To cover the growing rumors about what was happening to Jews under the Third Reich, the Nazis placed prominent and old Jews into Theresiesenstadt. Then, through deceit and subterfuge, the ... Read More

On the morning after the 1948 presidential election, the Chicago Daily Tribune's headline read "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN." That's what the Republicans, the polls, the newspapers, the political writers, and even ... Read More

On March 26, 1997, police entered a mansion in San Diego, Calif. and discovered the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult. All the dead, 18 men ... Read More

In August 1955, 14-year old Emmett Till, who had traveled from Chicago to visit relatives in Money, Mississippi, was kidnapped and brutally murdered for allegedly whistling at a white woman. ... Read More

On March 23, 1919 Benito Mussolini founded the Fasci di Combattimento, more commonly known as the Fascist Party. Before World War I, Mussolini had been an ardent Socialist but ... Read More

The Cold War was a time when both leaders and laypeople feared total annihilation. How can you prepare for the worst-case scenario when the worst case is that everything ... Read More

During World War II, the U.S. military used the Navajo language to send important military messages because the language was relatively unknown outside of the U.S. and seemed an unbreakable ... Read More

According to the legend, a curse befell the large, blue diamond when it was stolen from an idol in India - a curse that foretold bad luck and death. Is ... Read More

In 1939, Adolf Hitler was preparing for war. Though he was hoping to acquire Poland without force (as he had annexed Austria the year before), Hitler was planning against the ... Read More

The National Heritage Museum (in Lexington, MA) is hosting a new exhibit that displays 75 metal lunch boxes which feature a myriad of children's characters such as Superman and Howdy ... Read More

On March 13, 1906, the great suffragette Susan B. Anthony passed away. Did you know that Susan B. Anthony was arrested in 1872 for illegally voting in a presidential ... Read More

National Geographic recently conducted an interview with President John F. Kennedy's in-house photographer, Cecil Stoughton, who took the official photographs of Kennedy during JFK's years in the White House. ... Read More

On March 9, 1917, Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa sent hundreds of his guerrilla soldiers over the Mexican border to attack the U.S. town of Columbus, New Mexico. U.S. ... Read More

Though Princess Diana's unhappiness during her marriage to Prince Charles has long been known, hearing about her suffering in her own voice is still powerful. Tapes of Princess Diana ... Read More

On March 5, 1953, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin finally died after having been responsible for the deaths of millions of his own countrymen. However, he still symbolized power in ... Read More

On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill spoke at a small college in Fulton, Missouri. This speech, commonly called the "Iron Curtain" speech, described the split of Europe into democratic and ... Read More

Unaware that World War II had ended, Lt. Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army spent 30 years hiding on the remote Philippine island of Lubang. After years of living in ... Read More