On July 17, 1955, Disneyland opened. Children and adults alike were able to enter the magical land and leave their problems behind while they enjoyed rides and shows in Adventureland, ... Read More

On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh drove a truck containing a home-made bomb up to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. When the bomb exploded at 9:02 ... Read More

After years of dreaming about it and seven weeks of climbing, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the ... Read More

After her death, Margaretha Zelle's stage name, "Mata Hari," became synonymous with spying and espionage. But who was this woman? Was she really a spy? What did she do to ... Read More

Confined to small, cramped quarters while hiding from the Nazis, Anne Frank's only experience of the outdoors for more than two years was a view from a single window. In ... Read More

In an effort to raise money for the Smithsonian Institution (a complex of 19 museums mostly in Washington D.C.), the Smithsonian will begin to offer home furnishings based on designs ... 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

An anti-Nazi, Kurt Gerstein never intended to be a witness to the Nazi murder of the Jews. Yet he joined the SS and soon saw, first-hand, gassings at Belzec. Why ... Read More

Lots of interesting items are found when people decide to sell their house. When a house in Washington recently went up for sale, the owners found a box of papers ... Read More

A large compilation of photos about the Vietnam War, including combat action, life in the jungle, wounded, P.O.W.s, entertainers, tanks, helicopters, and ships. Learn more about the Vietnam War: Vietnam War: A ... Read More

On November 9, 1938, Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels announced a government-sanctioned reprisal against the Jews. Synagogues were ravaged and then burned. Jewish shop windows were broken. Jews were beaten, ... Read More

We have all heard, and perhaps even personally used, the phrase, "the greatest thing since sliced bread!" Yet, when was sliced bread invented and why was it so amazing? Find ... Read More

In 1945, Paul Tibbets was given the task of being the pilot and leader on the B-29, the Enola Gay, whose mission it was to drop an atomic bomb on ... Read More

On November 3, 1957, the Soviets launched their second satellite, Sputnik 2. Having already surprised the United States with the launch of the first satellite, this second satellite launched the ... Read More

Tucked away in the Edison National Historic Site in West Orange, N.J. was the only surviving record of Andrew Carnegie's voice. On January 20, 1914, Thomas Edison invited Andrew ... Read More