The First FBI’s Most Wanted Criminal

January 6, 2023

The FBI’s list of the Ten Most Wanted fugitives has been an important tool in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s fight against crime for more than 70 years. With the goal of ...

That Time Teddy Roosevelt Battled Racism in a Small Mississippi Post Office

January 2, 2023

Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), the 26th President of the United States (1901-09) sitting at his desk working. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty...

“Poor Richard’s Almanack”: The Repository for Ben Franklin’s Witty Sayings and Dad Jokes

December 28, 2022

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by David Martin (oil on canvas on panel from the White House collection, Washington DC), 176...

Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin And The Transformation Of Magic

December 26, 2022

The first reliable documentation of magic tricks dates to 50 BCE, with the mention of a group of magicians, called the Acetabularii, who had performed the Cu...

Ben ‘Beast’ Butler, the Woman’s Order, and a “Common Enemy of Mankind”

December 23, 2022

General Benjamin Butler’s harsh rule of New Orleans led him to being dubbed 'the beast'. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images) On this day in hist...

The All-Female, All-Black 6888th Battalion of World War II

December 19, 2022

The members of the 6888th battalion. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images) We were excited to learn that actor and writer Tyler Perry’s next film project for...

Ching Shih: The Notorious Pirate Who Rejoined Civilian Life

December 16, 2022

In 1775 in the Guangdong (Canton) province of southeastern China, a girl named Shil Gang Xu was born. She reportedly grew up to be a prostitute on a floatin...

This Date in History: The 47 Ronin and the Ako Vendetta

December 14, 2022

(Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) On this day in history, December 14, 1702, the 47 Ronin got their revenge in an event, ...

Clifford Irving, Howard Hughes, and the Greatest Literary Hoax of the 20th Century

December 9, 2022

Fiction writer Clifford Irving talks to reporters after serving 16 months in prison for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. (...

Boss Tweed: His Rise To Power, Arrest, And Escape

December 7, 2022

William Magear Tweed, who would later be known as Boss Tweed was born at 1 Cherry Street, on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. His father was a furniture maker, and T...

Groovy Photos Captured More Than Expected

December 6, 2022

A day in the life...Brigitte Bardot crawling out of a classic speed boat on a magical day in her hometown of Saint-Tropez. When she wasn't jumping off the boat for a snorkel with ...

“Mr. Watson – Come here—I want you”: Who was Alexander Graham Bell’s Assistant, Watson?

November 30, 2022

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was naturally the first person to place a telephone call. Did he...

The Yule Lads: Iceland’s Thirteen Mischievous Santa Clauses

November 23, 2022

Folklore figures of Grýla and Leppalúði on the main street of Akureyri, Iceland. Source: (David Stanley/WikiCommons). Before Christianity, the midwinter ho...

Gerald Ford Fought Racism with Football

November 16, 2022

Former President Gerald Ford played center for the University of Michigan Wolverines. This photo was shot in 1934. (Photo by Michigan University/Getty Images) Gerald Ford, the 3...

The Morgan Affair And The First Third Party In American Politics

November 9, 2022

The Abduction of William Morgan, New York, USA, 1926. Illustration by Hooper, c. 1880. Source: (The Print Collector/Getty Images). William Morgan was bo...

The Almost Political Career of Gregory Peck

November 2, 2022

Gregory Peck (Photo by Herbert Dorfman/Corbis via Getty Images) As a Hollywood A-lister and one of the top leading men of the 1950s and 1960s, Gregory Peck was a household n...

Robert Moses Vs. Jane Jacobs: A Story Of David And Goliath

October 26, 2022

Robert Moses was never elected to any political office, but because of his work as an urban planner, he became one of the most powerful individuals in the Ne...