In United States history, the story of Native Americans is predominantly tragic. Settlers took their land, misunderstood their customs, and killed them in the thousands. Then, during World War II, ... Read More

A compass, watch, and cigarette case that had once belonged to Lawrence of Arabia were auctioned at Christie's in London this week. The items, which Lawrence of Arabia had given ... Read More

Less than 40 miles away from Littleton, Colorado where the Columbine school massacre took place in 1999, another high school shooting occurred on September 27, 2006. This time, an older ... Read More

Most people consider Elvis exceptional, unique, and one-of-a-kind. Yet, Elvis had a twin brother (Jesse Garon) who died at birth. What would the world have been like with both Elvis ... Read More

Friday, September 29, 2006 is the 65th anniversary of the tragic murder by Nazis of 100,000 people in a ravine called Babi Yar just northwest of the Ukrainian capital of ... Read More

Ancestry.co.uk has digitized and has begun making available to its members 104 years of British telephone directories. The first directory, published on January 15, 1880, was a mere four ... Read More

Earlier this week, the Vatican opened a secret archive to scholars and details are already proving interesting. A 1938 diary by the Vatican's foreign minister, Monsignor Domenico Tardini, shows ... 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 not ... Read More

As the school year begins, so does the anticipation and preparation for this year's National History Day contest. When deciding to create a project for History Day, one of ... Read More

Have you ever wanted to read articles about the first moon landing, Hank Aaron, or Indira Gandhi from newspapers of the time without having to go to a library? For ... Read More

Mary Mallon seemed a healthy woman when a health inspector knocked on her door in 1907, yet she was the cause of several typhoid outbreaks. Since Mary was the first ... Read More

The fire at the Triangle Waist Company factory in New York City on March 25, 1911 killed 146 workers. The large number of deaths exposed the dangerous conditions in high-rise ... Read More