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Newly uncovered remnants of an army barracks in Colonial Williamsburg offer new clues into the lives of America's first soldiers during the... Read More

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Coolidge and Mellon refused to bend—and helped secure America’s rise Read More

The popular picnic ground at Culp’s Hill would find itself the focus of much grimmer activities during the Battle of Gettysburg. Read More

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool sank about a foot in the decades after its 1920s construction. It required a mas... Read More

A German Army officer activated a bomb disguised as two bottles of Cointreau orange liqueur, handed the package to an unsuspecting member of... Read More

What does the wealth of books, documentaries and dramas about the Chernobyl disaster tell us that history alone cannot? Read More

Grigori Rasputin (1869-1916) was a self-styled holy man and faith healer from Siberia who ingratiated himself with the family of Tsar... Read More

Rest of World News: Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery within the historic grounds of Scarborough Castle, they have found a Cold... Read More

From Louis XIV’s absolute rule to Queen Elizabeth II’s constitutional reign, this list explores the longest-serving monarchs in... Read More

St George only gained popularity in England in the 15th century, and Richard the Lionheart had nothing to do with his adoption as the... Read More

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The first of the Jewish-Roman wars was interrupted by one of the defining events of the 1st century, and gave birth to one of ancient... Read More

The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius froze the ancient Roman city in time, giving modern-day humans a remarkable vision into the past Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More

The story of the clean-up at the world’s worst nuclear accident in Ukraine in April 1986 Read More

What happens when the capital falls— but the fight is far from over? In this episode of Boom Goes the History, co-host Kris White is... Read More

As the United States expanded into a global superpower, it simultaneously strengthened its national borders and began to limit who could come... Read More

The famed Route 66 has had many lives. During the Great Depression, the roadway helped migrants find their way to new jobs in the West.... Read More

Veteran historians such as Winkler, Aly, and Longerich address in their new books ‘the question of all questions, about the avoidability of... Read More

How do "For All Mankind"'s six decades of space exploration "history" compare with the real thing? Read More

Known for spectacles like “The Phantom of the Opera,” Broadway’s most commercially successful composer now wants to tell... Read More

From myth-busting takes on iconic events to intimate accounts of everyday life, these books on the American Revolutio... Read More

One of the first acts of rebellion against the British happened in New Hampshire, and was recognized Saturday as America celebrates its 250th... Read More

On the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs tragedy, we must remember what occurred to avoid an incident like it ever happening... Read More

The 1947 decision to provide military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey to secure the eastern Mediterranean from Soviet influence... Read More

New documents reveal a Founder’s evolution Read More

Pieces of the prized British relic were chipped off during an 1950 heist. Now people are coming forward with those fragments—shedding... Read More

Jud Suss was a despicable propaganda film that hastened the Nazi genocide against "European Jewry." Read More

In his will, Charles Vance Millar offered roughly 500,000 Canadian dollars to the mother who “has since my death given birth to the... Read More

The Slavery Abolition Act was passed by Parliament in 1833. What was really behind Britain’s moment of moral... Read More

Author & Historian Debbie Kilroy reveals more about one of the greatest corruption scandals to rock the UK involving future Prime Minister... Read More

The concept of retirement took hold after President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted the Social Security Act of 1935. Read More

In April 1996, two years after Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's death, fans could bid on everything from her school textbook to her diamond... Read More

Babur prevailed despite commanding almost no local support, facing a deeply hostile Muslim population, and wielding a technology that was not... Read More

The Twelve Olympian Gods (Greek: Δωδεκάθεον, Dodekatheon) represent the... Read More

Do you tend to be adventurous, conservative or a procrastinator? The Peloponnesian War resonates in an era when regional identity matters Read More

The highs and the lows on the way to modern America. Read More