The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life - the words you sp
June 24, 1535. A radical political uprising comes to an end when the city of Münster falls to an Bis
In the spring of 1775, Benjamin Franklin left London for America after years of fruitless attempts t
In 1723, a teenage Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia ready to reinvent himself. He was a pen
June 10, 1692. Accusations of witchcraft spark hysteria in a town in Massachusetts, leading to
The new book from American History Tellers, The Hidden History of the White House: Power Struggles,
Allan Pinkerton started the Pinkerton National Detective Agency to catch robbers, counterfeiters and
May 27, 1943: A B-24 bomber crashes in the Pacific Ocean, beginning a two year ordeal at sea and in
By the late 1800s, the Pinkerton Detective Agency faced public criticism for their anti-labor practi
In the mid-1870s the Pinkerton Detective Agency’s fame was growing, and founder Allan Pinkerton bega
May 13th 1981: Pope John Paul II is shot in a mysterious assassination plot with potential ties to t
In the early 1850s, Scottish immigrant Allan Pinkerton stumbled upon a counterfeiting operation whil
After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, America scrambled to assemble boot ca
April 29, 1996. New musical Rent premieres on Broadway, only a few months after the death of the sho
In the summer of 1918, the U.S. successfully led a critical offensive in northern France, finally gi
In January 1918, after months of preparation and planning, American troops finally started to arrive
April 15, 1989: A crowd crush at a soccer game at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England leads t
In the spring of 1917 the U.S. moved closer to entering the Great War. German submarines resumed att
In June 1914, a gunman assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir apparent to the Austro-Hungar
April 1, 1997. The Hale-Bopp Comet reaches the closest point to the sun on its long loop through spa
After 18 months and over two thousand miles, Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery had reached the Pa
