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c63fee506b0ff82b44c56c1c0245bdcd | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/25/brown-university-raising-120-million-to-eliminate-all-student-loans.html | Brown University raising $120 million to eliminate all student loans | Brown University raising $120 million to eliminate all student loans
Brown University campusYiming Chen | Getty Images
Brown University has initiated a $120 million campaign to drop all loans from financial aid packages awarded to their undergraduates.
Student debt is at an all-time high — the average outstanding balan... |
176a17ba166572c75af3019869451dc8 | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/25/dennis-gartman-turns-a-little-bullish-on-oil-thinks-crude-could-hit-55.html | Dennis Gartman turns a little bullish on oil, thinks crude could hit $55 | Dennis Gartman turns a little bullish on oil, thinks crude could hit $55
VIDEO3:4203:42Forget big oil, Dennis Gartman says these are the energy names to buy insteadFast Money
Crude oil could hit $55 a barrel, commodities king Dennis Gartman said.
Gartman had been bearish on oil for a long period of time, he said, think... |
dea4d7d3001ff66237c90b2f7185bec7 | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/25/ethereum-co-founder-and-mark-cuban-put-25m-toward-unikrn-esports-betting-platforms-digital-token-sale.html | Ethereum co-founder and Mark Cuban put $25M toward Unikrn esports betting platform’s digital token sale | Ethereum co-founder and Mark Cuban put $25M toward Unikrn esports betting platform’s digital token sale
Some big names are participating in Unikrn's unique initial coin offering.
The Seattle startup launched an initial coin offering, or ICO, this past Friday and has already raised $25 million, Unikrn CEO Rahul Sood tol... |
530800ae3e48a4efe68c076286c9f427 | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/25/german-far-right-afd-party-raises-concerns-about-nazi-ideology-of-the-past-warns-ex-merkel-official.html | German far-right party raises concerns about Nazi ideology of the past, warns ex-Merkel official | German far-right party raises concerns about Nazi ideology of the past, warns ex-Merkel official
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A former member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's government said Monday he's concerned about the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which has secured a place in the Bundestag ... |
d9f4f5a41f387bfc43aa9a78dd0ee41d | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/25/graham-cassidy-obamacare-repeal-many-states-cant-shoulder-the-burden.html?__source=newsletter%7Cyourmoneyyourvote | Obamacare repeal effort is counting on states to shoulder the burden — but states don't want it | Obamacare repeal effort is counting on states to shoulder the burden — but states don't want it
From left, Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Dean Heller, R-Nev., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., discuss block grant funding for health care, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017.Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images
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dba3b1c30d28f1d14fdf4b4c6a90c437 | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/25/how-to-get-macos-high-sierra.html | Apple just released a major software upgrade for your Mac — here's how to get it | Apple just released a major software upgrade for your Mac — here's how to get it
Craig Federighi, Senior Vice President Software Engineering speaks during the company's annual world wide developer conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California, U.S. June 5, 2017.Stephen Lam | Reuters
Apple rolled out its latest operating sy... |
50230368ebc40d6ad71c526dac3d938a | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/25/japans-abe-reportedly-announces-snap-elections-for-next-month.html | Japanese PM Abe says election won't distract him from tackling North Korea | Japanese PM Abe says election won't distract him from tackling North Korea
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a news conference to announce snap election at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, September 25, 2017.Toru Hanai | Reuters
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would dissolve parliament's lower... |
8f269e2cda375a0df160e0b2f719564a | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/25/republican-big-six-divided-on-tax-cuts-for-wealthy.html | Republican 'Big Six' divided on tax cuts for wealthy | Republican 'Big Six' divided on tax cuts for wealthy
VIDEO3:2203:22'Big Six' tax plan awaits Trump approvalSquawk Box
A debate over how much America's wealthiest households should pay in taxes has emerged as one of the key sticking points in the negotiations between the White House and Republicans on Capitol Hill over ... |
21992adf87eb778c650e2bd77c6b9b85 | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/25/trump-calls-lack-of-obamacare-repeal-disgusting.html?__source=newsletter%7Cyourmoneyyourvote | Trump calls lack of Obamacare repeal 'disgusting,' pessimistic on passing Graham-Cassidy bill | Trump calls lack of Obamacare repeal 'disgusting,' pessimistic on passing Graham-Cassidy bill
VIDEO0:4700:47Trump calls lack of Obamacare repeal 'disgusting'News Videos
President Donald Trump called the failure of Congress to repeal Obamacare "disgusting" on Monday — and expressed deep pessimism that a latch-ditch Repu... |
4ac6129623cb852ecbbf39e6ecacc81d | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/25/uber-ceo-dara-khosrowshahi-apologizes-after-london-ban.html | Uber CEO to London: ‘I apologize for the mistakes we’ve made’ | Uber CEO to London: ‘I apologize for the mistakes we’ve made’
Dara KhosrowshahiDavid Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images
Uber Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi admitted the firm "got things wrong" Monday in a plea to London after the ride-hailing app was stripped of its license to operate in Britain's capital city.
"While... |
2772af309e0687550fc95e84fa5da89c | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/26/equifax-ceo-walks-away-with-18-million-pension-benefit.html | Equifax CEO walks away with $18 million after data breach affecting half the US occurs on his watch | Equifax CEO walks away with $18 million after data breach affecting half the US occurs on his watch
VIDEO2:2002:20Equifax CEO steps down: What happens next?Power Lunch
The abrupt departure of Equifax's chief executive officer on Tuesday has not dampened the criticism of the company since it disclosed a massive data bre... |
e2e88b3c15a38726250998f163f4cb67 | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/26/senate-will-not-vote-on-graham-cassidy-obamacare-repeal-bill.html?__source=newsletter%7Cyourmoneyyourvote | Senate will not vote on Obamacare repeal bill, killing chances of health-care reform this year | Senate will not vote on Obamacare repeal bill, killing chances of health-care reform this year
VIDEO5:2505:25Senator Lindsey Graham: We will return to health-care after tax reformPower Lunch
The Senate will not hold a vote this week on the crippled Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, GOP lawmakers said Tue... |
96fea2eaaf494a7aab473b94b570b509 | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/26/treasury-department-sanctions-banks-and-representatives-linked-to-north-korean-financial-networks.html?__source=newsletter%7Cyourmoneyyourvote | The Trump administration just cranked up pressure on North Korea | The Trump administration just cranked up pressure on North Korea
VIDEO0:4800:48Treasury announces sanctions targeting North Korean financial networksNews Videos
The Treasury Department on Tuesday ratcheted up the pressure on North Korea by putting sanctions on banks and individuals tied to the isolated nation in its ef... |
007e27e6c98e94235f2eb93227e3ebae | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/26/trump-says-standard-tax-deductions-would-nearly-double-under-gop-plan.html?__source=newsletter%7Cyourmoneyyourvote | Trump says standard tax deductions would nearly double under GOP plan | Trump says standard tax deductions would nearly double under GOP plan
President Donald Trump delivers remarks to reporters as he meets with members of the House Ways and Means Committee about proposed changes to the U.S. tax code at the White House in Washington, U.S. September 26, 2017.Jonathan Ernst | Reuters
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cb57670df26d6dc99ded3188aca46315 | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/27/amazon-gets-its-most-bullish-wall-street-call-yet-1400-price-forecast.html | Amazon gets its most bullish Wall Street call yet: $1,400 price forecast | Amazon gets its most bullish Wall Street call yet: $1,400 price forecast
VIDEO0:4100:41Amazon gets its most bullish Wall Street call yet: $1,400 price forecastNews Videos
Amazon shares are faltering this month along with many of its large-cap technology company peers. But the pullback is a buying opportunity, according... |
bdceeb457c03960629f560e6be711407 | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/27/cnbc-to-award-lifetime-achievement-award-to-fosun-internationals-guo-guangchang-at-16th-cnbc-asia-business-leaders-award-ceremony.html | CNBC gives Lifetime Achievement Award to Fosun International’s Guo Guangchang | CNBC gives Lifetime Achievement Award to Fosun International’s Guo Guangchang
SINGAPORE, 28 September 2017 - CNBC, the world's leading business and financial news network, today announced Guo Guangchang (郭广昌), Chairman of Fosun International as the Lifetime Achievement Award recipient at the upcoming 16th Asia Busines... |
3f0eeededc3f60ef2d2c1cf9b2063bcb | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/27/deltas-ceo-calls-u-s-tariff-ruling-on-bombardier-jets-absurd.html | Delta's CEO calls U.S. tariff ruling on Bombardier jets 'absurd' | Delta's CEO calls U.S. tariff ruling on Bombardier jets 'absurd'
Delta Airlines passenger planesRobert Alexander | Getty Images
The nearly 220 percent tariff the U.S. Commerce Department called for on jets made by Canadian aircraft maker Bombardier would make them unaffordable, the aircrafts' buyer, Delta Air Lines, sa... |
c51200e26640cbcfa38e00e5400625c5 | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/27/macys-reinvents-its-loyalty-program-to-win-more-shoppers.html | Macy's reinvents its loyalty program to win more shoppers | Macy's reinvents its loyalty program to win more shoppers
VIDEO0:4600:46Macy's reinvents its loyalty programNews Videos
Macy's is betting that a fresh loyalty program will lure more shoppers to its stores.
The department store chain is rolling out a reinvented Star Rewards program, where shoppers can accumulate discoun... |
00f6a4e13c49bae424f60c3c4dc8dc1a | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/27/on-north-korea-trumps-war-of-words-is-backfiring-commentary.html?__source=newsletter%7Cyourmoneyyourvote | What are the chances Trump's war of words with North Korea escalates? | What are the chances Trump's war of words with North Korea escalates?
President Donald Trump addresses the 72nd Annual UN General Assembly in New York on September 19, 2017.Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images
In the last two weeks, Donald Trump has been waging a war of words on two fronts — a domestic battle against ... |
00d7ea34030ec36912c88b5017bcd8dd | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/27/sen-pat-toomey-gop-senator-nfl-player-protests-during-the-national-anthem-are-totally-inappropriate.html | GOP senator: NFL players should stand and 'show their respect' during the national anthem | GOP senator: NFL players should stand and 'show their respect' during the national anthem
VIDEO0:5600:56Sen. Pat Toomey on NFL anthem protests: I think they ought to be standingSquawk Box
NFL players and other professional athletes should stand for the national anthem to show their respect for the Americans who make sa... |
a2eac41541e9a7041ea64f85d9e18cee | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/27/tax-reform-must-get-done-before-wages-can-go-up-fedex-ceo-fred-smith.html | Tax reform must get done before wages can go up, FedEx CEO Fred Smith says | Tax reform must get done before wages can go up, FedEx CEO Fred Smith says
VIDEO1:4101:41Tax reform package would eliminate deductions to level playing field: FedEx CEOPower Lunch
President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans are calling for sweeping changes to the tax code, and FedEx CEO Fred Smith told CNBC on We... |
e244afc40f92ffb9f530d846ae25a54f | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/27/trump-has-much-better-shot-with-tax-reform-than-health-care-ex-legislators.html | Trump has a much better shot with tax reform than health care, ex-legislators from both parties say | Trump has a much better shot with tax reform than health care, ex-legislators from both parties say
VIDEO3:4503:45Max Baucus: This is just a framework, we have no idea what the tax legislation might bePower Lunch
While the latest in a series of legislative efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act was derailed on Tuesd... |
f2a3c1921e505ffcbe43c226126ea5d4 | https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/27/trumps-tax-reform-plan-would-dramatically-lower-rates-for-businesses-some-individuals.html?__source=newsletter%7Cyourmoneyyourvote | Trump's tax reform plan would dramatically lower rates for businesses, some individuals | Trump's tax reform plan would dramatically lower rates for businesses, some individuals
VIDEO4:3804:38Senior White House official: No tax cuts for the richSquawk Alley
Republicans unveiled sweeping changes to America's tax code Wednesday in a proposal that dramatically lowers taxes on businesses and many households but... |
d694a448e33038ce45bce0c19905b8c7 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-best-offense-72179377/ | The Best Offense | The Best Offense
On a Saturday morning last September, the Storer House in Fort Wright, Kentucky, was cordoned off with yellow tape. Dozens of volunteers—college students in work boots, white-haired seniors slathered in sunscreen, parents and children—were on their knees, helping search the yard for clues. The brick ho... |
db658db64a083ef28f6c9bf5403ca7fd | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-blazing-career-and-mysterious-death-of-the-swedish-meteor-39695356/ | The Blazing Career and Mysterious Death of “The Swedish Meteor” | The Blazing Career and Mysterious Death of “The Swedish Meteor”
The mummified head of Charles XII, photographed at the time of his exhumation in 1917, and showing the exit wound–or was it?–left by the projectile that killed him during the siege of Fredrikshald in 1718.
Sweden has had her share of memorable monarchs. In... |
83dd44728ecf7a2434905d9a850369a6 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-case-of-the-sleepwalking-killer-77584095/?no-ist | The Case of the Sleepwalking Killer | The Case of the Sleepwalking Killer
Rufus Choate approached his client just before the bang of the gavel, when Albert J. Tirrell was sitting in the dock, 22 years old and on trial for his life. It was March 24, 1846, three months after his arrest in the gruesome murder of his mistress. The defendant wore an olive coat ... |
43772eb31275e0611703c062eef89491 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-cherokees-vs-andrew-jackson-277394/ | The Cherokees vs. Andrew Jackson | The Cherokees vs. Andrew Jackson
John Ross made an unlikely looking Cherokee chief. Born in 1790 to a Scottish trader and a woman of Indian and European heritage, he was only one-eighth Cherokee by blood. Short, slight and reserved, he wore a suit and tie instead of deerskin leggings and a beaver-skin hat. His trading ... |
11b93303688fa47c89c85ee460a6ef20 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/ | The Children Who Went Up In Smoke | The Children Who Went Up In Smoke
Billboard about the Sodder children, who went missing on Christmas Eve, 1945. From www.appalachianhistory.net.
For nearly four decades, anyone driving down Route 16 near Fayetteville, West Virginia, could see a billboard bearing the grainy images of five children, all dark-haired and s... |
e1eb42cba431e8235f830d59c4c376ce | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-cia-burglar-who-went-rogue-36739394/ | The CIA Burglar Who Went Rogue | The CIA Burglar Who Went Rogue
The six CIA officers were sweating. It was almost noon on a June day in the Middle Eastern capital, already in the 90s outside and even hotter inside the black sedan where the five men and one woman sat jammed in together. Sat and waited.
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Video: Decoding the National Cryptologic... |
188c1d323adefa82ac760d99cbaaec71 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-cias-most-highly-trained-spies-werent-even-human-20149/ | The CIA’s Most Highly-Trained Spies Weren’t Even Human | The CIA’s Most Highly-Trained Spies Weren’t Even Human
There would be a rustle of oily black feathers as a raven settled on the window ledge of a once-grand apartment building in some Eastern European capital. The bird would pace across the ledge a few times but quickly depart. In an apartment on the other side of the ... |
8601c90096449bb1f2fb98d1a3fc7f37 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-closest-source-we-have-knowing-john-wilkes-booth-is-his-sister-180954328/ | The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Asia Booth Clarke, sickly pregnant with twins at her mansion in Philadelphia, received the morning newspaper on April 15, 1865, in bed and screamed at the sight of the headlines: John Wilkes, her younger brother, was wanted for the assassination of President Lincoln.
Asia was marrie... |
7ed440eadcce7caa5580066bf8b340d1 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-clovis-point-and-the-discovery-of-americas-first-culture-3825828/?all | The Clovis Point and the Discovery of America’s First Culture | The Clovis Point and the Discovery of America’s First Culture
When Edgar B. Howard heard that a road crew in eastern New Mexico had stumbled across a cache of big ancient bones, he dropped everything and grabbed the first westbound train. At the time—November 1932—Howard was an archaeology research associate at the Uni... |
c25099d57df83db215ce1e5ed5d4051b | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-commoner-who-salvaged-a-kings-ransom-153162/ | The Commoner Who Salvaged a King’s Ransom | The Commoner Who Salvaged a King’s Ransom
It was only a small shop in an unfashionable part of London, but it had a most peculiar clientele. From Mondays to Fridays the place stayed locked, and its only visitors were schoolboys who came to gaze through the windows at the marvels crammed inside. But on Saturday afternoo... |
a69e94efbe4022c8f7a6422ac4485d7c | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-daredevil-of-niagara-falls-110492884/ | The Daredevil of Niagara Falls | The Daredevil of Niagara Falls
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed legislation permitting Nik Wallenda—self-proclaimed “King of the High Wire” and descendant of the legendary Flying Wallendas—to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Wallenda plans to run a cable, two inches thick and 2200 feet long, between tw... |
4a7d88b43fca31afd5b09f7dd1faf7e9 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-dark-side-of-thomas-jefferson-35976004/?c=y&page=1 | The Dark Side of Thomas Jefferson | The Dark Side of Thomas Jefferson
With five simple words in the Declaration of Independence—“all men are created equal”—Thomas Jefferson undid Aristotle’s ancient formula, which had governed human affairs until 1776: “From the hour of their birth, some men are marked out for subjection, others for rule.” In his origina... |
ea084e837c08bd0569363dd51ed6fe83 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-death-of-colonel-ellsworth-878695/?all&no-ist | The Death of Colonel Ellsworth | The Death of Colonel Ellsworth
One of the quieter commemorations of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War—but one of the most intriguing—can soon be found in an alcove at the end of a main hallway at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, D.C. Between two rooms housing highlights of the museu... |
d4e7ecbc13d3cc660c0b5ceb85c0335d | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-early-history-of-faking-war-on-film-133838317/ | The Early History of Faking War on Film | The Early History of Faking War on Film
Frederic Villiers, an experienced war artist and pioneer cinematographer, was the first man to attempt to film in battle—with deeply disappointing results.
Who first thought of building a pyramid, or of using gunpowder as a weapon? Who invented the wheel? Who, for that matter, ca... |
a943f678b41e0620988cf7a572e19aa1 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fight-that-wouldnt-stay-fixed-126493491/?no-ist | The Fight that Wouldn’t Stay Fixed | The Fight that Wouldn’t Stay Fixed
Battling Siki in 1925. Photo: Wikipedia
Despite the promoters’ best efforts, the 1922 light-heavyweight fight between the popular European champion Georges Carpentier and an obscure Senegalese brawler named Amadou Mbarick Fall, better known as “Battling Siki,” wasn’t supposed to be mu... |
5f4b4c3be6e3bd84f9cb3d5bc1a910bb | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-financial-panic-of-1907-running-from-history-82176328/ | The Financial Panic of 1907: Running from History | The Financial Panic of 1907: Running from History
Robert F. Bruner is the dean of the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. Last year, he and Sean D. Carr, the Director of Corporate Innovation Programs at the Darden Schools' Batten Institute, published "The Panic of 1907: Lessons L... |
cd39daf752c4599a98d397f8da102460 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-freedom-riders-then-and-now-45351758/?c=y%3Fno-ist | The Freedom Riders, Then and Now | The Freedom Riders, Then and Now
On Sunday, May 14, 1961—Mother's Day—scores of angry white people blocked a Greyhound bus carrying black and white passengers through rural Alabama. The attackers pelted the vehicle with rocks and bricks, slashed tires, smashed windows with pipes and axes and lobbed a firebomb through a... |
679c9d6503019a317eb94482a020dc3b | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-british-tea-heist-9866709/?no-ist | The Great British Tea Heist | The Great British Tea Heist
In 1848, the British East India Company sent Robert Fortune on a trip to China's interior, an area forbidden to foreigners. Fortune's mission was to steal the secrets of tea horticulture and manufacturing. The Scotsman donned a disguise and headed into the Wu Si Shan hills in a bold act of c... |
27571777248354c3b88b73a318da6b40 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-dissenter-and-his-half-brother-10214325/ | The Great Dissenter and His Half-Brother | The Great Dissenter and His Half-Brother
He was known as “the Great Dissenter,” and he was the lone justice to dissent in one of the Supreme Court’s most notorious and damaging opinions, in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. In arguing against his colleagues’ approval of the doctrine of “separate but equal,” John Marshall Har... |
31946ba3fcc712e5c901da8b90bc09e7 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-escape-from-slavery-of-ellen-and-william-craft-497960/?no-ist | The Great Escape From Slavery of Ellen and William Craft | The Great Escape From Slavery of Ellen and William Craft
Most runaway slaves fled to freedom in the dead of night, often pursued by barking bloodhounds. A few fugitives, such as Henry “Box” Brown who mailed himself north in a wooden crate, devised clever ruses or stowed away on ships and wagons. One of the most ingenio... |
efbd9e6af32bc8ebb46ee48133091c4d | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/ | The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine | The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine
The last line of a 17th century poem by John Donne prompted Louise Noble’s quest. “Women,” the line read, are not only “Sweetness and wit,” but “mummy, possessed.”
Sweetness and wit, sure. But mummy? In her search for an explanation, Noble, a lecturer of English at the... |
895fb30302efc16bec2c29eef8d4cf83 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-history-of-the-short-lived-independent-republic-of-florida-28056078/ | The History of the Short-Lived Independent Republic of Florida | The History of the Short-Lived Independent Republic of Florida
In the predawn fog of September 23, 1810, about 50 men, led by Revolutionary War veteran Philemon Thomas, walked in the open gate of Fort San Carlos in Baton Rouge. An additional 25 men on horseback rode through a gap in the fort’s wall. Spanish soldiers di... |
5c5e0c86120a2301b7de227a3fab6399 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-knife-in-ty-cobbs-back-65618032/ | The Knife in Ty Cobb’s Back | The Knife in Ty Cobb’s Back
“In 1912—and you can write this down—I killed a man in Detroit.”
Al Stump, commissioned in 1960 to ghostwrite Ty Cobb’s autobiography, My Life in Baseball: The True Record, would say it was a boozy, pill-induced, off-the-record confession—a secret revealed by the Detroit Tigers great as he s... |
f450db808189c89d387ebfb3215d4550 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-legend-of-dolley-madisons-red-velvet-dress-123261186/?page=3 | The Legend of Dolley Madison’s Red Velvet Dress | The Legend of Dolley Madison’s Red Velvet Dress
As Major General Robert Ross and his 4,000 British troops closed in on Washington, with orders to set fire to the city’s public buildings, Dolley Madison stood her ground at the White House. One of the most powerful first ladies in history, she maintained enough composure... |
52de380f7e5122c751a19a9ceb70bc0a | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-little-known-history-of-how-the-modern-olympics-got-their-start-138117709/?sessionGUID=5738a3d0-a108-9016-2265-db2e7a6705b5&no-ist=&page=2 | The Little-Known History of How the Modern Olympics Got Their Start | The Little-Known History of How the Modern Olympics Got Their Start
What is known as Wenlock Edge, a great palisade, almost 1,000 feet high, running for 15 miles through the county of Shropshire, overlooks, near its eastern end, the tidy town of Much Wenlock. (Much Wenlock being so named, you see, to distinguish it fro... |
0b1a6e64d13e3ca610fcd070e3984c03 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-little-league-world-series-only-perfect-game-12835685/ | The Little League World Series’ Only Perfect Game | The Little League World Series’ Only Perfect Game
They came to be known as “Los pequeños gigantes,” the little giants.
In baseball, a game full of real and imagined fairy tales from Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ’Round the World” to Bernard Malamud’s fable The Natural, no story may be more inspiring or surprising than th... |
e929cf2743abad3ddacc3a889c30094a | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-madame-tussaud-of-the-american-colonies-was-a-founding-fathers-stalker-180948610/?no-ist | The Madame Tussaud of the American Colonies Was a Founding Fathers Stalker | The Madame Tussaud of the American Colonies Was a Founding Fathers Stalker
George Washington received many a fan letter—he was, after all, the most famous man in the newly free United States. One of his admirers, Patience Wright of London (formerly of New Jersey, Philadelphia and New York), wanted to pay tribute to the... |
14153ba69b71aefb60a4c116f1f03376 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-men-behind-the-first-olympic-team-142232820/ | The Men Behind the First Olympic Team | The Men Behind the First Olympic Team
Years later, it was said that the whole idea started as a joke.
It was January 1896, and at the Boston Athletic Association’s annual indoor track meet at Mechanic’s Hall, Arthur Blake—a 23-year-old distance-running star for the BAA—had just won the hotly contested 1,000-yard race. ... |
4c79327eee6ae316e6336df5ec0ea239 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-midday-ride-of-paul-revere-3661066/?no-ist | The Midday Ride of Paul Revere | The Midday Ride of Paul Revere
Colonial Boston’s secret patriot network crackled with the news. Regiments of British troops were on the move, bound for points north to secure military supplies from the rebels. Paul Revere mounted his horse and began a feverish gallop to warn the colonists that the British were coming.
... |
766b06859c55704bfb5a4d6826324421 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-monuments-that-were-never-built-778640/ | The Monuments That Were Never Built | The Monuments That Were Never Built
“Unbuilt Washington,” the newest exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C, highlights over 100 architectural projects proposed for the nation’s capital since 1791. All of the monuments, bridges, museums and other buildings were never executed—at least not accordi... |
568ba2e119521bf5b7cd4fce0ef93256 | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-monuments-that-were-never-built-778640/?c=y&navigation=thumb&page=9 | The Monuments That Were Never Built | The Monuments That Were Never Built
In 1920, just one year after Theodore Roosevelt died and 11 years after he left the White House, Congress authorized the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association to construct a monument on the southern banks of the Tidal Basin. John Russell Pope proposed a 200-foot tall fountain, surr... |
d0cfe0184c22df021cc7d7804098589d | https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-most-terrible-polar-exploration-ever-douglas-mawsons-antarctic-journey-82192685/?no-ist | The Most Terrible Polar Exploration Ever: Douglas Mawson’s Antarctic Journey | The Most Terrible Polar Exploration Ever: Douglas Mawson’s Antarctic Journey
Even today, with advanced foods, and radios, and insulated clothing, a journey on foot across Antarctica is one of the harshest tests a human being can be asked to endure. A hundred years ago, it was worse. Then, wool clothing absorbed snow an... |
65832e529c9d5eaad8499342c4c4b2ec | https://www.britannica.com/event/Acacian-Schism | Acacian Schism | Acacian Schism
Acacian Schism, (484–519), in Christian history, split between the patriarchate of Constantinople and the Roman see, caused by an edict by Byzantine patriarch Acacius that was deemed inadmissible by Pope Felix III.
With the support of the Byzantine emperor Zeno, Acacius in 482 drew up an edict, the Heno... |
b5de59f93f977e8c25d0c820868c2858 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Acehnese-War | Acehnese War | Acehnese War
Acehnese War, (1873–1904), an armed conflict between the Netherlands and the Muslim sultanate of Aceh (also spelled Acheh, or Atjeh) in northern Sumatra that resulted in Dutch conquest of the Acehnese and, ultimately, in Dutch domination of the entire region. In 1871 the Netherlands and Britain had signed... |
14cf7b2817ad75ab20ec36122ac2e3ae | https://www.britannica.com/event/Affordable-Care-Act-cases/Certiorari-petitions | Certiorari petitions | Certiorari petitions
In September three petitions for a writ of certiorari (a review of a lower-court decision) were filed with the Supreme Court by two groups of plaintiffs and the government: the NFIB and two individuals asked the court to reverse the Eleventh Circuit on the question of severability; the 26 state pla... |
4e7f69d8658cc997f3228e76d14e83af | https://www.britannica.com/event/Agadir-Incident | Agadir Incident | Agadir Incident
Agadir Incident, event involving a German attempt to challenge French rights in Morocco by sending the gunboat Panther to Agadir in July 1911. The action incited the Second Moroccan Crisis (see Moroccan crises).
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fd6a863856bbe1c6e5e16dae095059fa | https://www.britannica.com/event/Agostini-v-Felton | Agostini v. Felton | Agostini v. Felton
Agostini v. Felton, legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 23, 1997, held (5–4) that the New York City Board of Education’s practice of employing teachers to provide on-site remedial instruction to educationally deprived students in parochial schools did not violate the establishment cla... |
75b6ac31164541f769d150671cdc6541 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Alabama-claims | Alabama claims | Alabama claims
Alabama claims, maritime grievances of the United States against Great Britain, accumulated during and after the American Civil War (1861–65). The claims are significant in international law for furthering the use of arbitration to settle disputes peacefully and for delineating certain responsibilities... |
79b31c49d34fafd4fae97921299bcde6 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Alaska-earthquake-of-1964 | Alaska earthquake of 1964 | Alaska earthquake of 1964
Alaska earthquake of 1964, earthquake that occurred in south-central Alaska on March 27, 1964, with a moment magnitude of 9.2. It released at least twice as much energy as the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and was felt on land over an area of almost 502,000 square miles (1,300,000 square k... |
f72b02d8c6f475eae826fa155cbec86e | https://www.britannica.com/event/Algerian-War | Algerian War | Algerian War
Algerian War, also called Algerian War of Independence, (1954–62) war for Algerian independence from France. The movement for independence began during World War I (1914–18) and gained momentum after French promises of greater self-rule in Algeria went unfulfilled after World War II (1939–45). In 1954 the... |
aca9c4c01ab70c504c04d973022df218 | https://www.britannica.com/event/American-civil-rights-movement | American civil rights movement | American civil rights movement
American civil rights movement, mass protest movement against racial segregation and discrimination in the southern United States that came to national prominence during the mid-1950s. This movement had its roots in the centuries-long efforts of enslaved Africans and their descendants t... |
6aca6e55ddbc250d725dedab040a8452 | https://www.britannica.com/event/American-civil-rights-movement/Du-Bois-to-Brown | Du Bois to Brown | Du Bois to Brown
During the early decades of the 20th century, movements to resist such racial and gender discrimination gained strength in many countries. While a Pan-African movement emerged in response to European imperialism, African Americans developed various strategies to challenge racial discrimination in the U... |
47614f215d8a3e9a463d0fe0cec64ced | https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War/African-American-troops | African American troops | African American troops
The Emancipation Proclamation also allowed Black men to serve in the Union army. This had been illegal under a federal law enacted in 1792 (although African Americans had served in the army in the War of 1812 and the law had never applied to the navy). With their stake in the Civil War now paten... |
ea1ffd2a26fc1fadddc873ec2a01ad0e | https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War/The-Emancipation-Proclamation | The Emancipation Proclamation | The Emancipation Proclamation
Despite its shocking casualty figures, the most important consequence of Antietam was off the field. From the outset of the war, slaves had been pouring into Federal camps seeking safety and freedom. Early in the war, Lincoln had slapped the wrists of commanders who tried to issue emancipa... |
6a701fd147f4606d6cc42a18fec8e64a | https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War/The-land-war | The land war | The land war
The first military operations took place in northwestern Virginia, where nonslaveholding pro-Union Virginians sought to secede from the Confederacy. McClellan, in command of Federal forces in southern Ohio, advanced on his own initiative in the early summer of 1861 into western Virginia with about 20,000 m... |
d8acb98678bf359951d46f7cbc45a084 | https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War/The-military-background-of-the-war | The military background of the war | The military background of the war
At first glance it seemed that the 23 states that remained in the Union after secession were more than a match for the 11 Southern states. Approximately 21 million people lived in the North, compared with some nine million in the South of whom about four million were slaves. In additi... |
7ebc89b99145b15ed3e011fb95da8de3 | https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War/The-Southern-home-front | The Southern home front | The Southern home front
By 1863 the war was taking a clear toll on the civilians of both sides. The Union had the Copperheads. Labour shortages and inflation also complicated life for Northerners, though on the whole the economy boomed in the North during the war. Whatever difficulties Yankees experienced paled in comp... |
1da21eecd4e7343a880f39c7dfb3a877 | https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War/The-war-in-1864-65 | The war in 1864–65 | The war in 1864–65
Finally dissatisfied with Halleck as general in chief and impressed with Grant’s victories, Lincoln appointed Grant to supersede Halleck and to assume the rank of lieutenant general, which Congress had re-created. Leaving Sherman in command in the west, Grant arrived in Washington on March 8, 1864. H... |
30e4d8fa189837edb94e51be0b2abd7c | https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Civil-War/The-war-in-the-east | The war in the east | The war in the east
In the east, after both armies had spent the winter in camp, the arrival of the active 1863 campaign season was eagerly awaited—especially by Hooker. “Fighting Joe” had capably reorganized and refitted his army, the morale of which was high once again. The massive Army of the Potomac numbered around... |
82c16161e2ed8aa09cc6b0390748e6fd | https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Revolution/French-intervention-and-the-decisive-action-at-Virginia-Capes | French intervention and the decisive action at Virginia Capes | French intervention and the decisive action at Virginia Capes
The entrance of France into the war, followed by that of Spain in 1779 and the Netherlands in 1780, effected important changes in the naval aspect of the war. The Spanish and Dutch were not particularly active, but their role in keeping British naval forces ... |
7489cfa033908cb39b7431bdebbede77 | https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Revolution/The-war-at-sea | The war at sea | The war at sea
Although the colonists ventured to challenge Britain’s naval power from the outbreak of the conflict, the war at sea in its later stages was fought mainly between Britain and America’s European allies, the American effort being reduced to privateering.
The onset of the Revolution found the colonies with ... |
22a786280ea68212b89e65d67bd9196a | https://www.britannica.com/event/Amistad-mutiny | Amistad mutiny | Amistad mutiny
Amistad mutiny, (July 2, 1839), slave rebellion that took place on the slave ship Amistad near the coast of Cuba and had important political and legal repercussions in the American abolition movement. The mutineers were captured and tried in the United States, and a surprising victory for the country’s ... |
c54eb2ae8ee0d68f39dcf48a6d2497b8 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Anglo-Zanzibar-War | Anglo-Zanzibar War | Anglo-Zanzibar War
Anglo-Zanzibar War, (August 27, 1896), brief conflict between the British Empire and the East African island sultanate of Zanzibar. Following the death of the previous sultan, Zanzibari Prince Khālid ibn Barghash refused to accept the British Empire’s preferred successor and instead occupied the sul... |
39547d12f2fa8515c4b7dd0ef5011f86 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Anjala-League | Anjala League | Anjala League
Anjala League, (1788–89), a conspiracy of Swedish and Finnish army officers that undermined the Swedish war effort in the Russo-Swedish War of 1788–90. Shortly after the outbreak of war, 113 officers in the Finnish town of Anjala dispatched a letter to Empress Catherine II the Great of Russia calling for... |
e0f6919abaa5a5e75d78400d4fe00a7b | https://www.britannica.com/event/Anti-Ballistic-Missile-Treaty | Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty | Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty), in full Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems, arms control treaty ratified in 1972 between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit deployment of missile systems that could theoretically be used to destroy incoming ... |
ceae7f2e24f5a2ac95ae8de9a2aa8bd4 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Apollo-17 | Apollo 17 | Apollo 17
Apollo 17, U.S. crewed spaceflight to the Moon, launched on December 7, 1972, and successfully concluded on December 19, 1972. It was the final flight of the Apollo program, and Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt were the last humans to walk on the Moon.
Cernan, the mission commander, wa... |
27cf54a3a5bada65f6e95dbd3c3bea22 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Armistice-of-Mudros | Armistice of Mudros | Armistice of Mudros
Armistice of Mudros, (Oct. 30, 1918), pact signed at the port of Mudros, on the Aegean island of Lemnos, between the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain (representing the Allied powers) marking the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I (1914–18).
Under the terms of the armistice, the Ottomans su... |
5e4bdb1a2b93bd1b9bbf257f8a48f27a | https://www.britannica.com/event/assassination-of-Martin-Luther-King-Jr/The-assassination | The assassination | The assassination
Ray learned from local media reports that while in Memphis King would be staying in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel. Using the name John Willard, between 3:00 and 3:30 pm on April 4 Ray checked into Room 5B of Bessie Brewer’s rooming house, the back windows of which faced the Lorraine Motel across Mulb... |
629ef1a794202ac30a8e313febb63a63 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Atlanta-Riot-of-1906 | Atlanta Riot of 1906 | Atlanta Riot of 1906
Atlanta Riot of 1906, major outbreak of violence in Atlanta, Georgia, that killed at least 12 and possibly as many as 25 African Americans in late September 1906. White mobs, inflamed by newspaper reports of Black men attacking white women, burned more than 1,000 homes and businesses in the city’s... |
90f23c5beb9f6be878532ddc2a549d4d | https://www.britannica.com/event/Atoms-for-Peace-speech | Atoms for Peace speech | Atoms for Peace speech
Atoms for Peace speech, speech delivered to the United Nations by U.S. Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower on December 8, 1953. In this address, Eisenhower spelled out the necessity of repurposing existing nuclear weapons technology to peaceful ends, stating that it must be humanity’s goal to discover “t... |
8491a49c033da08a0be64854f4cb4255 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Azuchi-Momoyama-period | Azuchi-Momoyama period | Azuchi-Momoyama period
Azuchi-Momoyama period, also called Momoyama Period, (1574–1600), in Japanese history, age of political unification under the daimyo Oda Nobunaga and his successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who finally brought all provinces under the control of the central government. In contrast to the restraint of ... |
e726715d7bfbab67687dcff4dc624b7c | https://www.britannica.com/event/Baltic-Entente | Baltic Entente | Baltic Entente
Baltic Entente, mutual-defense pact signed by Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia on Sept. 12, 1934, that laid the basis for close cooperation among those states, particularly in foreign affairs. Shortly after World War I, efforts were made to conclude a Baltic defense alliance among Finland, Estonia, Latvi... |
af044069328ad953ae2436e38062213c | https://www.britannica.com/event/Bangladesh-cyclone-of-1991 | Bangladesh cyclone of 1991 | Bangladesh cyclone of 1991
Bangladesh cyclone of 1991, (April 22–30, 1991), one of the deadliest tropical cyclones ever recorded. The storm hit near the Chittagong region, one of the most populated areas in Bangladesh. An estimated 140,000 people were killed by the storm, as many as 10 million people lost their homes,... |
004fb9ab10785f9bd1e0f9606f837c02 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Appomattox-Court-House | Battle of Appomattox Court House | Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of Appomattox Court House, (April 9, 1865), one of the final battles of the American Civil War. After a weeklong flight westward from Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee briefly engaged Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant before surrendering to the Union at... |
45474dbb9f8e7410bbdb5ffd82727185 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Atlanta | Battle of Atlanta | Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Atlanta, (July 22, 1864), American Civil War engagement that was part of the Union’s summer Atlanta Campaign. Union Major Generals William Tecumseh Sherman and James B. McPherson successfully defended against a Confederate offensive from Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood on the eastern outskirts ... |
4b96d010586c8da77fdc926115e741db | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Austerlitz | Battle of Austerlitz | Battle of Austerlitz
Battle of Austerlitz, also called Battle of the Three Emperors, (December 2, 1805), the first engagement of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon’s greatest victories. His 68,000 troops defeated almost 90,000 Russians and Austrians nominally under General M.I. Kutuzov, forcing Austria... |
c91ad9cb72f619c69eb8b364f04773a8 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Ayacucho | Battle of Ayacucho | Battle of Ayacucho
Battle of Ayacucho, (Dec. 9, 1824), in the Latin-American wars of independence, revolutionary victory over royalists on the high plateau near Ayacucho, Peru. It freed Peru and ensured the independence of the nascent South American republics from Spain. The revolutionary forces, numbering about 6,000... |
e8bb9bc27219b323314443a729066710 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Bannockburn | Battle of Bannockburn | Battle of Bannockburn
Battle of Bannockburn, (June 23–24, 1314), decisive battle in Scottish history whereby the Scots under Robert I (the Bruce) defeated the English under Edward II, expanding Robert’s territory and influence.
By the time of the battle in 1314, all of Scotland had been cleared of strongholds loyal to... |
c16cd7d18ad1d98e68f4cf2590167945 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Barari-Ghat | Battle of Barari Ghat | Battle of Barari Ghat
Battle of Barari Ghat, (Jan. 9, 1760), in Indian history, one of a series of Afghan victories over the Marathas in their war to gain control of the decaying Mughal Empire, which gave the British time in which to consolidate their power in Bengal. At the Barari Ghat (ferry station) of the Jumna (Y... |
e0275e403f08724917e176980923578a | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Barnet | Battle of Barnet | Battle of Barnet
Battle of Barnet, (April 14, 1471), in the English Wars of the Roses, a momentous victory for the Yorkist king Edward IV over his Lancastrian opponents, the adherents of Henry VI. It was fought around Hadley Green, now in East Barnet, just north of London, on Easter Day. Edward, in power since 1461, h... |
072bba8f929f107f72479d42b98081d8 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Bennington-1777 | Battle of Bennington | Battle of Bennington
Battle of Bennington, (August 16, 1777), in the American Revolution, victory by American militiamen defending colonial military stores in Bennington, Vermont, against a British raiding party.
After capturing Fort Ticonderoga (see Siege of Fort Ticonderoga) in July 1777, the British commander, Gene... |
f47588c9e8a62e31f7fdd2ebf59898d4 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Blenheim | Battle of Blenheim | Battle of Blenheim
Battle of Blenheim, (Aug. 13, 1704), the most famous victory of John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, and Eugene of Savoy in the War of the Spanish Succession. The first major defeat that the French army suffered in over 50 years, it saved Vienna from a threatening Franco-Bavarian army, preserved... |
79c029c52f48c72daeae5aadc1fd5abf | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Campaldino | Battle of Campaldino | Battle of Campaldino
Battle of Campaldino, (June 11, 1289), in Italian history, a battle between Florence and Arezzo, an episode in the struggles among rival Tuscan towns and in the contest between the Guelfs and Ghibellines (pro-papal and pro-imperial parties in Italy). The battle marked the beginning of the hegemony... |
42851c273f8070168a81ae5c9a7d26fb | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Cape-Matapan | Battle of Cape Matapan | Battle of Cape Matapan
…Belgrade coup d’état, the decisive Battle of Cape Matapan took place between the British and Italian fleets in the Mediterranean, off the Peloponnesian mainland northwest of Crete. Hitherto, Italo-British naval hostilities in the Mediterranean area since June 1940 had comprised only one notewort... |
a60b92f0d312a1244be2a15f0067a40a | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Corregidor | Battle of Corregidor | Battle of Corregidor
Battle of Corregidor, (16 February–2 March 1945), the successful recapture by U.S. troops during World War II of Corregidor Island at the entrance of Manila Bay (called the “Gibraltar of the East”) in the Philippines, which had been surrendered to the Japanese on 6 May 1942, marking the fall of th... |
581b7dcb2c3f527613fca730b7083598 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Cowpens | Battle of Cowpens | Battle of Cowpens
Battle of Cowpens, (January 17, 1781), in the American Revolution, brilliant American victory over a British force on the northern border of South Carolina that slowed Lord Cornwallis’s campaign to invade North Carolina. British casualties were estimated at about 600, whereas the Americans lost only ... |
076813ae548173e6c8376667a5bf1692 | https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Crecy | Battle of Crécy | Battle of Crécy
Battle of Crécy, (August 26, 1346), battle that resulted in victory for the English in the first decade of the Hundred Years’ War against the French. The battle at Crécy shocked European leaders because a small but disciplined English force fighting on foot had overwhelmed the finest cavalry in Europe.... |
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