Photo: a replica of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite in the world to be put into outer space; the replica is stored in the National Air and Space Museum. Credit: NASA; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Space Race Began as Soviets Launched ‘Sputnik’

By Tony Pettinato on October 4, 2017

An article about the Soviet Union launching the satellite Sputnik on 4 October 1957, starting the space race with the United States... (Read More)

Photo: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, 8 November 1863. Credit: Mead Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.oto: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, 8 November 1863. Credit: Mead Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.

President Lincoln Issues the Emancipation Proclamation

By Tony Pettinato on September 22, 2017

An article about President Abraham Lincoln issuing the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on 22 September 1862, to free the Confederacy’s slaves... (Read More)

Illustration: "The Sinking of the Central America," by J. Childs, 1857. Credit: National Maritime Museum, London; Wikimedia Commons.

A Fortune Lost at Sea: Ship Sinks with CA Gold Rush Treasure

By Tony Pettinato on September 12, 2017

An article about the shipwreck of the SS Central America on 12 September 1857, with more than 400 people dead and tons of California gold lost... (Read More)

Photo: Herrick Tower time capsule, Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan. Credit: Dwight Burdette; Wikimedia Commons.

Time Capsules Let Us Touch History

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 29, 2017

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about the practice of communities burying time capsules for the interest and delight of future generations... (Read More)

Photo: women suffragists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Women’s Suffrage: The 19th Amendment Ratified on This Day

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 18, 2017

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about the ratification of the 19th Amendment on 18 August 1920, which guaranteed women the right to vote... (Read More)

Photo: Amelia Earhart, wearing a dress, standing beside a Merrill CIT-9 Safety Plane, c. 1928. Credit: UCLA Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Gone: The Mysterious Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 7, 2017

An article about the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, who vanished on 2 July 1937 somewhere in the Pacific Ocean while trying to fly around the world... (Read More)

Photo: British dirigible R-34 landing at Mineola, Long Island, N.Y., 6 July 1919. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Daring Aviation Feat: British Dirigible First to Cross Atlantic

By Tony Pettinato on July 6, 2017

An article about the British dirigible R-34 completing a historic first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by a lighter-than-air aircraft, on 6 July 1919... (Read More)

Photo: Cleveland pump station discharges sewage into Cuyahoga River, 1973. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration.

Strange but True: The Cuyahoga River Caught Fire!

By Tony Pettinato on June 22, 2017

An article about an environmental wake-up call to the nation when the heavily polluted Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire on 22 June 1969... (Read More)

Photo: U.S. Marine reinforcements wade ashore to support the beachhead on Okinawa, 1 April 1945. Credit: National Archives; Wikimedia Commons.

WWII: Allies Victorious at the Battle of Okinawa

By Tony Pettinato on June 21, 2017

An article about the Battle of Okinawa, which ended on 21 June 1945 with an Allied victory over the Japanese after 82 days of fierce fighting during WWII... (Read More)

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