After the recent release of the new book The Secret Life of Houdini by William Kalush and Larry Sloman, questions have again been raised over the exact cause of magician ... Read More

Although desperately wanting to serve in the U.S. Air Force, African-Americans were not allowed to join until Congress agreed to establish a segregated training program in 1940 (known as the ... Read More

Today, March 25, 2007, is the 96th anniversary of the the fire at the Triangle Waist Company factory in New York City that killed 146 workers. The large number of ... Read More

After being agreed upon at the 1906 Radiotelegraphic Conference, the Morse code signal of three dots, three dashes, and then three dots (sent together, without spacing) went into effect as ... Read More

In November 1922, Howard Carter discovered not just an unknown ancient Egyptian tomb, but one that had lain nearly undisturbed for over 3,000 years. What lay within King Tut's ... Read More

After having been forced to wear the yellow badge, forced out of school, taunted and attacked by others their age, disallowed from parks and other public places, Jewish children felt ... Read More

On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen fired upon an already dispersed crowd of student protesters, killing four and wounding nine others. What happened that fateful day?

Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany, thus many assume he was always a citizen of Germany. Not so. Hitler was born in Austria and remained an Austrian citizen ... Read More

A newspaper mistakenly ran an obituary for Alfred Nobel which called him the merchant of death. Not wanting to go down in history with such a horrible epitaph, Nobel created ... Read More

A collection of photographs from the First World War, including historic photos of trenches, planes, tanks, and soldiers in action. Be sure not to miss: An injured soldier on a stretcher Soldiers in ... Read More

In 1939, over 900 Jews tried to escape persecution and death in Germany by boarding a ship, the St. Louis, headed for Cuba. They thought they had the proper papers ... Read More

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 where it was ... Read More

When Fidel Castro, future dictator of Cuba, was just 12 years old, he sent a letter to the President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt. What did he ask the ... Read More