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Rise and Fall of Pancho Villa
Few figures in Mexican history are as legendary, controversial, and enigmatic as Pancho Villa. He was a bandit, a revolutionary, a general, and a fol…
1 year, 5 months ago
Worst Terrorist Attack in Canadian History
On June 23, 1985, the deadliest act of terrorism in Canadian history unfolded in the skies off the coast of Ireland, when Air India Flight 182, a Boe…
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Did Roman Legionaries Make it to China?
While Crassus was killed in the Battle of Carrhae, along with tens of thousands of his men, the fate of thousands of captured Roman soldiers remains …
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Rudolf Hess' Last Flight
On the evening of May 10, 1941, a solitary aircraft soared across the North Sea, its engine roaring as it made its way toward the British Isles. The …
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Escaping Slavery in a Box
Henry "Box" Brown, an enslaved man in Richmond, Virginia, often prayed to God about escaping. Finally, according to his own narrative written much la…
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Rise and Fall of William Franklin
It was Benjamin Franklin's illegitimate son, twenty-one-year-old William, who had helped with the famous kite experiment. The two were close, and the…
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TODAY IN CONTEXT: Federal Government vs. Higher Education
Today In Context: The relationship between American colleges and the federal government has often been fraught with tension. While contemporary clash…
1 year, 5 months ago
Conversations: What is actually taught in our history classrooms, w/ Brendan Gillis
Peter speaks with the Director of Teaching and Learning at the American Historical Association about the organization's newest and largest-ever surve…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Lincoln Curse
Sometime in 1901, a reporter asked Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln, if he was planning to attend a particular presidential reception. He l…
1 year, 6 months ago
Partition of India
The Partition of India in 1947 was one of the most defining and devastating moments in modern history. It was a story of a nation torn apart at birth…
1 year, 6 months ago