Jennifer's 20th Century History Blog May 2007 Archive

Have you ever wondered what the beaches at Normandy looked like on D-Day? Or how tanks and trucks got transported? Or how wounded soldiers were evacuated? This large compilation of ... Read More

Ancestry.com has now digitized 90 million U.S. military records, dating from 1607 to 1975, and placed them online. The collection includes draft registration cards, prisoner-of-war records, pictures, military yearbooks, unit ... Read More

During the eight years that U.S. President Ronald Reagan was in the White House (1981-1989), he wrote a brief diary entry nearly every single night. Even though the entries are ... Read More

When Princess Diana died in a car crash on August 31, 1997, paparazzi were on hand to snap pictures of Princess Diana as she lay dying. As the ten-year anniversary ... Read More

No matter how many times I see the classic picture of Neil Armstrong climbing down the steps to become the first man to step on the moon, I get excited ... Read More

Throughout Europe, Jews were crowded into ghettos before being systematically murdered in the death camps. Follow the history of the ghetto in Lodz, Poland.

Early on Friday morning, July 9, 1982, Queen Elizabeth II woke to find a strange man sitting at the end of her bed. Her calls for help were left unanswered.

In 1938, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard used a garage at 367 Addison Ave in Palo Alto as a workshop. A year later, the two men joined into a partnership ... Read More

Mata Hari was an exotic dancer and courtesan, killed by the French for espionage during WWI. Who was Mata Hari? Was she really a spy?

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

Hitler has made the "toothbrush moustache" infamous. Hitler's short, dark moustache, which was always trimmed tightly on the sides, became part of the hated image of the Fuehrer. Around the ... Read More

On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 people on board as well as 11 on the ground. Though it was almost immediately ... Read More

The concept of the MASH television series was originally a book written by Dr. Richard Hornberger. Learn more about the MASH television series and its first airing on September 17, ... Read More

Half a century ago, no one in the world would have had a personal computer of their own and most would not even have been able to describe a computer ... Read More

A large compilation of Vietnam War pictures, including combat action, life in the jungle, wounded, P.O.W.s, entertainers, tanks, helicopters, and ships. Be sure not to miss... A Soldier With a Flamethrower A Helicopter ... Read More

During World War II, Japan shipped somewhere between 80,000 to 200,000 women from China, Korea, and other nearby countries to Japan to supply Japanese soldiers with sex. Over the last ... Read More