Photo: Bonnie and Clyde's car (1932 Ford V-8), riddled with bullet holes after the ambush. Picture taken by FBI investigators on 23 May 1934. Credit: FBI; Wikimedia Commons.

Violent End to Bonnie and Clyde’s Life of Crime

By Tony Pettinato on May 23, 2017

An article about law enforcement’s fatal ambush of the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde in Louisiana on 23 May 1934... (Read More)

Photo: the “Old Man of the Mountain” on 26 April 2003, seven days before the collapse. A late spring snow fell the night before. Credit: Jeffrey Joseph; Wikimedia Commons.

N.H.’s ‘Old Man of the Mountain’ Fell 14 Years Ago Today

By Thomas Jay Kemp on May 3, 2017

An article about the collapse of New Hampshire’s iconic “Old Man of the Mountain,” a 40-foot rock face in the White Mountains, on 3 May 2003... (Read More)

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

Lincoln’s Assassin, John Wilkes Booth, Shot Dead

By Tony Pettinato on April 26, 2017

An article about the shooting death of John Wilkes Booth on 26 April 1865, 12 days after Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln... (Read More)

Photo: Pony Express 100th anniversary commemorative stamp of 1960. Credit: U.S. Post Office; Smithsonian National Postal Museum.

A Western Legend Is Born: First Pony Express Ride

By Tony Pettinato on April 14, 2017

An article about the completion of the first Pony Express ride, arriving in San Francisco, California, on 14 April 1860... (Read More)

Photo: Susanna M. Salter, 1887. Credit: Kansas Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons.

Prank Leads to Election of Nation’s First Woman Mayor

By Tony Pettinato on April 4, 2017

An article about Susanna Salter’s election as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, on 4 April 1887 – the first woman elected to a political office in U.S. history... (Read More)

On This Day: President Ronald Reagan Shot!

By Tony Pettinato on March 30, 2017

An article about the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr., on 30 March 1981... (Read More)

Illustration: General Andrew Jackson leads his troops at the Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812, by Edward Percy Moran. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

War of 1812 Recruitment Advertisements: What Induced Your Ancestor to Serve?

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on March 28, 2017

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find recruitment ads that induced men to enlist in the War of 1812... (Read More)

Portrait: Nathaniel Hawthorne, by Charles Osgood, 1840. Credit: Peabody Essex Museum, Gift of Richard C. Manning, 1933; Wikimedia Commons.

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’ an Instant Best-seller

By Tony Pettinato on March 16, 2017

An article about the publication of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” on 16 March 1850... (Read More)

Illustration: pencil drawing of head-and-shoulders of Kimbo, African slave aboard the ship Amistad. Portrait by William H. Townsend, "Sketches of the Amistad captives." Credit: the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University; Wikimedia Commons.

U.S. Supreme Court Frees ‘Amistad’ Slaves

By Tony Pettinato on March 9, 2017

An article about the 9 March 1841 Supreme Court decision that freed the African petitioners in the famous Amistad case, a slave revolt led by Joseph Cinqué... (Read More)

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