Jennifer's 20th Century History Blog November 2005 Archive

Seventeen hundred volumes of secret documents relating to the development and operations of the Warsaw Pact will be opened to researchers early next year. Poland's Defense Minister, Radek ... Read More

Follow the history of lighter-than-air flight, from the first hot-air balloon built in 1783 to the Hindenburg.

Alfred Anderson, Scotland's very last veteran of World War I, passed away on November 21, 2005 at the age of 109. Anderson was also the last witness to the ... Read More

After 14-year old Emmett Till was murdered in 1955, his mutilated body was displayed in Chicago at the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ. Now, activists are trying ... Read More

In 1991, a crowd pulled down the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, which had stood in front of the police headquarters in Moscow for nearly two decades. On November 8, ... Read More

In 1939, the U.S. economy continued to look bleak, so when U.S. retailers begged FDR to move Thanksgiving up a week to increase the shopping days before Christmas, he agreed. ... Read More

On November 11, 2005, David Irving was arrested in Austria under a 1989 warrant accusing him of Holocaust denial. According to his website, Irving had planned a one-day visit to ... Read More

The Guardian has found official papers that tell of a secret torture center run by the British government during the Second World War. The torture center, known as "the ... Read More

Three Maori heads and a thigh bone are finally returning to New Zealand after spending decades in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, Scotland. In the 19th century, there ... Read More

A collection of photographs from the First World War, including historic photos of trenches, planes, tanks, and soldiers in action.

At 9:49 a.m. on Saturday, July 28, 1945, a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building. Find out why the bomber crashed and what happened to the Empire ... Read More

Nelson Mandela has been turned into a comic book superhero as the first of nine comic books about his life was recently released in South Africa. The first volume, ... Read More

For more than 80 years, Russia had celebrated November 7 as the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution (the official Soviet name for the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917). ... Read More

I'll give you hints; you have to figure out the historical person. Test your knowledge of the 20th century by trying out this new History Game. How many guesses ... Read More

Recently released papers from Scotland Yard reveal that some British officials were seriously concerned about prostitutes in London preying on American soldiers during World War II. The officials were ... Read More

The Muhammad Ali Center, a new museum dedicated to the life of Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay) will open on November 21, 2005 in Louisville, Kentucky. The museum is ... Read More