HISTORYAbraham Lincoln Was Abraham Lincoln an Atheist?history.com - By Becky Little Every U.S. president has been a member of a church, except for one: Abraham Lincoln. Famously opaque on the subject of religion, Lincoln’s personal …
HISTORYNeil Armstrong Apollo 11 Moon Landing Timeline: From Liftoff to Splashdownhistory.com - By Dave Roos On July 20, 1969, just eight years after President John F. Kennedy threw down the Cold War gauntlet and announced the ambitious goal of “landing a …
HISTORYHistory The 1970s Cruise Ship Nightmare That Ended in a Mutinyhistory.com - By Robert Klara It was a little after 3:00 a.m. on July 2, 1978 when those aboard the S.S. America realized the voyage was doomed. Things had gotten off to an uneasy …
HISTORYHistory Why Have There Been So Many UFO Sightings Near Nuclear Facilities?history.com - By Adam Janos Why are so many UFOs being reported near nuclear facilities—and why isn’t there more urgency on the part of the government to assess their potential …
HISTORYGI Bill How the GI Bill's Promise Was Denied to a Million Black Veteranshistory.com - By Erin Blakemore When Eugene Burnett saw the neat tract houses of Levittown, New York, he knew he wanted to buy one. It was 1949, and he was ready to settle down in a …
HISTORYHistory These Historic Strongmen Could Bend a Frying Pan and Lift an Elephanthistory.com - By Robert Kahn History’s human powerhouses were mammoths of muscle who could tow a ship with only their teeth or roll up a frying pan as if it were a newly …
HISTORYYoga Yoga Landed in the U.S. Way Earlier Than You'd Think—And Fitness Was Not the Pointhistory.com - By Philip Deslippe Every year on June 21, millions of flexible people in an estimated 84 countries around the world observe the International Day of Yoga. Large crowds …
HISTORYNative Americans California Slaughtered 16,000 Native Americans. The State Finally Apologized For the Genocidehistory.com - By Erin Blakemore Despite inhabiting California for thousands of years, Native Americans faced all of this and more at the hands of California’s white settlers and the …
HISTORYHistory The 8 Most Memorable Performances at Woodstockhistory.com - By Dave Roos From July 15-18, 1969, something remarkable happened on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Upstate New York. Billed as “Three Days of Peace and Music,” the …
HISTORYHistory New Attacker Identified in Brutal Beating Death of Minister During Civil Rights Erahistory.com - By Erin Blakemore When Boston minister James Reeb went to Selma, Alabama in March 1965, his goal was to stand in solidarity with Civil Rights Movement activists who …
HISTORYGloria Vanderbilt Why the Custody Battle for Young Gloria Vanderbilt Riveted Depression-Era Americahistory.com - By Becky Little Gloria Laura Vanderbilt was only 10 when she became an unwilling tabloid sensation. It was 1934, and she was the subject of a nasty custody battle …
HISTORYHistory How the Supreme Court's 1960s ‘Redistricting Revolution’ Tackled the Rural/Urban Voting Dividehistory.com - By Becky Little In the United States, where you live can affect the power of your vote. And before the era of gerrymandering, a series of U.S. Supreme Court …
HISTORYRobert F. Kennedy Key Moments in the Cuban Missile Crisishistory.com - By Patrick J. Kiger The Cuban Missile Crisis was among the scariest events of the Cold War. The 13-day showdown brought the world’s two superpowers to the brink of …
HISTORYHistory Tycoon John D. Rockefeller Couldn't Hide His Father's Con Man Pasthistory.com - By Erin Blakemore When he was a child, John D. Rockefeller watched his father count his money—huge wads of which he refused to keep in a bank and lovingly stacked in …
HISTORYVietnam Which Countries Were Players in the Vietnam War?history.com - By Jesse Greenspan The Vietnam War was ostensibly a civil war between the Communist North and pro-Western South. Yet the Vietnamese didn’t do all the fighting. The …
HISTORYHistory What Happened at the Stonewall Riots? A Timeline of the 1969 Uprisinghistory.com - By Sarah Pruitt On a hot summer night in 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a bar located in New York City’s Greenwich Village that served as a haven for the …
HISTORYHistory Inside the Harrowing Journey of the First Nonstop Transatlantic Flighthistory.com - By Erin Blakemore When it was all over, Captain John Alcock, an English pilot, telegraphed his story to newspaper reporters around the world. He was exhausted by a …
HISTORYCharles Manson How Charles Manson Took Sick Inspiration From the Beatles' 'Helter Skelter'history.com - By Lesley Kennedy Innocent song using the symbol of a playground slide as a metaphor, or subliminal lyrics inciting a race war and murder? Ask Paul McCartney what he …
HISTORYApollo Missions How Many Times Has the U.S. Landed on the Moon?history.com - By Dave Roos The moment is etched in the collective memory of an entire generation—the blurry black-and-white image of Neil Armstrong descending the stairs of the …
HISTORYHistory The Archbishop of Canterbury's Wife Kept Falling in Love With Women. He Knew All About Ithistory.com - By Ella Morton In 1859, at 18, Mary Benson married her second cousin Edward, the man who would eventually become Archbishop of Canterbury. Mary wrote many …
HISTORYU.S. Supreme Court The Supreme Court Rulings That Have Shaped Gay Rights in Americahistory.com - By Joseph Bennington-Castro The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) was established in 1789, but it didn't rule on a case that directly influenced gay rights until …
HISTORYCoca-Cola How the 'Blood Feud' Between Coke and Pepsi Escalated During the 1980s Cola Warshistory.com - By Becky Little The great Cola Wars of the 1980s were a battle between Coca-Cola and PepsiCo for dominance. The disastrous introduction of “New Coke” in 1985 …
HISTORYMilitary History Women of the WWII Workforce: Photos Show the Real-Life Rosie the Rivetershistory.com - By Madison Horne When the United States entered World War II after the 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor, men shipped overseas by the millions to serve in the war. This …
HISTORYHistory 12 of the Most Iconic Cars in TV Historyhistory.com - By Robert Kahn The TV and auto industries have flourished side by side for 70 years, so it’s only natural that the vehicles driven by characters of the small screen …
HISTORYMoon Landing The Wildest Moon Landing Conspiracy Theories, Debunkedhistory.com - By Becky Little The Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969 was one of the most astonishing achievements in human history. That day, an estimated 530 million TV …
HISTORYHistory How Gay Culture Blossomed During the Roaring Twentieshistory.com - By Sarah Pruitt On a Friday night in February 1926, a crowd of some 1,500 packed the Renaissance Casino in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood for the 58th …
HISTORYHistory Stonewall Riots Apology: NYPD Commissioner Says 1969 Police Raids Were 'Wrong'history.com - By Erin Blakemore Police crowded the Stonewall Inn, beating the bar’s patrons with nightsticks and brandishing their guns. In 1969, it was common practice for police …
HISTORYFBI Bigfoot Was Investigated by the FBI. Here's What They Foundhistory.com - By Becky Little Legends of large, ape-like beasts can be found all over the world. Since the 1950s, the United States’ version of this has been “Bigfoot.” And since …
HISTORYHistory 7 Surprising Facts About D-Dayhistory.com - By History.com Editors The legacy of D-Day resonates through history: It was the largest-ever amphibious military invasion. Allied forces faced rough weather and fierce …
