Jennifer's 20th Century History Blog December 2004 Archive

This collection of over 250 World War II posters shows how the United States encouraged citizens to support the war through enlisting, buying bonds, and working hard at home. Some ... Read More

On December 26, 2004, a 9.0 earthquake hit Sumatra and estimates say that over 110,000 people have been killed. Though the earthquake was powerful (it's tied for fourth largest ... Read More

During World War II, Japan shipped approximately 200,000 women from China, Korea, and other nearby countries to Japan to supply Japanese soldiers with sex. In 1995, four of these ... Read More

During Captain Robert Scott's Antarctic expedition from 1910 to 1912, photographer Herbert Ponting documented the journey, creating over 1,000 beautiful and historically important photographs. A Heritage Lottery Fund grant ... Read More

Every year since 1927, TIME magazine has chosen a man, woman, or idea that greatly influenced events of that year. TIME chose U.S. President George W. Bush as the ... Read More

Something surprising occurred on the front for Christmas in 1914. In one of the truest acts of goodwill toward men, soldiers from both sides set aside their weapons and hatred ... Read More

A guitar used by both John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold for $567,500 at auction.

After nearly two decades of controversy, the last of the 2,711 large concrete slabs has been placed for Germany's Holocaust memorial. The memorial, located in Berlin, will officially open ... Read More

Quiz 50 is ready to test your knowledge of 20th century history. How many can you get right?

Major League Baseball funded a three year program to research the often-forgotten black baseball leagues from 1920 to 1948. The result is 5000-page volume that summarizes the impressive history ... Read More

When the Nazis were going to conduct the final deportation of the Warsaw Ghetto in the spring of 1943, those remaining in the ghetto revolted. For 27 days they ... Read More

In a recent survey, forty-five percent of British adults have no knowledge of Auschwitz or the genocide committed there. Even worse, for those British adults under 35 years of age, ... Read More

According to "The Fate of the Dynasty," a center that researches the fates of the Russian emperor's family members, the remains of Tsar Nicholas II, which was buried in Peter ... Read More

Twenty-one years after writing his theory of relativity, Albert Einstein invented a refrigerator that operated on alcohol gas. The refrigerator was patented in 1926 but never went into production because ... Read More