years-ago | The Killer Hurricane That Surprised the Northeast, 75 Years Ago | The Killer Hurricane That Surprised the Northeast, 75 Years Ago
As dawn broke over the New England coast on September 21, 1938, the rising sun burned away the soft morning fog and left behind wispy clouds and hopes for one final beach day in summer’s fleeting hours. In the morning newspapers, only the most diligent of ... |
01a436695a53e4dbfcdb03c090a54db2 | https://www.history.com/news/the-knights-templar-rulebook-included-no-pointy-shoes-and-no-kissing-mom | The Knights Templar Rulebook Included No Pointy Shoes and No Kissing Mom | The Knights Templar Rulebook Included No Pointy Shoes and No Kissing Mom
How often do we get a nitty-gritty view into the daily life of a medieval knight—one based on fact and not misty mythology?
The Templars, founded in 1119 as a band of poor, pious knights, have been romantically reimagined in art, literature, film ... |
6ba2a34590e79109068a90cedc3fc557 | https://www.history.com/news/the-largest-attempted-slave-escape-in-american-history | The Largest Attempted Slave Escape in American History | The Largest Attempted Slave Escape in American History
All through the night of April 15, 1848, slaves slipped out of their masters’ houses and crept through the streets of Washington, D.C. Their destination was the Pearl, a schooner that promised freedom to as many people who could fit on board. As more and more peopl... |
ac31e56b9282010e6139ab721270c284 | https://www.history.com/news/the-last-american-slave-ship | The Last American Slave Ship | The Last American Slave Ship
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On July 4, 1858, one of America’s fastest racing yachts departed Charleston, South Carolina, to a chorus of saluting cannons. Crowds along the waterfront waved flags... |
71ec4b46f5deba0ce307359edc06bae5 | https://www.history.com/news/the-last-american-vampire | The Last American Vampire | The Last American Vampire
Edwin Brown was wasting away. For the better part of two years, he grew increasingly thin and weak. As tuberculosis ravaged the once-strapping young man in March 1892, Edwin struggled to breathe as he continually coughed up blood. He had sought a cure in the rarified air and mineral waters of ... |
531af6bfaa1e4a58a10ba43fb6d5dc1e | https://www.history.com/news/the-last-great-gold-rush | The Last Great Gold Rush | The Last Great Gold Rush
There had been whispers of gold in the Yukon since before the 1849 California Gold Rush, but the region’s freezing winters and rugged terrain had kept it off limits to miners. The first prospectors didn’t arrive until the 1870s, and by 1896, only around 1,500 adventurous gold-seekers were panni... |
e75047a6eafc90c1ccc42687efeae0dc | https://www.history.com/news/the-last-major-cavalry-charge-70-years-ago | Remembering History’s Last Major Cavalry Charge | Remembering History’s Last Major Cavalry Charge
With sabers drawn, about 600 Italian cavalrymen yelled out their traditional battle cry of “Savoia!” and galloped headlong toward 2,000 Soviet foot soldiers armed with machine guns and mortars. On August 23, 1942 (some sources say August 24), the cavalrymen—part of the Ax... |
1d5b8c2e94760c2325288fb2187e7689 | https://www.history.com/news/the-last-time-a-meteor-rocked-russia | The Last Time a Meteor Rocked Russia | The Last Time a Meteor Rocked Russia
On the morning of June 30, 1908, a brilliant fire filled the cloudless sky over the subarctic forests of central Siberia. The few eyewitnesses in the mostly uninhabited region reported that a large fireball streaked across the sky, leaving a plume of dust in its wake before a massiv... |
8bfb02b6c2c9dde1d92dc3df579ee71b | https://www.history.com/news/the-last-time-a-scotus-nominee-was-filibustered-yes-its-happened-before | The Last Time a Supreme Court Nominee Was Filibustered (Yes, It’s Happened Before) | The Last Time a Supreme Court Nominee Was Filibustered (Yes, It’s Happened Before)
What is a “filibuster” anyway? A procedural method primarily used by the minority party to delay or block legislation (or in this case, a nomination) the filibuster has a bit of an unsusal history. In its early years, both chambers of Co... |
8d4a92c0a69aef455b7515d41a54e2cb | https://www.history.com/news/the-lincoln-memorials-bizarre-rejected-designs | The Lincoln Memorial’s Bizarre Rejected Designs | The Lincoln Memorial’s Bizarre Rejected Designs
Before Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train even arrived in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois, calls rose for a national monument in his honor. For nearly a half-century after Lincoln’s assassination, however, the movement to build a memorial to America’s 16th president in... |
60ba72fe6ff223aca322aef2ec1b8f82 | https://www.history.com/news/the-lone-soviet-space-shuttle-launch-25-years-ago | The Lone Soviet Space Shuttle Launch, 25 Years Ago | The Lone Soviet Space Shuttle Launch, 25 Years Ago
The launch of Buran (Russian for “snowstorm”) from the same patch of central Asia from which Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin rocketed into space marked a new milestone in the Soviet space program. The first test flight of the Soviet space shuttle came nearly 15 years after th... |
42377348b92a4455ff5da842aae4062e | https://www.history.com/news/the-lost-colony-of-popham | The Lost Colony of Popham | The Lost Colony of Popham
Many of the details of the Popham colony have been lost to history, but in its heyday the tiny settlement in Maine was considered a direct rival of Jamestown. Both colonies got their start in 1606, when the British King James I granted the Virginia Company a charter to establish permanent sett... |
bb412844163be79da2de0a610cf4d5e3 | https://www.history.com/news/the-man-behind-black-history-month | The Man Behind Black History Month | The Man Behind Black History Month
In 1915, Carter G. Woodson traveled to Chicago from his home in Washington, D.C. to take part in a national celebration of the 50th anniversary of emancipation. He had earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree at the University of Chicago, and still had many friends there. As he joine... |
85a76dc83cc9d1b107b933a3e87086ed | https://www.history.com/news/the-man-behind-the-kentucky-derby | The Man Behind the Kentucky Derby | The Man Behind the Kentucky Derby
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1846, Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr. spent much of his early childhood in St. Louis, where his father, the son of explorer (and first territorial governor of Missouri) William Clark, worked as an architect. Like his father, Lewis (“Lutie” for short) was nam... |
2f11f9b04fa48e374fb5ed53a0969442 | https://www.history.com/news/the-man-who-survived-two-atomic-bombs | The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombs | The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bombs
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was preparing to leave Hiroshima when the atomic bomb fell. The 29-year-old naval engineer was on a three-month-long business trip for his employer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and August 6, 1945, was supposed to be his last day in the city. He and his colleagues... |
09c3d064b34376ded3e06e9c9a5bfd34 | https://www.history.com/news/the-maracana-blow-brazils-stunning-world-cup-defeat | The Maracanã Blow: Brazil’s Stunning World Cup Defeat | The Maracanã Blow: Brazil’s Stunning World Cup Defeat
Its organizers hoped the 1950 edition of the Cup would mark a return to normalcy. First contested in 1930, the quadrennial event was being held for just the fourth time, after being cancelled from 1938 onwards due to World War II. With much of Europe still war torn,... |
a1fe98c0bab8440ce1a4f2b1ce5b7495 | https://www.history.com/news/the-massacre-at-frank-lloyd-wrights-love-cottage | The Massacre at Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Love Cottage” | The Massacre at Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Love Cottage”
The 47-year-old Frank Lloyd Wright knelt next to an open grave.
The woman inside the plain white pine box carpeted with flowers was Martha “Mamah” Borthwick Cheney, the wife of one of Wright’s clients, and his mistress. Not long after being commissioned by businessman... |
4ff1c7f6256081234fd8f618506b925e | https://www.history.com/news/the-medal-of-honor-6-surprising-facts | The Medal of Honor: 6 Surprising Facts | The Medal of Honor: 6 Surprising Facts
1. At first, the idea of a Medal of Honor was dismissed as too “European.” During the American Revolution, George Washington established the first combat decoration in U.S. history, known as the Badge of Military Merit. After the conflict it fell into disuse, as did its successor,... |
6fc3ae665ae738376b2b987e46ed9455 | https://www.history.com/news/the-medieval-history-of-the-christmas-cookie?li_source=LI&li_medium=m2m-rcw-history | The Medieval History of the Christmas Cookie | The Medieval History of the Christmas Cookie
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, when cooks around the country take to their kitchens to bake cookies galore. Whether you prefer gingerbread men, crisp springerle or crunchy biscotti, chances are you’ll enjoy some fresh baked Christmas cookies this holiday season. L... |
f701e8c0b49c8005e78d581c22623894 | https://www.history.com/news/the-miracle-on-ice-35-years-ago | The Miracle on Ice, 35 Years Ago | The Miracle on Ice, 35 Years Ago
By February 22, 1980, the U.S. hockey team had already become the surprise story of the Lake Placid Olympics. They had blazed their way through the early stages of the competition, tying with a highly touted Swedish team before scoring four straight wins. Coach Herb Brooks’ squad was th... |
403e1ce36fa46c50cbbf7be87f0b6031 | https://www.history.com/news/the-monumental-designs-rejected-for-the-gateway-arch | The Monumental Designs Rejected for the Gateway Arch | The Monumental Designs Rejected for the Gateway Arch
In 1947 the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association launched a national design competition for a monument planned along the banks of the Mississippi River in downtown St. Louis to honor Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase and the pioneers who expanded ... |
f68714ba44633d68514c11038c82f41d | https://www.history.com/news/the-most-amazing-artifacts-discovered-while-building-romes-subway | The Most Amazing Artifacts Discovered While Building Rome’s Subway | The Most Amazing Artifacts Discovered While Building Rome’s Subway
The city of Rome is over 2,700 years old. Dig into the ground and you’ll eventually bump into what the old residents left behind.
Over the past decade, the construction and extension of Rome’s third subway line—Line C—has unearthed a treasure trove of a... |
a747a3a73e29996c4757a0d7e10c4e97 | https://www.history.com/news/the-mother-who-saved-suffrage-passing-the-19th-amendment | The Mother Who Saved Suffrage: Passing the 19th Amendment | The Mother Who Saved Suffrage: Passing the 19th Amendment
Minutes after Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment, essentially ending American women’s decades-long quest for the right to vote, a young man with a red rose pinned to his lapel fled to the attic of the state capitol and camped out there until the maddening cro... |
43a800d2df5f6ff01f6efd9e16a61e3e | https://www.history.com/news/the-music-video-before-music-television | The Music Video, Before Music Television | The Music Video, Before Music Television
1895: The “first” music video is filmed at Thomas Edison’s studio
The oldest known film with music was made for the Kinetophone, a device developed by Thomas Edison’s lab that showed moving pictures and was also fitted out with a phonograph. In the film, its inventor, William Di... |
6bd7cec97588bd75f93b6a2148bc0c86 | https://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-flight-19 | The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19 | The Mysterious Disappearance of Flight 19
It began as nothing more than a routine training flight. At 2:10 p.m. on December 5, 1945, five TBM Avenger torpedo bombers took off from a Naval Air Station in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The planes—collectively known as “Flight 19”—were scheduled to tackle a three-hour exercise ... |
8f8a6b900c7582b7f71fabcdb4120b86 | https://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-loiseau-blanc | The Mysterious Disappearance of L’Oiseau Blanc | The Mysterious Disappearance of L’Oiseau Blanc
On the night of May 21, 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh touched down at France’s Le Bourget Field, having completed history’s first nonstop flight between New York and Paris. Upon exiting the Spirit of St. Louis, the 25-year-old American was mobbed by a crowd of 150,000 pe... |
15b55be3d266f48c715405645b3ef21a | https://www.history.com/news/the-mysterious-wall-street-bombing-95-years-ago | The Mysterious Wall Street Bombing, 95 Years Ago | The Mysterious Wall Street Bombing, 95 Years Ago
If Lower Manhattan’s Financial District was the center of American capitalism in the 1920s, then the southeast corner of Wall and Broad Streets was its most important junction. It was dominated by the headquarters of J.P. Morgan and Co., a financial leviathan that had co... |
5547ad02ee64bf2743008e77696d7cdf | https://www.history.com/news/the-myth-of-ponce-de-leon-and-the-fountain-of-youth | The Myth of Ponce de León and the Fountain of Youth | The Myth of Ponce de León and the Fountain of Youth
Tales of sacred, restorative waters existed well before the birth of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León around 1474. Alexander the Great, for example, was said to have come across a healing “river of paradise” in the fourth century B.C., and similar legends cropp... |
414e5b4cdc3e8117f7711fae84399c33 | https://www.history.com/news/the-natural-high-of-intoxicating-foods | The Natural High of Intoxicating Foods | The Natural High of Intoxicating Foods
Have you ever been in search of, shall we say, a natural high? Are you looking for some extra excitement in your grilled fish dinner? Want more out of your spice rack? This week, we’re looking at some very different foods that share a common trait. These intoxicating foods can mak... |
3b27c295d15af236865425055f62e37c | https://www.history.com/news/the-nazis-developed-sarin-gas-but-hitler-was-afraid-to-use-it | The Nazis Developed Sarin Gas During WWII, But Hitler Was Afraid to Use It | The Nazis Developed Sarin Gas During WWII, But Hitler Was Afraid to Use It
Hitler certainly had the opportunity to use sarin in World War II. The Nazis were actually the ones to develop the deadly nerve agent—accidentally. In late 1938, the German scientist Gerhard Schrader was tasked with inventing a cheaper pesticide... |
136e60948854edb25cc1df75754250b6 | https://www.history.com/news/the-night-prohibition-ended | The End of Prohibition | The End of Prohibition
By the 1930s, it was clear that Prohibition had become a public policy failure. The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution had done little to curb the sale, production and consumption of intoxicating liquors. And while organized crime flourished, tax revenues withered. With the United States stu... |
692ab4b0dbe0f1f53df97a03eff948b3 | https://www.history.com/news/the-notorious-botched-cover-up-that-became-alabamas-watergate | The Notorious Botched Cover-Up That Became ‘Alabama’s Watergate’ | The Notorious Botched Cover-Up That Became ‘Alabama’s Watergate’
Baltimore has dropped at least 41 drug-related charges in the past few weeks after two body camera videos revealed cops planting drugs as evidence. The released footage quickly went viral, sparking internet outrage. A similar situation also occurred in Ma... |
2228a2c8ed94c4e9a066090b13053e92 | https://www.history.com/news/the-origins-of-the-mysterious-gren-bean-casserole | The Origins of the Mysterious Green Bean Casserole | The Origins of the Mysterious Green Bean Casserole
Holiday tables are often divided over these three little words–green bean casserole. This mixture of canned soup, frozen green beans and fried onions has graced holiday buffets since the 1950s. But who came up with this trinity, and why has it become so famous? This we... |
201bca06e9251ad960d650d16f448061 | https://www.history.com/news/the-personal-tragedy-behind-the-joy-of-cooking | The Personal Tragedy Behind the “Joy of Cooking” | The Personal Tragedy Behind the “Joy of Cooking”
During the 1930s, salespeople went door to door to peddle their wares, desperately trying to make enough cash to get through the Great Depression. One of them was a St. Louis woman with greying hair and a booklet to hawk named Irma Starkloff Rombauer. She was no traditio... |
1f30ec92955a661e990998bef896eb98 | https://www.history.com/news/the-pretzel-a-twisted-history | The Pretzel: A Twisted History | The Pretzel: A Twisted History
The Catholic Church played a leading role in the early history of the pretzel. In the seventh century, the church dictated stricter rules governing fasting and abstinence during Lent than it does today. Pretzels, made of a simple mixture of water, flour and salt, were an ideal food to con... |
1a83e09599d87c7934de0a70f3922fae | https://www.history.com/news/the-quest-to-decipher-the-rosetta-stone | The Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone | The Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone
In July 1799, during Napoleon Bonaparte’s military invasion of Egypt, a group of French soldiers accidentally made a groundbreaking archaeological discovery. While working to strengthen the defenses of a sunbaked fort near the Nile Delta town of Rosetta (modern-day Rashid), they ... |
50fbbd14fa965a1f35073326150a6bbe | https://www.history.com/news/the-real-history-behind-the-sound-of-music | The Real History Behind “The Sound of Music” | The Real History Behind “The Sound of Music”
In the climactic scene of “The Sound of Music,” the von Trapps flee Salzburg, Austria, under the cover of night and hike across the surrounding mountains to safety in Switzerland. Had they scaled the Alps in real life, however, the von Trapps would have crossed into Nazi Ger... |
1fd6a1ac47637ca487686e2497849fd4 | https://www.history.com/news/the-real-history-that-inspired-star-wars | The Real History That Inspired “Star Wars” | The Real History That Inspired “Star Wars”
When George Lucas developed the storyline for “Star Wars” and crafted his heroes and villains, he tapped into elements of theology, mysticism and mythology as well as his knowledge of classic films. And befitting a story set a “long time ago,” real-life history also played a c... |
1bc468828251bd6a0afa244a83992b98 | https://www.history.com/news/the-real-life-jaws-that-terrorized-the-jersey-shore | The Real-Life “Jaws” That Terrorized the Jersey Shore | The Real-Life “Jaws” That Terrorized the Jersey Shore
As Americans prepared to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday weekend in 1916, the aptly named resort town of Beach Haven, New Jersey, promised a sanctuary from worries about the war raging in Europe and the polio epidemic sweeping through New York City. Seeking ref... |
fe3f8b4d31fd7defda9ad4159e29e270 | https://www.history.com/news/the-real-life-story-behind-american-sniper | The Real-Life Story Behind “American Sniper” | The Real-Life Story Behind “American Sniper”
Unlike any American before him, Chris Kyle performed his job with pinpoint accuracy. As a sharpshooter serving in Iraq, that job had deadly results. The Pentagon has credited Kyle with over 160 kills. The actual number could be almost double.
The most lethal sniper in Americ... |
facef28ab00851fce5130cd868bd9c46 | https://www.history.com/news/the-real-life-story-behind-the-monuments-men | The Real-Life Story Behind “The Monuments Men” | The Real-Life Story Behind “The Monuments Men”
Decades before territorial ambitions and Aryan supremacy absorbed Adolf Hitler, a much different passion consumed the future German dictator—art. But after Vienna’s Academy of Fine Arts rejected a teenaged Hitler for his “unfitness for painting,” his singular dream of beco... |
8c946996af8994b1f112b591ae41d082 | https://www.history.com/news/the-real-story-behind-plymouth-rock | The Real Story Behind Plymouth Rock | The Real Story Behind Plymouth Rock
Two words inevitably cross the lips of first-time visitors to Plymouth Rock: “That’s it?”
Yes, Plymouth Rock never fails to underwhelm, leaving tourists struck by disappointment rather than awe. But don’t blame the rock. America’s most famous piece of granite is simply a victim of ou... |
09d5c89e580493d2ba19e83bac760d0c | https://www.history.com/news/the-revolution-that-was-1968 | The Revolution That Was 1968 | The Revolution That Was 1968
Two assassinations, a bloody war, violent protests, racial unrest, colorful hippies, a celebration of sex and rebellion, and John Lennon’s countercultural anthem, “Revolution”—1968 had them all.
It was the year that shattered the fragile consensus that had shaped American society since the ... |
a28fa51a4a2d53d6fd7c30ecdac0617a | https://www.history.com/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-action-park-new-jerseys-most-dangerous-water-park | The Rise and Fall of Action Park, New Jersey’s Most Dangerous Water Park | The Rise and Fall of Action Park, New Jersey’s Most Dangerous Water Park
An enclosed water slide with a complete loop where customers ended up with bloody noses. A wheeled ride with no brakes that shot down a concrete-and-fiberglass track. A freshwater pool with giant waves that required lifeguards to rescue over two d... |
d9daa9c45abecac55fdbe4f5c0167327 | https://www.history.com/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-planet-pluto | The Rise and Fall of Planet Pluto | The Rise and Fall of Planet Pluto
Percival Lowell knew something else was out there. Based on his calculations, the American businessman and astronomer was convinced that an unknown ninth planet was responsible for the wobbling orbits of Uranus and Neptune. For more than a decade until his death in 1916, Lowell peered ... |
9ae8e9e5a7c9df1db5a93f5b6bc7d670 | https://www.history.com/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-robert-mugabe-zimbabwes-longtime-dictator | The Rise and Fall of Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s Longtime Dictator | The Rise and Fall of Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s Longtime Dictator
Robert Mugabe, the recently deposed president of Zimbabwe, has long been known as the dictator who “ruined” his country. During his 37 years in power, Mugabe’s policies led to hyperinflation and crumbling infrastructure, while his desire to retain power r... |
06276f47adb00ed0d4e6982ebaaeb492 | https://www.history.com/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-smallpox | The Rise and Fall of Smallpox | The Rise and Fall of Smallpox
Smallpox is believed to have first infected humans around the time of the earliest agricultural settlements some 12,000 years ago. No surviving evidence of it, however, predates the so-called New Kingdom of Egypt, which lasted from about 1570 B.C. to 1085 B.C.
A few mummies from that era c... |
fcacc187a032f4b353628857c93213fc | https://www.history.com/news/the-rise-and-fall-of-turtle-soup | The Rise and Fall of Turtle Soup | The Rise and Fall of Turtle Soup
If you spend any amount of time paging through old menus, looking back to the Diamond Jim Brady era of American overeating, you’ll find a mention of turtle soup. Heck, you’ll probably find several mentions. This noble stew (and its mock counterpart) was served at presidential inaugurati... |
5bdcf1c4d08b485b8e8e9c60b117f345 | https://www.history.com/news/the-royal-roots-of-the-american-christmas-tree | The Royal Roots of the American Christmas Tree | The Royal Roots of the American Christmas Tree
Long before the advent of Christmas—and even before the birth of Christ—ancient civilizations embraced evergreen boughs, wreaths and garlands as symbols of eternal life amid the darkest days of the winter solstice. From these pagan roots sprouted the modern Christmas tree.... |
2914c1bec23ca9a0be37942074b174c8 | https://www.history.com/news/the-rumble-in-the-jungle-40-years-ago | The “Rumble in the Jungle,” 40 Years Ago | The “Rumble in the Jungle,” 40 Years Ago
Although hours still remained before the sun would dawn over the Congo River, none of the 60,000 fans packed inside the enormous stadium near its banks worried about lost sleep. Even at 4:30 a.m., an electric energy crackled through the sweltering air of Kinshasa, Zaire, as 32-y... |
1ab7e8586caad0e0c2557d0dcc330fa0 | https://www.history.com/news/the-scandalous-romance-that-may-have-saved-the-british-monarchy | The Scandalous Romance That May Have Saved the British Monarchy | The Scandalous Romance That May Have Saved the British Monarchy
King George V didn’t have high hopes for his eldest son. “After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself within 12 months,” the British monarch ominously predicted of his womanizing heir apparent. As it turned out, King Edward VIII only required 11 months afte... |
c892f88a86c76924de421b71aabda114 | https://www.history.com/news/the-shocking-medieval-execution-story-referenced-by-james-comey | The Shocking Medieval Execution Story Referenced by James Comey | The Shocking Medieval Execution Story Referenced by James Comey
It’s not every day that 12th century feuds are brought up in the U.S. Senate.
Former FBI director James Comey in a testimony before the U.S. Senate intelligence committee likened his dealings with President Trump—which ultimately led to his dismissal in Ma... |
3d9b6c41ecc4543a6c499b580eb39c71 | https://www.history.com/news/the-sinking-of-andrea-doria?fbclid=IwAR1xfIbxSB5SUBriJ_xDaixK4HAXIMh6r15RqMN43tuTB9wn4rE5kN6UlY0 | The Sinking of Andrea Doria | The Sinking of Andrea Doria
Though not the largest or fastest ocean liner of its era, the 697-foot Andrea Doria was widely regarded as the most beautiful. Its decks were dotted with three outdoor swimming pools, and it was dubbed a “floating art gallery” for its dazzling array of paintings, tapestries and surrealist mu... |
7d49929dcc6c521ddaf5b7c9d09bb84e | https://www.history.com/news/the-sinking-of-rms-lusitania-100-years-ago | Remembering the Sinking of RMS Lusitania | Remembering the Sinking of RMS Lusitania
Known as the “Greyhounds of the Seas,” Lusitania and its sister ship, Mauretania, were the fastest passenger liners of their age, capable of crossing the Atlantic Ocean in under five days. At more than 30,000 gross tons each, they were also the world’s largest liners from their ... |
b96c8f7cd794364285c12986f6cba7d9 | https://www.history.com/news/the-sled-dog-relay-that-inspired-the-iditarod | The Sled Dog Relay That Inspired the Iditarod | The Sled Dog Relay That Inspired the Iditarod
The children of Nome were dying in January 1925. Infected with diphtheria, they wheezed and gasped for air, and every day brought a new case of the lethal respiratory disease. Nome’s lone physician, Dr. Curtis Welch, feared an epidemic that could put the entire village of 1... |
523000e7c1134bfa9be6cd6a7f299f61 | https://www.history.com/news/the-stamp-act-riots-250-years-ago | The Stamp Act Riots | The Stamp Act Riots
Andrew Oliver could have been excused if he didn’t feel very welcome in his hometown of Boston. After awaking on August 14, 1765, the wealthy 59-year-old merchant and provincial official learned that his effigy was hanging from a century-old elm tree in front of Deacon Elliot’s house. After dusk, an... |
056c1d9b31605d76a7139180466a29d0 | https://www.history.com/news/the-story-behind-the-famous-little-rock-nine-scream-image | The Story Behind the Famous Little Rock Nine ‘Scream Image’ | The Story Behind the Famous Little Rock Nine ‘Scream Image’
You’ve probably seen the photo: a young African-American girl walks to school, her eyes shielded by sunglasses. She is surrounded by a hateful crowd of angry white people, including a girl caught mid-jeer, her teeth bared and her face hardened with anger. It’s... |
055250ce48677b2cf1dfc1fb43d3b035 | https://www.history.com/news/the-story-of-the-sandwich | The Story of the Sandwich | The Story of the Sandwich
Would you believe that Americans eat more than 300 million sandwiches a day? That’s right, every day we consume about as many sandwiches as we have people to eat them. And why not? The sandwich might be the perfect food: portable, open to any interpretation and as simple or as elaborate as the... |
15a3d3ad49a297b77bc54af8d822df5f | https://www.history.com/news/the-strange-case-of-emperor-norton-i-of-the-united-states | The Strange Case of Emperor Norton I of the United States | The Strange Case of Emperor Norton I of the United States
On September 17, 1859, a most unusual decree appeared in the San Francisco Bulletin newspaper. In grandiloquent fashion, the message stated, “At the peremptory request and desire of a large majority of the citizens…I, Joshua Norton…declare and proclaim myself Em... |
962326240a8b11c82b498b04026c2506 | https://www.history.com/news/the-strike-that-shook-america | The Strike That Shook America | The Strike That Shook America
The power looms that thundered inside the cotton weaving room of the Everett Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, suddenly fell silent on January 11, 1912. When a mill official demanded to know why workers were standing motionless next to their machines, the explanation was simple: “Not enough... |
6856a289c3e281953c5ab7b84f7b7ca3 | https://www.history.com/news/the-surprising-history-of-international-womens-day | The Surprising History of International Women’s Day | The Surprising History of International Women’s Day
Controversy clouds the history of International Women’s Day. According to a common version of the holiday’s origins, it was established in 1907, to mark the 50th anniversary of a brutally repressed protest by New York City’s female garment and textile workers. But the... |
587aa6cae5774534138082080a53eb2f | https://www.history.com/news/the-surprising-history-of-punch | The Surprising History of Punch | The Surprising History of Punch
Though it’s mainly known as a non-alcoholic beverage today, punch was invented as a beer alternative in the 17th century by men working the ships for the British East India Company. These men were accomplished drinkers, throwing back an allotment of 10 pints of beer per shipman per day. ... |
8c745ecade4c85eeca658aacd85460e3 | https://www.history.com/news/the-surprising-history-of-the-real-chef-boy-ar-dee | The Surprising History of the Real Chef Boy-Ar-Dee | The Surprising History of the Real Chef Boy-Ar-Dee
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee is one of the most familiar figures in the supermarket aisles, but you may be surprised to know that the smiling, mustachioed character in the towering chef’s hat wasn’t some corporate marketing concoction like Betty Crocker. The man who graces cans of ... |
568d307385cc1d03cf0b3374bfb14967 | https://www.history.com/news/the-sweet-relationship-between-daylight-saving-time-and-halloween | The Sweet Relationship Between Daylight Saving Time and Halloween | The Sweet Relationship Between Daylight Saving Time and Halloween
Daylight saving time has been controversial almost from its inception, and there’s been no shortage of myths and misunderstandings surrounding the concept of “spring forward, fall back.” But one of the more unusual aspects of daylight saving time involve... |
70f96c8aee0fa4999b3de63a141223d5 | https://www.history.com/news/the-take-on-takeout | The Take on Takeout | The Take on Takeout
These days, most Americans think nothing of picking up dinner, bringing it home and enjoying all the benefits of a meal in, without the hassle of dishes, cooking and clean up. But not that long ago, takeout as we know it was unheard of. While restaurants have flourished in America since colonial tim... |
d7168fa3119d08820a6d90363e4ef2de | https://www.history.com/news/the-thanksgiving-raccoon-that-became-a-presidential-pet | The Thanksgiving Raccoon That Became a Presidential Pet | The Thanksgiving Raccoon That Became a Presidential Pet
In late November 1926, a live animal sent by one Vinnie Joyce of Nitta Yuma, Mississippi, arrived at the White House to be slaughtered and served up for that year’s Thanksgiving dinner. President Calvin Coolidge, however, became smitten by the beast and instead gr... |
884ae0a0dfaa59f49f6e01df8606a58e | https://www.history.com/news/the-top-spots-to-visit-in-new-york-according-to-two-historians | The Top Spots to Visit in New York, According to Two Historians | The Top Spots to Visit in New York, According to Two Historians
Location: Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital site, New York, New YorkExpert: Wendy Kline, Professor of History at the Purdue College of Liberal Arts
Why It’s Worth a Visit No place in America better reflects the nation’s long history of immigration than New ... |
52590d08e1d1454ca03fbaef83b2a17f | https://www.history.com/news/the-treacherous-race-to-the-south-pole | The Treacherous Race to the South Pole | The Treacherous Race to the South Pole
“Another hard grind in the afternoon and five miles added,” British explorer Robert Falcon Scott wrote in his diary. “Our chance still holds good if we can put the work in, but it’s a terribly trying time.” It was mid-January 1912, and the 43-year-old Royal Navy officer was nearly... |
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