The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you sp
April 15, 1989: A crowd crush at a soccer game at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England leads t
In the spring of 1917 the U.S. moved closer to entering the Great War. German submarines resumed att
In June 1914, a gunman assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir apparent to the Austro-Hungar
April 1, 1997. The Hale-Bopp Comet reaches the closest point to the sun on its long loop through spa
After 18 months and over two thousand miles, Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery had reached the Pa
In the spring of 1805, Lewis and Clark resumed their journey up the Missouri River in search of the
March 18, 1314. Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar, is burned at the sta
In 1803, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began a westward journey that would transform A
In 1849, Harriet Tubman escaped her enslaver in Maryland and freed herself. Over the next several ye
In December 1850, Harriet Tubman saved three family members from an auction block in a daring rescue
On the morning of April 16th, 1848, dozens of Washington, D.C. slaveowners woke up to find that thei
February 19, 197 CE. Septimius Severus' victory at the Battle of Lugdunum finally establishes him as
In the 1830s, abolitionism became a political force to be reckoned with. In the face of harassment a
In the early 1800s, slavery rapidly expanded across the American South. But each year, thousands of
Following the success of the Manhattan Project, the U.S. sought to develop a potentially more powerf
In Spring of 1945, the tides of World War 2 turned. Germany surrendered to the Allies, but Japan vow
January 22, 1879. After years of displacement, the northern Cheyenne, led by Chief Morning Star, fac
In Spring of 1943, hundreds of scientists and technicians moved to a remote location in the mou
In December 1938, a team of German physicists achieved an astonishing scientific breakthrough: they
In 1948, James Baldwin left for France, hoping to find an escape from the racism he experienced in A
