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Perkin Warbeck, the Great Pretender
March 20, 2019
A great mystery in English royalty is the fate of the “two princes in the Tower.” Edward and Richard, ages 12 and 10, were both too young to take over the English throne when their...
“I Shall Return”: General MacArthur’s Promise
March 19, 2019
Gen. Douglas MacArthur (C) and Gen. Richard Sutherland (L) and Col. Lloyd Lehrbas wading ashore during Amer. landing at Lingayen Gulf. Source: (Photo by Carl Mydans/Th...
The Divine Sarah Bernhardt
March 15, 2019
Stage actress Sarah Bernhardt, arguably the greatest tragedienne of her day, in a scene from an unnamed theatre production. Original Publication: People Disc - HW0437 Source: (Photo by Hulton ...
Stephen Decatur And The Barbary Pirates
March 13, 2019
Painting by Rembrandt Peale depicts a portrait of US Naval Officer Stephen Decatur (1779-1820), 1817. Source: (Photo by The New York Historical Society/Getty Images) An exceptio...
History of the Life and Loves of Ernest Hemingway
March 9, 2019
The writings of Ernest Hemingway are well known throughout the literary world, but how much is known about him as a person? A lot of authors use their own lives or t...
Confederate Spy Belle Boyd, The Siren Of Shenandoah
March 8, 2019
She was called the Siren of the Shenandoah, the Cleopatra of Secession, and the La Belle Rebelle. Isabella “Belle” Boyd was one of the most famous Confederate spies...
Glenn Miller’s Disappearance, Accident or Cover Up?
February 26, 2019
Glenn Miller, with trombone. Source: (Photo by GAB Archive/Redferns) On December 15, 1944, American orchestra leader, Glenn Miller, famous for hits like “Chattanoo...
Thanks to These Ladies, Women Have the Right to Vote
February 25, 2019
On May 3, 1916, Suffragettes carry a banner announcing that 'Women have full suffrage in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho' at the Women of all Nations Parade in New ...
The History of the Amish and Their Unique Way of Life
February 24, 2019
The Amish people and their way of life may seem to be a bit too strict, particularly with modern society today; but the history and culture of the Amish is really...
Ben Franklin and His Kite Experiment, The Real Story
February 22, 2019
A Currier & Ives lithograph of Benjamin Franklin and his son William using a kite and key during a storm to prove that lightning was electricity, June 1752. Source: (...
“Happy Birthday To You”: The Celebratory Song With the ...
February 21, 2019
Finally, in 2015, more than 90 years after it was first published, the song everyone sings before blowing out their birthday candles, the ditty “Happy Bi...
Lorne Greene and the Fate of a Horse
February 19, 2019
Lorne Greene as Ben Cartwright on Buck in a scene from TV’s “Bonanza” Source: (Photo by: Fred Sabine/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) TV’s Bonanza was one of the longest runni...
Presidential Hobbies: How Some U.S. Presidents Used The...
February 18, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton plays a saxophone while some of his supporters sing and dance. Source: (Photo by Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Get...
Breaking the Record for Longest Lasting Marriages
February 16, 2019
Is marriage still applicable to modern society or is it a dying institution? According to some, it is still a thriving partnership. Although rare today, there are sti...
History’s Most Memorable Kisses
February 14, 2019
A kiss can be many things…romantic, loving, forbidden, scandalous, and shocking. In the 1987 movie, The Princess Bride, the narrator notes that “Since the invention of the kiss there...
The True Story of the Essex, the Inspiration for "Moby ...
February 13, 2019
Gregory Peck in a scene from the 1956 movie “Moby Dick'' Source: (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images) In 1851, Herman Melville published hi...
Edwin Land’s Daughter Wanted a Selfie, So He Invented P...
February 11, 2019
Portrait of American scientist, inventor, and businessman Edwin Land (1909 - 1991), president and co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation as he demonstrates hi...
Faith Over Baseball: Where Sandy Koufax Wasn’t On Yom K...
February 7, 2019
The LA Dodgers were having a great season in 1965…so great, in fact, that they made it to the World Series against the Minnesota Twins. Much of the team’s ...
The Hobbit: How A Bored Professor Created A Fantasy Cla...
February 6, 2019
British writer John Ronald Reul Tolkien (1892-1973), sitting in his study at Merton College, Oxford, where he is a Fellow. Source: (Haywood Magee/Picture Post/G...
Tigger Invented the Artificial Heart???
February 4, 2019
Paul Winchell, a comedian, voice-over actor, and puppeteer is probably best remembered for supplying the voice to Tigger in the Winnie the Pooh cartoons. In fact, Winchell won ...
Mikhail Baryshnikov Choreographed The Perfect Defection...
February 2, 2019
The famed Bolshoi Ballet was one of the Cold War tools used by the Soviet Union to show off to the world just how cultured, sophisticated, and brilliant the ...
Teddy Roosevelt Bull Moosed His Way Through An Assassin...
January 31, 2019
Theodore Roosevelt was waving his hat to the crowd just like this when an assassin shot him. Source: (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) Theodore Roosevelt, t...
Babe Didrikson, The Greatest Female Athlete
January 30, 2019
Before Serena Williams, Billie Jean King, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Kerri Walsh-Jennings, and Ronda Rousey, there was Babe Didrikson. Arguably the greatest female athlete of al...
The President And The Mole People
January 17, 2019
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) American diplomat and Sixth President of the United States of America 1825-1829. c1848. Source: (Universal History Archive/Getty Images) No doubt U.S. pr...
The Origin of Sherlock Holmes
January 13, 2019
Sherlock Holmes LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - DECEMBER 08: A reproduction of a copy of the book 'A Study in Scarlet' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 8th December 1986. Source: (Photo by Georges De Ke...
Day-O: The Story of “The Banana Boat Song”
January 8, 2019
American actor and singer Harry Belafonte poses next to the ocean circa 1957. Source: (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images) Harry Belafonte, one of the most well-known J...
The Story Behind the Miranda Rights
January 5, 2019
"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to speak to an attorney and to have an attorney presen...
How a Scholarly Farm Boy Attempted to Take Down the Bri...
December 31, 2018
Painting depicting the unsuccessful attempt by USS Turtle to attach a 'torpedo' to the bottom of HMS Eagle. Governor's Harbor, New York, USA. 7 September 1776. ...
Alexander Gardner, Civil War Fake News
December 28, 2018
Meadow strewn with Confederate dead, photographed by Alexander Gardner two days after fighting had ceased during bloodiest battle of Civil War. Source: (Photo by Alexander Gardner/...
Who Was the Inspiration For Uncle Sam?
December 27, 2018
A participant dressed as Uncle Sam attends in Albany, New York. Source: (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Uncle Sam…he is a symbol of America and everyone’s most patriotic un...
The Story Behind “The Gipper” Speech, the Greatest Pep ...
December 26, 2018
“Win One For the Gipper”. If you’re a fan of college football, you know that this was the one impassionate plea that rallied the Fighting Irish of the Un...
The Groundbreaking Althea Gibson
December 17, 2018
Althea Gibson at Wimbledon (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images) Although she doesn’t get the recognition that Jackie Robinson did, 1950s athlete Althea Gibson was as...
Thomas Nast Gave Us Santa Claus
December 13, 2018
Ask anyone today to describe Santa Claus and you will pretty much get the same answers…red suit, full white beard, big belly. But our image of the jolly old elf used to be really incon...
The Vile Vortices Of Ivan T. Sanderson
December 9, 2018
Ten of the twelve vortices/image from pinterest In 1972, Ivan T. Sanderson, a Scottish biologist who founded the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained, published an art...
Why History Should Remember the Name, David Rittenhouse
December 4, 2018
American astronomer David Rittenhouse (circa 1775). (Photo by MPI/Getty Images) A contemporary of the Founding Fathers of the United States, David Rittenhouse was...
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Famous Daughter, Rose Wilder Lan...
December 3, 2018
Baby Rose...Melissa Gilbert as Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder, Michelle Steffin as Rose Wilder, Dean Butler as Almanzo James Wilder (Photo by NBC/NBCU Photo B...
McCarthyism: The Witch Trials of the Twentieth Century
December 2, 2018
Throughout history, there have been times when mass hysteria has led to the wrongful punishment of the accused, with little to no evidence. It usually starts wit...
What You Didn’t Know About Dolley Madison
November 30, 2018
Dolley Madison, wife of US president James Madison rescues a portrait of George Washington from the White House before the British troops set fire to the building during the W...
Celebrities Who Died In Skiing Accidents
November 28, 2018
Silhouetted skier in action. Gary M. Prior/ALLSPORT/GettyImages Making the most of winter fun, the rich and famous often enjoy skiing. And, why not? It’s great exercise and an e...
The Mysterious Disappearance of Aaron Burr’s Daughter, ...
November 24, 2018
People today may only know her name from the song, “Dear Theodosia,” in the hit musical, Hamilton, but during her time, Theodosia Burr Alston was a socialit...
Crazy Legs Ray Bolger
November 23, 2018
Dancer Ray Bolger doing the splits while performing a soft shoe dance on stage during Edgar Bergen's Gay '90s party. (Photo by Peter Stackpole/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) Ray Bolger ...
Lightning Doesn’t Strike Twice…It Strikes Seven Times!
November 19, 2018
Cloud to cloud lightning. (Photo by Education Images/UIG via Getty Images) Your chances of being struck by lightning are roughly 1 in 960,000. Your chances of ...
The Double Survival Miracle of Juliane Koepcke
November 12, 2018
On Christmas Eve, 1971, an airplane departing from Lima, Peru, was struck by lightning and broke apart midair. The accident killed every person on board, with the excepti...
Was Edith Bolling Wilson Our First Female President?
November 9, 2018
When Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, was incapacitated after suffering a stroke in October or 1919, his wife stepped in to protect her husb...
The Strange and Tragic Love Life of Georgia O’Keeffe
November 8, 2018
American artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887 - 1986) stands at an easel outdoors, adjusting a canvas from her 'Pelvis Series- Red With Yellow,' Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1...
How Much Do You Know About the Mayflower?
November 1, 2018
Visitors of the Mayflower II in Plymouth. (Photo by Essdras M Suarez/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) As kids, we learned about the Mayflower at an early age. It was, in fact...
Debunking the Myth of Houdini’s Death on Halloween, 192...
October 31, 2018
Always amazing and often mystifying, escape artist Harry Houdini’s name is now synonymous with daring, death-defying escape tricks. Houdini dodged death mul...
Celebrity Lifesavers
October 24, 2018
Matthew McConaughey attends the Austin Film Society's premiere screening of 'White Boy Rick' at AFS Cinema on September 13, 2018 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) Many people co...
America’s Sweethearts Through the Decades
October 19, 2018
There is something very wholesome and special about an America’s sweetheart. She is a celebrity that mingles the right formula of girl-next-door, niceness, and a dash of sex...
Danica McKellar: A Math “Wonder”
October 12, 2018
Actress Danica McKellar on July 27, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Greg Doherty/WireImage) As a child actress, Danica McKellar rose to prominence for playing Winnie Co...
The Best Presidential Campaign Slogans
September 27, 2018
A 1952 campaign button supporting Dwight D Eisenhower, the Republican candidate for President in the election. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images) As much as we may dread election time be...
Abigail Adams: The Colonial Feminist
September 6, 2018
Engraved portrait of Abigail Smith Adams (1744 - 1818), late 1700s. She was the wife of the second American president, John Adams, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth Amer...
Twelve People in History You Didn’t Know Were Redheads
September 4, 2018
Ed Sheeran embraces his gingerness, but we bet you didn’t know just how many historical redheads there have been. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Apple Mus...
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Aron Ralston’s Difficu...
September 3, 2018
Aron Ralston knows a thing to two about survival. As an avid climber and outdoorsman, he has had his share of close calls, including surviving an avalanche....
The REAL Johnny Appleseed
August 24, 2018
A painting depicting Johnny Appleseed. (Photo by Walter Sanders/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) We all remember learning about Johnny Appleseed when we were in elementary school. Acc...
WWII Serial Killer Mom Sacrificed Victims to Keep Her S...
August 16, 2018
Leonarda Cianciulli was a particularly callous and brutal serial killer who killed her victims as a form of human sacrifice to ensure that her favorite son w...
Marilyn Monroe - A Picture For Every Year of Her Life
June 19, 2018
Come with us on a journey through the life of Marilyn Monroe - In Photos. This series of pictures of the famous actress ans sex symbol give us an up- close look at the...
Don Juan - The Man - The Legend - The Myth
June 11, 2018
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “He’s a typical Don Juan”. For centuries, some men have been labeled as smooth-talking, woman chasing, bad and almost dangerous -for-women-t...
The Birth and History of the Guinness Book of World Rec...
June 4, 2018
The only book in the world that has been held in high esteem and has gained world- wide achievement recognition for recording record breaking over the years, ...
Was Dick Tracey The Character Who Invented The Smart Wa...
May 29, 2018
Apple came out with their invention of the Apple Watch as the first Smart Watch on April 24, 2015, wowing wrists everywhere. However, the idea of wearing a te...
The Modern Beauty Methods of Max Factor
May 23, 2018
circa 1930: Make-up expert Max Factor (1904 - 1996) demonstrates the technique of applying eyeshadow, using actress Josephine Dunn (1906 - 1983) as his subject. (Photo by Clarence...
The Giants of Seville
May 18, 2018
circa 1870: Giant Captain Bates, husband of 8 ft 3 ins giantess Anna Swan. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Seville, Ohio is a little town that sits about 44 miles South of Cleveland, with a...
The Infamous Mug Shot of "Bad Boy" Frank Sinatra
May 14, 2018
Many devoted Frank Sinatra fans are well aware of the infamous “mug shot” of 1938. This scandalous photo was first made public on December 9, 1998, when the FBI release...
People Recreated Their Grandparents Photos, And The Res...
January 8, 2018
To honor our grandparents' journey in this world and to express love, here's a collection of photos of people recreating their grandparents old photographs, and t...
Photos Show the Ingenuity of Those Who Illegally Cross ...
January 7, 2018
Borders are more than just division between countries. Especially when one nation wants for more than its neighbor, the border will always be an invitation to tho...
This Meteorologist Spent The Past 30 Years Living Alone...
December 18, 2017
Vyacheslav Korotki, lives on the barents sea, in a century old wooden house that became a meteorological station in 1933, where he was sent by the Russian state t...
This Is Not A Victorian Lady, It's F. Scott Fitzgerald ...
December 7, 2017
These photos were taken in 1916 to help promote The Evil Eye at Princeton's Triangle Club. Fitzgerald was in his third year at Princeton when the musical-comedy t...
The Curious Case of the Woman with Four Legs
November 27, 2017
Myrtle Corbin, was known as the Four-Legged Woman, however, technically, only one pair actually belonged to her. The other pair belonged to her dipygus twin sister. Born in Lin...
The Curious Story of the Blue-Skinned Family of Eastern...
November 23, 2017
For nearly 200 years, the Fugate family of Kentucky remained largely sealed off from society as they passed their blue skin from one generation to the next. The B...
A Photo of Billy the Kid Bought for $10 at a Flea Marke...
November 21, 2017
Six years ago, North Carolinian lawyer Frank Abrams unknowingly bought a rare photograph that experts believe shows Billy the Kid hanging out with the man who wou...
Caligula: 1400 Days of Terror (A Documentary)
November 20, 2017
A look at the rise and fall of one of history's most notorious figures - Caligula. Credit: Ancient Documentaries
The Story Behind The Iconic Image of an Abandoned Boy C...
November 16, 2017
Below is Toni Frissell's iconic WW2 photo, one of the most heartbreaking photos to come out of the London Blitz. The boy in the photo did in fact survive the war ...
Why Thousands Mourned a Bank Robber
November 15, 2017
He may have been one of America’s best-loved outlaw: tens of thousands of people paid their respects at Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd’s funeral after he was shot down by the FBI on Oct. 22...
John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy in Georgetown, 1954
November 15, 2017
It was one fine day in May of 1954 in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. and future president John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jackie Kennedy, were walking down the street to ...
C.J. Walker: From The Cotton Fields To America’s First ...
November 8, 2017
Hers was a classic and inspiring rags to riches story. One dotted with too many struggles and hardships, and failings and disappointments. But it's also a story...
Why Do People Always Look So Serious in Old Photos?
October 10, 2017
Most believe it is due to the limited technology at the time to capture a smile - exposure times were long and so it was easier to hold a serious expression over a long ...
Man Bought This Tintype in an Antique Shop for Only $2,...
October 9, 2017
Seven years ago, antiques collector Randy Guijarro laid his eyes upon a dusty old tintype photograph at a junk shop in Fresno, California. He bought the picture f...
The Story of Andre the Giant
October 9, 2017
Andre the Giant was born on May 19, 1946 in Grenoble, France. He suffered from a condition called Acromelagy, also known as Giantism. Giantism is due to an excess of hormones which causes the ...
Abdul, the Young Servant Who Charmed Queen Victoria’s H...
October 3, 2017
During the celebration Queen Victoria's fiftieth anniversary on the throne, 50 kings and queens were invited. Two of the monarchs present were two Indian prince...
Charles C. Ebbets and His Famous 'Lunchtime Atop a Skys...
October 2, 2017
Below is one of the most iconic images of all time, “Lunchtime atop a Skyscraper.” It was taken by Charles C. Ebbets in 1932 – although he wasn’t officially recog...
