Wimbledon Served as a Military Camp and Pig Farm During World War IIThe tennis club’s center court even took a direct hit from a 500-pound German bomb.Read more
9 Intrepid Women ExplorersFrom a Viking ‘far traveler’ to a Soviet cosmonaut, these fearless women blazed daring new trails.Read more
Who Invented Television?Multiple inventors deserve credit for the technology, which had its origins in the 19th century.Read more
How Thomas Paine’s ‘Common Sense’ Helped Inspire the American RevolutionThe 47-page pamphlet took colonial America by storm in 1776 and made critical arguments for declaring independence from England.Read more
When Henry VIII Wrestled the King of France—and LostThe grappling allegedly took place at the Field of Cloth of Gold, a royal sporting tournament designed to cement relations between England and France.Read more
How 19th-Century Drag Balls Evolved into House Balls, Birthplace of VoguingHarlem drag balls thrived during the post-Civil War era, creating a space where trans and queer people of color later broke out to develop House Ballroom.Read more
How the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg Emboldened German Forces at the Start of WWIThe 1914 conflict dealt a defeat so devastating that it drove a Russian general to suicide.Read more
Why the FBI Saw Martin Luther King Jr. as a Communist ThreatBureau director J. Edgar Hoover had made his career fighting the perceived threat of communism.Read more
The Costa Concordia Disaster: How Human Error Made It WorseA captain and his crew needlessly endangered the lives of those on board.Read more
The 1967 Riots: When Outrage Over Racial Injustice Boiled OverIn what came to be known as the ‘long, hot summer,’ US cities exploded—more than 150 times—into violent upheaval.Read more
8 Astounding Moments in Women’s Olympic GymnasticsFrom Olga Korbut’s famous flip to Kerri Strug’s vault landing to Simone Biles’ multiple golds, see the feats that wowed the world.Read more
MLK’s Final Cause: Poor People’s Campaign Demanding Economic JusticeMartin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign took protest to a whole new level in 1968 with a tent city that operated as a town.Read more