HISTORY TODAY
May 22, 1859: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is born
May 20, 1873: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis acquire blue jeans patent
May 19, 1965: Pete Townshend spends 20th birthday writing “My Generation”
May 18, 1860: Abraham Lincoln nominated for president
May 16, 1929: First Academy Awards presentation and banquet held in Hollywood
US
Successes and failures of the Vietnam War
The 10 richest presidents in U.S. history
The crazy childless woman who created Mother’s Day
Nike: a brief history of the Swoosh
16 forbidden historical places around the world
WORLD
Did Stanley Kubrick ruin ‘A Clockwork Orange’?
Famous last words of influential people
15 lies your history teacher told you (and the truth behind them)
The brutal execution of the Romanov family
Powerful historical photos that will absolutely take your breath away
ANCIENT
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon may not have been so Babylonian after all
Who’s your daddy? The genetic expansion of Charlemagne and Genghis Khan
Rare 2,600-year-old agate seal and clay stamp found bearing Biblical names
Inside the lives of King Henry VIII’s wives and children
Ancient fast food: Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old “snack shack” in Pompeii
TECHNOLOGY
Nike: a brief history of the Swoosh
Bodacious! 25 of the best ’80s TV shows
George Washington Carver: More than just ‘the peanut guy’
Someone entered a horse in a race against trains
Meet the woman who worked for free to win the Nobel Prize in Physics
MYSTERIES
Did Stanley Kubrick ruin ‘A Clockwork Orange’?
Famous last words of influential people
15 lies your history teacher told you (and the truth behind them)
The brutal execution of the Romanov family
Powerful historical photos that will absolutely take your breath away
CONSPIRACY!
Meet Jeanne Calment, the woman who lived to be 122 years old
One Ethiopian emperor sparked the Rastafarian movement
Explaining northern Italy’s conscription age
Andrew Lloyd Webber is richest musician in the world
Annulled, beheaded, survived: Get to know the wives of King Henry VIII
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