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History.com: 8 Famous Figures Who Believed in Communicating With the Dead
Spiritualism's popularity waxed and waned throughout the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century, and surged on the heels of major wars and pandemics. While belief in an afterlife is a cornerstone of many ancient and...
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History.com: When Apollo 10 Nearly Crashed Into the Moon
The mission that paved the way for the Apollo 11 moon landing came close to ending in disaster. Commander Tom Stafford and Lunar Module Pilot Gene Cernan had just returned from their close pass by the lunar surface and were readying to...
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History.com: The 18 Year Old Woman Who Struck Out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
On April 2, 1931, minor leaguer Jackie Mitchell fanned the Yankees' sluggers in an exhibition, a feat widely celebrated. But was it a stunt or legit? No promotion generated as much publicity as on April 2, 1931, when he pitched...
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History.com: Key Moments in the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was among the scariest events of the Cold War. The 13-day showdown brought the world's two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war. hese are the steps that brought the United States and Soviet Union to the brink...
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History.com: How Colin Powell's Service in Vietnam Shaped His Leadership
Colin Powell served two combat tours in the Vietnam conflict and earned three medals for his service. Although Powell broke his ankle in a helicopter crash, he rushed back into the wreckage again and again to save the lives of Gettys,...
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History.com: The Crime of Passion That Led to Babe Ruth's Epic World Series Home Run
A remarkable chain of events links an attempted murder to the Bambino's called shot blast against the Chicago Cubs in 1932. Babe Ruth's called shot in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series remains one of the most famous home runs in baseball...
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History.com: Why Is Election Day a Tuesday in November?
Americans first began the custom of weekday voting in 1845, when Congress passed a federal law designating the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November as Election Day in the hope of streamlining the voting process. But why a...
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History.com: Why the Air Force Almost Blasted the Moon With an H Bomb
Detonating a thermonuclear weapon on the moon? It sounds like the bizarre scheme of a deranged comic-book villain -- not a project initiated inside the U.S. government. But in 1958, as the Cold War space race was heating up, the U.S. Air...
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History.com: Amid the Holocaust's Horrors, Many Jews Found Ways to Mark Hanukkah
From carving menorahs on stolen blocks of wood to creating makeshift wicks from scraps of fat and used loose threads, concentration camp inmates devised covert ways to celebrate the holiday. All over Europe Jews found ways to celebrate...
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History.com: What Was the Scopes Trial Really About?
The Scopes Trial, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was the 1925 prosecution of science teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school, which a recent bill had made illegal. The trial featured two of the...
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History.com: When New Seat Belt Laws Drew Fire as a Violation of Personal Freedom
The 1980s battle over safety belt laws reflected widespread ambivalence over the role and value of government regulation. Drivers and passengers complained that seat belts were uncomfortable and restrictive, but the uproar over mandatory...
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History.com: 9/11 Timeline
This site is a chronology of the events of 9/11 as they unfolded. All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). It also provides photo galleries and a timeline for the aftermath of the attack.
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History.com: These Appalling Images Exposed Child Labor in America
The Industrial Revolution brought not only new job opportunities but new laborers to the workforce: children. By 1900, 18 percent of all American workers were under the age of 16. 1904, the National Child Labor Committee formed in the...
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History.com: Labor Day 2021
Labor Day 2021 occurred on Monday, September 6. Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the...
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History.com: How Mc Kinley's Assassination Spurred Secret Service Presidential Protection
The Secret Service accompanies the president and the First Family everywhere, but it wasn't always this way. It would take a third assassination of a U.S. president -- William McKinley -- to prompt Congress to assign full official...
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History.com: How the u.s. Constitution Has Changed and Expanded Since 1787
Through amendments and legal rulings, the Constitution has transformed in some critical ways. The U.S. Constitution, written in 1787 and ratified by nine of the original 13 states a year later, is the world's longest-surviving written...
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History.com: Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America
Fifty years after Muhammad Ali refused military induction during the Vietnam War, a new book, "Sting Like a Bee: Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America, 1966-1971" by Leigh Montville examines the heavyweight champ's controversial...
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History.com: 10 Things You May Not Know About the Nuremberg Trials
The post-World War II trials marked the first-ever prosecutions for genocide and crimes against humanity. Held directly after World War II, the Nuremberg Trials were a series of 13 military tribunals in which nearly 200 German...
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History.com: How Eleanor Roosevelt Pushed for a Universal Declaration of Human Rights
In the wake of World War II's horrors, Roosevelt saw the need to support refugees and affirm the right to education, shelter, and medical care. Roosevelt was there to speak about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document...
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History.com: What Prehistoric Cave Paintings Reveal About Early Human Life
Some of the oldest known art may hint at the beginning of language development, while later examples portray narratives with human and animal figures. What does the oldest known art in the world tell us about the people who created it?...
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History.com: How Did Baseball's Seventh Inning Stretch Originate?
The American tradition might date to President William Howard Taft in 1910, but it could have started in 1869. The seventh-inning stretch, when fans rise from their seats for a brief break after the top of that inning is complete, is as...
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History.com: How Landing the First Man on the Moon Cost Dozens of Lives
NASA was preparing feverishly for a moon landing in a race against the former Soviet Union to honor slain president John F. Kennedy's 1961 pledge for the country to land a spacecraft on the moon (and return safely) before the end of the...
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History.com: Miracle of the Andes: How Survivors of the Flight Disaster Struggled to Stay Alive
When an Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes on Friday, October 13, 1972, cannibalism helped some survive two months in harsh conditions. The Uruguayan Air Force Fairchild F-227 had crashed into a glacial valley high in the Andes....
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History.com: 10 Things You May Not Know About Babe Ruth
Baseball's biggest icon once served jail time and spent most of his life believing he was a year older than he really was. Known by many nicknames including the "Sultan of Swat," the "Behemoth of Bust" and the "Great Bambino," Babe Ruth...