WEIRD HISTORY
Take a peek at the mysterious black briefcase that has accompanied every U.S. president since John F. Kennedy. From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, the nuclear “Football.” (Jamie Chung) – By Michael Dobbs Smithsonian Magazine | Subscribe 2014 Oct – It …
JohnTyler – Image 179070 – By Stan M. Haynes 2021 Feb 07 – Stan M. Haynes, a Baltimore attorney and historian, is currently working on a book of historical fiction set during the Tyler presidency. – An angry mob marches up Pennsylvania Avenue …
Anglican Rev. James Blair secured Willam and Mary’s royal charter in 1693. – By Tom McSweeney, Katharine Ello and Elsbeth O’Brien 2021 Feb 07 – Thomas J. McSweeney is the Robert and Elizabeth Scott Research Professor of Law at William & Mary Law …
Pirates did roam the Gulf Coast, but more myths than facts have inspired the regional folklore. Taken in 1922, the ship José Gaspar passes the Lafayette Street Bridge in Tampa during the Gasparilla Festival (University of South Florida Library) – By Nora McGreevy …
Ida Wood, who lived for decades as a recluse in a New York City hotel, would have taken her secrets to the grave—if her sister hadn’t gotten there first. Herald Square circa 1907, when Ida Wood first moved into the Herald Square Hotel. …
Adolf Hitler and Paul von Hindenburg, Potsdam, 1933 – By Jeffrey Herf – Jeffrey Herf is Distinguished University Professor of Modern European History at the University of Maryland, College Park. His works on German history and Nazi Germany include The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda …
The KGB ‘played the game as if they were immensely impressed by his personality’, Yuri Shvets, a key source for a new book, tells the Guardian. Donald Trump’s election win in 2016 was welcomed by Moscow. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images – By David …
James Morone is a professor at Brown University. His most recent book, published this Fall, is The Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal from George Washington to Donald Trump (Basic Books). – By James A. Morone 2021 Jan 24 – President …
– By Megan Marples, CNN Updated 2021 Jan 19 – Bioluminescent insects have long fascinated scientists, but little is known about how these animals got their light abilities. A 99-million-year-old beetle recently discovered by researchers, however, unlocks a piece of the evolutionary puzzle, …
Paleontologists discovered the fossilized remains of a 98 million-year-old titanosaur in Neuquén Province in Argentina’s northwest Patagonia. – By Amy Woodyatt, CNN 2021 Jan 19 – Experts have uncovered the remains of a gigantic dinosaur in Argentina, and believe it could be one …
