Danh mục: History

The summer of 1944 was a season of fire and ruin in Normandy. Villages lay in rubble, families torn apart, and the air still heavy...

  By the time the flames reached the courthouse roof, no one thought they were destroying anything more than dusty ledgers and Confederate files. But...

It’s falsely believed that Jayne Mansfield died when she was beheaded in a fatal June 1967 car accident, but the truth is even grislier —...

It was only in the mid 20th century that the US enacted federal standards regarding child labor. We look back on that in photos. In...

On the night of the Titanic’s demise in 1912, the world witnessed not only a maritime tragedy but also the birth of a legend. Yet...

How did two young women, armed only with “Bricks, Tears, and Silence,” repel Five Bloodthirsty Cowboys? The story that historians have tried to bury has...

Juliane Koepcke was aboard LANSA Flight 508 on December 24, 1971 when it was struck by lightning, causing her to plummet 10,000 feet to the...

Just a Stagehand and an ‘Unknown’ Female Lead: The Carousel Affair That Wrote ‘Father of the Bride’ In the glamorous world of Hollywood, every story...

Shocking Historical Facts You’ve Never Heard About the Wild West In 1860, the Arizona wilderness witnessed a horrific event, a story so horrific that even...

In April 1944, a woman pulled the trigger on her sniper. “I’ve killed a man,” she said as her legs gave way and she slid down...