History

Nov 13, 2017
50 Years Ago This Week: Cleveland's Carl Stokes Becomes A New Mayor for a New Era
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by Lily Rothman
Nov 12, 2017
A Young Holocaust Victim Left Behind a Clue That Would Reunite Her Family Decades Later
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by Olivia B. Waxman
Nov 11, 2017
Everything You Need to Know About Veterans Day
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by Jamie Ducharme
Nov 10, 2017
Why It Took Decades to Realize How Many Millions of People Were Killed by the Spanish Flu
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by History News Network
Nov 10, 2017
How FDR's 'Four Freedoms' Inspired Americans During World War II
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by Harry Ransom Center
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Nov 10, 2017
Thousands of People Became American Citizens on the First Official Veterans Day
by Olivia B. Waxman
Nov 10, 2017
See David Bowie Behind the Scenes on 'The Man Who Fell to Earth'
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by Olivia B. Waxman
Nov 10, 2017
The Deep Connection Between Veterans Day and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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by Lily Rothman
Nov 9, 2017
The Ancient Origins of Our Modern Obsession With Breaking World Records
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by Merrill Fabry
Nov 9, 2017
How a Long-Lost Photograph Revealed One Family's Immigration Story
by Lily Rothman
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Nov 8, 2017
The Civil War Never Stopped Being Fought in America’s Classrooms. Here’s Why That Matters
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by Arica L. Coleman
Nov 8, 2017
What the Complicated History of Childbirth in the U.K. Reveals About the Home-or-Hospital Decision
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by History Today
Nov 8, 2017
'Play Ball': See the Message That Launched American Soldiers Into World War II
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by Lily Rothman
Nov 7, 2017
Vladimir Lenin Biographer: 'He Is the Godfather of Post-Truth Politics'
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by Simon Shuster
Nov 7, 2017
Growing Up Jewish on Hitler's Block: 'Our Neighbor's a Dangerous Man'
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by Edgar Feuchtwanger and Bertil Scali