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Using fame as a cover, the glamorous entertainer spied for the French Resistance against the Nazis in World War II. → Read More
These violent storms have had far-reaching consequences that altered the course of history in surprising ways. → Read More
Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill hammered out postwar matters like the creation of the United Nations, the fate of Eastern Europe and the 'dismemberment' of Germany. → Read More
After being hit by a Japanese suicide plane, the crew of the USS Comfort were forced to tend to their own. → Read More
Undertakers, gravediggers and casket makers couldn’t keep up with history’s deadliest pandemic. → Read More
Vast corporate wealth and a fee-based governance structure fueled widespread corruption during America's Gilded Age. → Read More
The self-proclaimed Irish Republican Army attacked Canada not just once, but five times between 1866 and 1871 in what are collectively known as the Fenian Raids → Read More
Over her lifetime, the first Social Security recipient received nearly 1,000 times what she paid into the system. → Read More
How a six-day hostage drama inside a Swedish bank christened the psychological phenomenon known as "Stockholm Syndrome." → Read More
The immigrants, fleeing a humanitarian disaster, were unlike any newcomers the United States had seen before. → Read More
January 17, 1920, marked a dark day for American brewers. At the stroke of midnight, America became a dry country under Prohibition, with over a thousand → Read More
Prohibition went into effect on January 17, 1920, officially banning the “manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors” for beverage purposes in → Read More
From water-powered textile mills, to mechanical looms, much of the machinery that powered America's early industrial success was "borrowed" from Europe. → Read More
As new technology displaced workers in the early 1800s, artisans found their livelihoods threatened—and reacted wth violence. → Read More
After Blackbeard met a bloody end in 1718, his severed head became a ghoulish ornament. → Read More
Small inventions made life easier during—and after—the war. → Read More
The men of Town Line voted to leave the United States at the start of the Civil War—but it wasn’t over slavery. → Read More
More Americans died of the Spanish flu than in all the wars of the 20th century combined. → Read More
Pirates were once welcomed with open arms — even in Puritan Boston. → Read More
America’s two-party political system makes it difficult for candidates from outside the Republican and Democratic parties to win presidential elections. → Read More