In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find toasts given by our ancestors to mark special occasions or honor individuals... (Read More)
In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find New Year’s resolutions that our ancestors made... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about the tradition of making predictions for the upcoming New Year... (Read More)
An article about two convicts, Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe, who may have escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on 16 December 1937... (Read More)
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about Ellis Island and its history as an immigrant inspection station... (Read More)
An article about the death of Robert Charles Johnson, one of the last survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor... (Read More)
An article about the 13th Amendment being ratified on 6 December 1865, permanently banning slavery everywhere in the United States... (Read More)
An article about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on 22 November 1963... (Read More)
An article about the deadly Great Lakes Storm of 1913, with blinding snow, hurricane-force winds over 70 m.p.h., and killer waves up to 35 feet high... (Read More)
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