An Egyptology professor at UK's Swansea University recently stumbled upon a remarkable Egyptian artifact.
The Tet offensive was a well-coordinated attack against some targets in South Vietnam by North Vietnam led by communist Viet Cong Forces. This attack which saw the U.S. and South Vietnam militaries suffer severe casualties was orchestrated in 1968 during the lunar New Year which is also known as…
The current U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing some aggressive immigrant regulations that will deter people from coming into the U.S. illegally. From building a wall to proposing a bill that would favor to English speaking immigrants when moving to the United States, the president, and his…
"Stalinist Perpetrators on Trial, Scenes from the Great Terror in Soviet Ukraine" is the title of the Lynne Viola book that narrates the terrors of the 1930s in the Soviet Union. What is The Great Terror? The Great Terror is a time in Soviet history that lasted for 16 months during 1937…
During World War II, Rosie the Riveter became a cultural icon. She represented the women working in factories and shipyards at the time, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies. Due to many of the working men being shipped off to fight in the war, women were encouraged to replace them.…
In the US, the flu season starts late in the fall and lasts until spring. Up to 200,000 are hospitalized during this period, and over the past 30 years, about 49,000 people have died from the flu. However, these numbers are small compared to the deaths that were witnessed during the 1918 influenza…
Ann Sullivan was born in Feeding Hills in Massachusetts in April of 1866, the oldest child of Alice and Thomas Sullivan. Anne Sullivan contracted trachoma, a bacterial infection of the eye. The disease causes recurring and painful infections that leaves the eyes looking red and swollen. When she was…
Adolph S. Ochs, The chief of the New York Times, always had elaborate New Years Eve parties. Ochs would set off fireworks from the New York Time’s building headquarters. People flocked from everywhere to this Broadway and 42nd Street junction to watch the fireworks. The crowds grew larger…