George Orwell Was Watched by Big Brother
Thursday July 28, 2005
A newly declassified British police file shows that George Orwell had been watched for nearly 12 years. The report documented Orwell's whereabouts, friends, and even the way he dressed ... Read More
1918 Influenza Epidemic May Have Had NY Beginning
Tuesday July 26, 2005
In 1918, an influenza epidemic swept across the world, killing an estimated 600,000 people in the United States and over 20 million people worldwide. For decades, researchers have been ... Read More
Lynching Reenactment in Georgia
Monday July 25, 2005
On July 25, 1946, two black couples were riding in a car with a white farmer when they were ambushed by a group of about 20 armed men, believed to ... Read More
New Spielberg Movie About Olympics Massacre
Thursday July 21, 2005
At the 1972 Olympics held in Munich, 11 Israeli athletes were killed by Arab terrorists, two were killed in the Olympic Village and the other nine were taken hostage and ... Read More
Vietnam War Commander Dies
Wednesday July 20, 2005
U.S. General William Westmoreland died Monday, July 18, 2005 at the age of 91. Westmoreland was the commander of U.S. troops in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968.
New Civil Right Stamps
Tuesday July 19, 2005
On August 30, 2005, the U.S. Postal Service will be releasing ten new stamps dedicated to the Civil Rights era called "To Form a More Perfect Union." The milestones ... Read More
New History Quiz
Thursday July 14, 2005
Test your knowledge of the twentieth century by taking this challenging five-question quiz.
Disneyland Turns 50
Wednesday July 13, 2005
July 17, 2005 marks the 50th anniversary of Disneyland's opening. The theme park was Walt Disney's dream of creating a new, upgraded amusement park that "families can take their ... Read More
Curse of the Hope Diamond
Tuesday July 12, 2005
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 not ... Read More
Revisionist Publisher Imprisoned
Thursday July 7, 2005
Publisher Gert Sudholt, the head of the Druffel Verlag publishing house, was sentenced to prison for publishing revisionist history in the book Himmler's Secret War, by Martin Allen. The ... Read More
Controversy Over the World Trade Center Museum
Thursday July 7, 2005
Families of victims of the September 11 terrorist attack differ greatly in their opinions over the plans for the International Freedom Center, a $500 million museum and monument scheduled ... Read More
Berlin Wall Memorial Removed
Tuesday July 5, 2005
The unofficial and controversial memorial and museum located at Checkpoint Charlie, dedicated to the more than one thousand killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall from East Germany into West ... Read More
Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch
Saturday July 2, 2005
On November 8, 1923, Adolf Hitler attempted to sieze control of Germany through a putsch (coup). What was he trying to do? How did he fail?