1+ week, 3+ day ago  (684+ words) Okay, we'll go," and with those three words, General Eisenhower launched D-Day. The D-Day military invasion that helped to end World War II was one of the most ambitious and consequential military campaigns in human history. In its strategy and…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (311+ words) London granted the British East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea in North America. It meant that the colonists" tea would not be sold. Everybody drank tea. It was unfair competition. The Intolerable Acts were passed in…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (1749+ words) This Week in History by Dianne Hermann "In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought to secure our independence and our liberties that remain the foundation of our nation today." Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) 1787 " The Constitutional Convention opened in Philadelphia…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (421+ words) In July, 2, 382 years ago, Alexander the Great was born in Pella, the capital of the Kingdom of Macedon, on the sixth day of the ancient Greek month of Hekatombaion, which probably corresponds to 20 July 356 BC (although the exact date is…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (998+ words) This Week in Historyby Dianne Hermann "In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought tosecure our independence and our liberties that remain thefoundation of our nation today." Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) May 18-24, 2026 May 18 1652 " Rhode Island enacts the first law declaring…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (254+ words) This Week in Historyby Dianne Hermann "In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought tosecure our independence and our liberties that remain thefoundation of our nation today." Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) May 11-17, 2026 May 11 1751 " The first hospital in America's 13 Colonies was…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (698+ words) Cleopatra was reviled despite her intelligence and charm. She was a woman from Egypt who was described as the evil temptress of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. In the days of Cleopatra, the woman was blamed for what might have…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1319+ words) This Week in Historyby Dianne Hermann "In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought tosecure our independence and our liberties that remain thefoundation of our nation today." Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) May 4-10, 2026 May 4 1780 " The American Academy of Arts & Science was…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1169+ words) This Week in Historyby Dianne Hermann "In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought tosecure our independence and our liberties that remain thefoundation of our nation today." Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) Apr 27-May 3, 2026 April 27 1805 " U. S. Marines attack the shores of Tripoli…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1430+ words) This Week in Historyby Dianne Hermann "In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought tosecure our independence and our liberties that remain thefoundation of our nation today." Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) Apr 20-26, 2026 " April 20 1853 " Harriet Tubman starts the Underground Railroad. She…...