Category: History Facts

An Afghan interpreter who grabbed a rifle to help fight off a Taliban ambush, saving the lives of five American soldiers more than a decade ago, finally became a U.S. citizen on … Read More

Einstein, Oppenheimer, and the wild first movie about the A-Bomb When Hollywood’s largest studio, MGM, decided in autumn 1945 to create the first major movie about the creation and use … Read More

Duel with Aaron Burr likely a bid for immortality, not revenge  Editor’s Note: (A production error cut off the end of  this story in the April 2018 print edition of … Read More

The gentleman from Wisconsin engendered at least as much discourse in death as in life Everyone who ran into Senator Joe McCarthy (R-Wisconsin) that spring of 1957 had a vivid memory … Read More

The 1325 War of the Bucket traces its origins to 1075, when a power struggle between the papacy and the Holy Roman empire degenerated into warfare. Although the initial war … Read More

Now in its 18th season, PBS’s ongoing limited series, Secrets of the Dead examines the skeletal remains from the most important archaeological site of the Viking Age—Björkö, Sweden. The town, known … Read More

Peggy Hull was born Henrietta Eleanor Goodnough on a farm near Bennington, Kansas, in 1889. Fascinated by geography since childhood and picturing newspaper work as the best way to “see … Read More

Curtiss XF15C-1 Late in World War II piston-engine aircraft reached a peak of performance that even carrier-borne planes could achieve. At the same time, turbojet power had demonstrated its potential, … Read More

Adolf Hitler needed Ernst Röhm and his storm troops to climb to power in faction-torn Germany. Then came the day he didn’t need them anymore. IN THE CHILLY DAWN OF … Read More

Part of AUSA’s newest edition of “Medal of Honor.” (AUSA) Johnson did not escape unharmed, however. He sustained 21 injuries in total, including three gunshot wounds, the French official journal reported. … Read More