A photo from an article about the Kent State Shootings, Advocate newspaper article 5 May 1970

Kent State Student Protesters Shot by National Guard

By Tony Pettinato on May 4, 2018

An article about the Kent State Shootings, when the Ohio National Guard shot 13 unarmed students on the university’s campus on 4 May 1970, killing 4... (Read More)

Photo: the Hubble Space Telescope as seen from the departing space shuttle Atlantis, flying STS-125, HST Servicing Mission 4, 19 May 2009. Credit: Ruffnax; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day, a Scientific Marvel: Hubble Space Telescope Was Launched

By Tony Pettinato on April 24, 2018

After seven long years of frustrating delays, the Hubble Space Telescope was finally launched into space on 24 April 1990 by the space shuttle Discovery... (Read More)

Illustration: “Titanic Sinking," by Willy Stöwer, 1912. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Two Crew Members Who Survived the ‘Titanic’

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 13, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about two crew members who survived the Titanic disaster: Violet Jessop and Charles Lightoller... (Read More)

Photo: detail from a Carte de Visite of John Wilkes Booth, undated. Credit: Black & Case; Wikimedia Commons.

American Traitor: 3 Facts about John Wilkes Booth, Slayer of Abraham Lincoln

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 12, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about President Abraham Lincoln’s killer: John Wilkes Booth... (Read More)

Photo: the cooling towers of Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station, unit 2, closed since the accident in 1979. Credit: Z22; Wikimedia Commons.

Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident: Life Imitates Art

By Tony Pettinato on March 28, 2018

An article about the Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident on 28 March 1979 and its eerie similarities to the just-released move The China Syndrome... (Read More)

Illustration: John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed. Credit: H. S. Knapp; Wikimedia Commons.

Are You Related to Johnny ‘Appleseed’ Chapman?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on March 23, 2018

An article about John Chapman (1774-1845), aka “Johnny Appleseed,” who became famous for planting apple trees in the Midwest and Ontario, Canada... (Read More)

Illustration: the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas. It was first printed in 1854 in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. Credit: Frank Thompson, "The Alamo" (2005), p. 106; Wikimedia Commons.

Battle of the Alamo: Martyrs for Texas Freedom

By Tony Pettinato on March 6, 2018

An article about the Battle of the Alamo on 6 March 1836, when 2,000 Mexican troops stormed the adobe mission and killed approximately 200 defenders... (Read More)

Photo: the "come and take it" cannon of the Battle of Gonzales of the Texas Revolution (the cannon is the real thing, the carriage a reproduction) on display at the Gonzales Memorial Museum, Gonzales, Texas. Credit: Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons.

A New Nation Is Born: The Republic of Texas

By Tony Pettinato on March 2, 2018

An article about the Texas Declaration of Independence (from Mexico) being approved on 2 March 1836, forming a new nation: the Republic of Texas... (Read More)

Photo: astronaut John Glenn enters the Mercury spacecraft, Friendship 7, prior to the launch of MA-6 on 20 February 1962, and became the first American who orbited the Earth. Credit: NASA; Wikimedia Commons.

John Glenn, U.S. Hero: First American to Orbit the Earth

By Tony Pettinato on February 20, 2018

An article about astronaut John Glenn’s historic space flight on 20 February 1962, when he became the first American to orbit the Earth... (Read More)

Category: History