The first American flag was nicknamed the Continental Colors. It was used by the Second Continental Congress at the time of the Declaration of Independence. It had the Union Jack (the British flag design) in the upper corner and 13 Read more
The history of the British monarchy sometimes seems like a soap opera. One juicy story is the one about “The Princes in the Tower”. It is one of the most fascinating mysteries in British history. On April 9, 1483, King Read more
Mary Ann Bickerdyke was born in Ohio in 1817. She was one of the first women to attend Oberlin College. She became a botanical doctor, using alternative medicines like herbs and plants. After the Civil War broke out, a Read more
When America entered the war, the American military leaders wanted the invasion of northern France to occur in 1942 to open a second front to help take pressure of the Soviet Union and to get into the fight. Churchill and Read more
Allen Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926. His father was a teacher who dabbled in poetry. His mother was a Marxist who suffered from schizophrenia. She spent most of her childhood in mental institutions. In high school, he was Read more
Adolf Eichmann was born on March 19, 1906 to a middle class Austrian family. He attended the same high school that Hitler had attended 17 years earlier. In 1932, the joined the Nazi Party and soon found himself to Read more
Lyudmila Pavlichenko was born on May 30, 1916. She was tomboy who was fiercely competitive. Pavlichenko was attending the Kyiv University when Germany invaded the USSR. She was in the fourth year of her major in history. She had proved Read more
The most famous photo from the Great Depression is “Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange. Lange was born in 1895. She contracted polio at age 7 and it weakened her right leg and left her with a permanent limp. At Read more
The first event in history that we can date for certain was a battle between the Lydians and the Medes. In the middle of the battle, a solar eclipse occurred and shocked the soldiers into stopping. A peace was Read more