Jennifer's 20th Century History Blog July 2006 Archive

Thirty years ago, at 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleeping city of Tangshan, in northeastern China. The very large earthquake, striking an area ... Read More

It was a fairytale wedding, based on the romantic notion that every little girl hopes and dreams for - to marry a prince. After a whirlwind courtship, Lady Diana Spencer ... Read More

Skulls and bones of Khmer Rouge victims lay in heaping piles, while thousands of visitors visit the killing fields each month to witness the devastation. Are the piles of skulls ... Read More

On July 25, 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the world's first successful "test-tube" baby was born in Great Britain. Though the technology that made her conception possible was heralded as a ... Read More

In 1921, famous comedic actor Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was arrested and tried for the murder of a young starlet named Virginia Rappe. The public was against him but the jurors ... Read More

The yellow star, inscribed with the word "Jude" has become a symbol of Nazi persecution. Discover the history of the badge and learn how the visual labeling of Jews led ... Read More

When the Cold War was ending and Germany reunified, many wanted to remove all signs of East Germany's communist past. However, over a decade and a half later, visitors have ... Read More

After his death in 1953, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's remains were embalmed and put on display next to Vladimir Lenin. Hundreds of thousands of people came to see the Generalissimo ... Read More

In an effort to emphasize that it was the Nazis and not the Poles that created the death camps during the Holocaust, Poland would like to change the official name ... Read More

Iqbal Masih was a young Pakastani boy who was forced into bonded labor at age four. After being freed at age ten, Iqbal became an activist against bonded child labor.

A collection of pictures of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, including photos of the crew, icicles, launch, explosion, and collected debris.

For decades, it has been thought that famous scientist Albert Einstein was more engaged by science than his family. This week, personal letters between Einstein and his family from around ... Read More

Deep Throat was the informant who gave Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein information that helped to expose the Nixon administration's role in the Watergate Scandal. Learn more ... Read More

The notorious doctor of Auschwitz, Josef Mengele, has become infamous, partly for his experiments on twins. What did he do to the twins and why?

On October 2, 1968, just days before the Olympic Games, thousands of students were protesting the military occupation of their university. During the demonstration, military units surrounded the protestors at ... Read More

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

July 1, 1916 began the three-and-a-half-month long World War I battle called the Battle of the Somme. On the very first day of the battle, the British had huge ... Read More