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- 486 - Earthrise
On Christmas Eve in 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts captured an image that symbolizes hope and inspired environmentalism.
Tue, 31 Dec 2019 - 485 - Hair peace. Bed peace.
On March 25, 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono were a few days into their marriage when they invited the press to join them at their honeymoon suite at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel.
Mon, 30 Dec 2019 - 484 - The jazz queen who chose home over fame
Jazz singer Ethel Ennis’s voice wowed audiences and won praise from critics. But when she was faced with the opportunity to become a superstar, Ennis chose a different path.
Fri, 27 Dec 2019 - 483 - Clara Barton, America's most famous nurse, broke boundaries to treat Civil War victims
The nurse who founded the American Red Cross had no formal training in medicine. She tended to countless wounded soldiers.
Thu, 26 Dec 2019 - 482 - The military's famous Santa Tracker began with a wrong number
In the 1950s, a child trying to call Santa Claus accidentally called NORAD and changed Christmas Eve forever.
Wed, 25 Dec 2019 - 481 - The 'Toy King' who never aspired to the throne.Mon, 23 Dec 2019
- 480 - Last Seen Ads
After the Civil War, formerly enslaved people placed notices in black-owned newspapers across the country to find their loved ones.
Fri, 20 Dec 2019 - 479 - How 'Broadway Joe' redefined the NFL
A few days before his team took the field as huge underdogs in Super Bowl III, New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath made what was seen as an insane prediction at the time: "The Jets will win Sunday," he said. "I guarantee it."
Thu, 19 Dec 2019 - 478 - The game show contestant who cheated his way to fame
In the 1950s, Charles Van Doren, a quiet professor in New York City, became wrapped up in one of the biggest television quiz show scandals in history.
Wed, 18 Dec 2019 - 477 - How food found its way into the freezer
While on a research trip to the Arctic in the early 20th century, scientist Clarence Birdseye — a name you might recognize from the frozen food aisle — made an observation that would go on to change the way we eat.
Tue, 17 Dec 2019 - 476 - The day before the Chernobyl disaster
Disasters don’t just happen. Like anything in life, there’s usually a buildup. In the case of the Chernobyl disaster, the series of failures stretched back more than a decade. But what happened the day before the explosion?
Mon, 16 Dec 2019 - 475 - The most difficult job Robert Mueller ever had
Serving as special counsel is probably only the third hardest job Robert Mueller has held. His life in public service started when he just 23 years old, as a Marine lieutenant in the Vietnam War.
Fri, 13 Dec 2019 - 474 - Queen Arawelo
Growing up in Somalia, a country where stories are handed down through generations, one of the first tales that children are told is about an ancient queen who fought to give women power by castrating men.
Thu, 12 Dec 2019 - 473 - The nurse who picked up a rifle
During World War I, British nurse Flora Sandes put down her nurses bag to fight with the Serbian Army.
Wed, 11 Dec 2019 - 472 - George Taliaferro, the first black player drafted to the NFL
He thought being drafted into the National Football League was so unlikely that he signed with an African American league team. Then, the NFL called.
Tue, 10 Dec 2019 - 471 - The summer men rebelled against their shirtsMon, 09 Dec 2019
- 470 - America’s forgotten Iranian hostageFri, 06 Dec 2019
- 469 - A bridge of ice at Niagara Falls
Once upon a time, people walked between the U.S. and Canada over a frozen Niagara Falls. But one day, that all changed forever.
Thu, 05 Dec 2019 - 468 - The Soviet officer who stopped World War III
In 1983, Stanislav Petrov, a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Union’s Air Defense Forces, trusted his gut and averted a global nuclear catastrophe.
Wed, 04 Dec 2019 - 467 - Why isn’t lynching illegal?
It is one of the worst expressions of racism in American history. And there’s no federal law to prevent it.
Tue, 03 Dec 2019 - 466 - A letter from home
A German woman discovered that her childhood home was stolen from a Jewish family who fled Nazi Germany. Last year, she tracked down the address of one of the children, and wrote him a letter.
Mon, 02 Dec 2019 - 465 - The test that changed childbirth
In the 1950s, Dr. Virginia Apgar created a quick test that nurses have since performed on millions of babies just after birth. She is considered one of the most important figures in modern medicine — a world that almost pushed her away.
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 - 464 - A debate that went into extra innings: Can baseballs curve?
Beginning in the earliest days of baseball, fans, journalists and even physicists disputed whether or not pitchers could make a ball curve.
Thu, 28 Nov 2019 - 463 - Benjamin Franklin's complicated relationship with turkeys
Benjamin Franklin, the most colorful of America's Founding Fathers, had a misunderstood, electrical and ultimately homicidal relationship with turkeys.
Wed, 27 Nov 2019 - 462 - The cranberry crisis that changed how we see our food
Weeks before Thanksgiving, 1959, cranberries were declared unsafe to eat. The race was on to save America’s favorite holiday side dish.
Tue, 26 Nov 2019 - 461 - How Anita Hill’s testimony led to the "Year of the Woman"
No women served on the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991. The ugly Anita Hill hearings changed that.
Mon, 25 Nov 2019 - 460 - The man who filmed JFK's assassination
For many, memories of that devastating day quickly revert to that silent, flickering sequence captured by Abraham Zapruder. It is as chilling as it is familiar: the approaching convertible, the waves of a crowd about to lose its innocence.
Fri, 22 Nov 2019 - 459 - The 'Night Witches'
During World War II, around 80 Russian women took to the skies and risked their lives to fight against the Germans.
Thu, 21 Nov 2019 - 458 - Robert Morris, the creator of the subpoena
The history of subpoenas, and the fiery congressional hearings that have captivated Americans for centuries began with a Founding Father raising his hand to say, “Investigate me!”
Wed, 20 Nov 2019 - 457 - Lee Harvey Oswald's final hours before killing Kennedy
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy devastated the nation. But the day before the shooting was just a normal day. It was particularly calm and uneventful for the gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald.
Tue, 19 Nov 2019 - 456 - Ketamine in the mainstreamMon, 18 Nov 2019
- 455 - The first 'Queen of the Air'
Four years before Amelia Earhart ever got into a plane, Ruth Law was already making a name for herself in the skies.
Thu, 14 Nov 2019 - 454 - Judy Garland and the long history of 'Me Too' in HollywoodWed, 13 Nov 2019
- 453 - Jim Crow and the rise of blackface
Back in the 1830s, Jim Crow wasn't yet a symbol of inequality. He was a fictional character in minstrel shows who, to entertain his audiences, performed in blackface.
Tue, 12 Nov 2019 - 452 - The policeman who arrested a president
After receiving complaints about carriages driving too fast, Washington D.C. policeman William H. West arrested a presidential speed demon.
Mon, 11 Nov 2019 - 451 - A history of the U.S.-Mexico border
For decades, the boundary between Mexico and the United States was little more than an imaginary line in the sand.
Fri, 08 Nov 2019 - 450 - The godmother of the open office
If you work in an office without offices, with just about everyone working in a large spare space full of stylish desks, straight lines and papers stored in a credenza, then you have met Florence Knoll Bassett.
Thu, 07 Nov 2019 - 449 - The Wicked BibleWed, 06 Nov 2019
- 448 - The Confederate spy who evaded capture
After the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, John Surratt traveled across three continents, wore disguises and used fake names for nearly two years to escape authorities.
Tue, 05 Nov 2019 - 447 - Pinball’s sordid pastMon, 04 Nov 2019
- 446 - The last person to step foot on the moon
When Eugene Cernan walked on the moon, he didn’t know he’d be the last astronaut to make the journey.
Fri, 01 Nov 2019 - 445 - A history of hats in the House
In the early days of the House, some congresspeople thought hats had no place atop the heads of representatives debating the great issues of the day. Hats, they argued, weren’t dignified.
Thu, 31 Oct 2019 - 444 - Tenure for life
When Alexander Hamilton argued in favor of lifetime tenures for Supreme Court justices, he probably didn’t foresee them living past their prime.
Wed, 30 Oct 2019 - 443 - How Lego took over the toy world
Lego started as a company that made wooden toys, and grew into an empire of plastic building blocks.
Tue, 29 Oct 2019 - 442 - The researcher whose rats predicted the Internet
John Calhoun’s rodent experiments revolutionized the way we think about social behavior and the impact of growing populations.
Mon, 28 Oct 2019 - 441 - A brief history of presidents visiting troops in combat
Presidents throughout history have visited battlefields to better grasp conditions, reverse public doubt and signal that the country took war efforts seriously.
Fri, 25 Oct 2019 - 440 - William Howard Taft's housekeeper kept track of his weight
White House maid Elizabeth Jaffray not only cleaned up after presidents, she had an amazing insight into their appetites.
Thu, 24 Oct 2019 - 439 - In 1939, the 'American Hitler' took the stage at Madison Square Garden
Fritz Kuhn was the leader of the pro-Nazi group known as the German American Bund. He was a hero to his audience, and a scourge on the world to most others.
Wed, 23 Oct 2019 - 438 - The astronomer who took gay rights to the Supreme Court
After being fired from his job for being gay, Frank Kameny took his battle for equality to the nation’s highest court.
Tue, 22 Oct 2019 - 437 - The first campus shootingMon, 21 Oct 2019
- 436 - The origins of the Unknown Soldier
The story of how the anonymous soldier came to rest inside the famous tomb is almost as unknown as his identity.
Fri, 18 Oct 2019 - 435 - America and warfare were never the same after World War I
Along with staggering death tolls, the "Great War" generated memorable literature, geopolitical upheaval, hope, disillusion, the Russian Revolution and the seeds of World War II.
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 - 434 - The campus massacre before Kent State
The first mass police shooting on a U.S. college campus happened two years before the Ohio National Guard opened fire on student protesters at Kent State University.
Tue, 15 Oct 2019 - 433 - Mark Twain's complicated relationship with the typewriter
Mark Twain first laid eyes on a “newfangled typing machine,” as he called it, sometime in the early 1870s.
Mon, 14 Oct 2019 - 432 - The presidential pardon the country never forgot
When Gerald Ford took over the presidency after Richard Nixon’s resignation, he soon made a controversial choice: he pardoned Nixon.
Fri, 11 Oct 2019 - 431 - How the Greeks once used a lottery system to select government officialsThu, 10 Oct 2019
- 430 - Mary Ann Van Hoof and her Marian apparitions
In 1950, Mary Ann Van Hoof gathered an estimated 100,000 people to see the Virgin Mary on a farm in Necedah, Wisconsin.
Wed, 09 Oct 2019 - 429 - Close encounters with the Capitol's Demon Cat
From the mid-1800s to well into the 20th century, the Capitol’s Demon Cat was the top dog of Washington ghost stories.
Tue, 08 Oct 2019 - 428 - New York's mad bomber
In 1956, New York City’s bomb squad used criminal profiling to catch a terrorist known as “The Mad Bomber.”
Mon, 07 Oct 2019 - 427 - The unstoppable Fannie Lou HamerFri, 04 Oct 2019
- 426 - The photographer and the busboy
Photographer Boris Yaro shot the haunting photograph of Bobby Kennedy lying fatally wounded in the arms of Juan Romero, a busboy.
Thu, 03 Oct 2019 - 425 - The time America invaded Britain
In 1777, Captain John Paul Jones hatched a plan to take the American Revolution to Britain’s shores.
Wed, 02 Oct 2019 - 424 - Abraham Lincoln says he owes everything to his 'angel mother' and 'mama'
President Abraham Lincoln had two loving and supportive mothers in his lifetime. The second helped him cope with the tragic loss of the first.
Tue, 01 Oct 2019 - 423 - The search for the anonymous author of a 1996 political novel
Before an unnamed senior official in the Trump administration published the opinion piece, “I am part of the resistance inside the Trump administration" in the New York Times, another mysterious anonymous author lit up Washington.
Mon, 30 Sep 2019 - 422 - Woodrow Wilson's secret letters to another woman
Family and friends had known about the president’s intimate relationship with Mary Peck for years, but whispers about their involvement were growing.
Fri, 27 Sep 2019 - 421 - The body of Emmett TillThu, 26 Sep 2019
- 420 - The origins of the Waterloo teethWed, 25 Sep 2019
- 419 - In the 1850s, navigating Ice Alley was deadly for shipsTue, 24 Sep 2019
- 418 - How the teddy bear was born
In the fall of 1902, a year into his presidency, President Teddy Roosevelt set off to Mississippi for a bear-hunting vacation. It ended differently than planned.
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 - 417 - The Saturday Night Massacre
The one night that changed President Nixon’s fate has stuck with us as a reminder of the limits of presidential power.
Fri, 20 Sep 2019 - 416 - How a solar eclipse made Albert Einstein famousThu, 19 Sep 2019
- 415 - How a renovation made the Supreme Court a friendlier place
One simple change to how the Supreme Court bench was designed made a world of difference to how the justices communicated.
Wed, 18 Sep 2019 - 414 - The heroine of Lime Rock Lighthouse
Ida Lewis saved as many as 25 people during her service at the lighthouse. But her deeds have largely been forgotten.
Tue, 17 Sep 2019 - 413 - The assassin who wore braids and killed NazisFri, 13 Sep 2019
- 412 - Colonel Blood, the scoundrel who tried to steal Great Britain's crown jewels
Thomas Blood had somewhat of a shady past. According to Ireland’s History magazine, he had a reputation for espionage and conducting terrorist campaigns — though many of his plans were foiled just in time.
Thu, 12 Sep 2019 - 411 - The rookie pilot who was ready to give her life on Sept. 11
Heather Penney was among the first female combat pilots in the country. On Sept. 11, 2001, she got a mission: Bring down the fourth hijacked plane hurtling towards Washington.
Wed, 11 Sep 2019 - 410 - Between Lincoln and Washington, only one was a great poetTue, 10 Sep 2019
- 409 - The Nazi stone
A mysterious stone memorial was found in 2006 in Washington, D.C. But who placed a memorial to Nazi spies on government property? And why?
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 - 408 - Paul Jennings, the former slave who disputed a legend from history
According to James Madison’s Virginia mansion Montpelier, Paul Jennings’ account reveals, “how the racial and gender hierarchies of the time complicate the way we understand roles in historic events.”
Fri, 06 Sep 2019 - 407 - Winnie and Nelson Mandela's marriage survived prison but not freedomThu, 05 Sep 2019
- 406 - The dark history of the pill
A group of poor women in Puerto Rico were the first test subjects for the birth control pill. Were they guinea pigs or pioneers?
Wed, 04 Sep 2019 - 405 - Were the Duke of Windsor and Adolf Hitler friends?
Was the Duke of Windsor a Nazi sympathizer? Did he plot to dethrone his brother, King George VI? Did he really suggest more German bombings of Britain might end World War II?
Tue, 03 Sep 2019 - 404 - The day anti-Vietnam War protesters tried to levitate the Pentagon
In October 1967, antiwar protesters announced that they would march en masse to the front steps of the Pentagon. and levitate it. And then they would try to levitate it.
Mon, 02 Sep 2019 - 403 - The worst presidentsFri, 30 Aug 2019
- 402 - The surprise hurricane that devastated the Florida Keys
In 1935, the Florida Keys ignored the threat of a looming hurricane. When the Category 5 storm made landfall, it left a wake of death and destruction.
Thu, 29 Aug 2019 - 401 - Being a maverick almost stopped John McCain from becoming a public servant
At the Naval Academy, McCain was in a group called the “Bad Bunch” as he rebelled against his father’s expectations.
Wed, 28 Aug 2019 - 400 - LBJ's political bombshell
By 1968, things were going badly for President Lyndon B. Johnson. Morale around the Vietnam War was sinking, and in Washington, political sharks were circling.
Tue, 27 Aug 2019 - 399 - The most romantic day
All over the country, couples rushed to Las Vegas to get married. The demand for quickie weddings was at a fever pitch. But it wasn't Cupid's arrow causing the frenzy. It was the Vietnam War.
Mon, 26 Aug 2019 - 398 - The French aviators who almost beat Charles LindberghFri, 23 Aug 2019
- 397 - The photographer who helped end child labor in America
Lewis Hine posed as a Bible salesman or machinery photographer to expose the hardships of child labor.
Thu, 22 Aug 2019 - 396 - The performance that saved Johnny Cash's career
In a year of extraordinary, chaotic moments this was a hopeful one - a beat-up country music star recording an album live at a troubled maximum security prison in California.
Wed, 21 Aug 2019 - 395 - When Olympic silver beats gold
Ski jumping involves flying more than 800 feet in the air and then landing on two feet, without dying. Where on earth did this sport come from?
Tue, 20 Aug 2019 - 394 - Meet Paul Manafort's century-old forefather, who also liked fancy suits
Samuel Cutler Ward, also known as the “King of the Lobby,” is credited with shaping the craft of lobbying. And like lobbyist and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, he also had some seriously expensive tastes.
Mon, 19 Aug 2019 - 393 - How Hollywood's first major blockbuster revived the KKK
"The Birth of a Nation" depicted life after the Civil War in a way that glorified Klansmen. The film and its cultural impact led one man to conclude that the time was right to bring back the Klu Klux Klan.
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 - 392 - The biscuit tin that protected the crown jewels
It’s World War II, and you’re King George VI of England. You fear a Nazi invasion of England could come at any moment. How do you protect the crown jewels? Not even Queen Elizabeth II knew how her dad did it - until recently.
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 - 391 - Rosie the Riveter isn't who you think she is
An American in the 1940s would not recognize the woman from the “We Can Do It!” poster as Rosie the Riveter.
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 - 390 - Reagan's most historic speech took a few years to make an impact
When President Reagan told Mr. Gorbachev to “tear down this wall,” it was not seen as a historic moment. It took the actual fall of the wall to resurrect the speech and drill the quote into the nation's political consciousness.
Tue, 13 Aug 2019 - 389 - How the anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about the Rothschilds began
The anti-Semitic conspiracy theories surrounding the Rothschild family date all the way back to The Battle of Waterloo.
Mon, 12 Aug 2019 - 388 - The first congresswoman's vote
In April 1917, Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, faced an agonizing choice: should she, or should she not, vote for the United States to enter World War I?
Fri, 09 Aug 2019 - 387 - The day the nation's capital welcomed the KKKThu, 08 Aug 2019
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