The Congo won independence from Belgium in June 1960 with Patrice Lumumba, age 35, as Prime Minister. Immediately it began to fall apart, under revanchist
CHILDREN are at war over their dad’s £100million fortune after his “flash” daughter bullied him into leaving her 80 per cent in his will, a court heard. Former-hairdresser Louise …
Kane Tanaka, the world's oldest person, has died in Japan aged 119, according to a statement released by the country's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
George Mendonsa, who maintained for decades that he was the sailor in an iconic 1945 Times Square photo, dubbed "The Kiss," that came to symbolize the end of World War II, has died, his family says. He was 95.
On 2 October 1940, Ludwig Fischer, Governor of the Warsaw District in the occupied General Government of Poland, signed the order to officially create a Jewish district (ghetto) in Warsaw.…
This Cold War Interactive Notebook is the perfect addition to your social studies lessons! It includes 13 pages of interactive notes and graphic organizers that students can fill out to learn about the events surrounding the Cold War. The notes are appropriate for upper elementary or middle school s...
This 50+ page Middle Ages - Feudalism Unit includes an awesome feudalism simulation, Middle Ages worksheets, 25 event cards (Early, High and Late Middle Ages) with extensive teacher notes, other feudalism activities and more!
The year was 1870. By this time Prussia had consolidated its place as one of the great powers of Europe. Defeating Austria and Denmark had increased its
An accessible survey of the history of European overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries based on new scholarship In this thematic survey...
With World War II now more than sixty years ago, it's easier to appreciate the propaganda posters of the era for their artistic merit. Allied posters of the age aimed to influence citizens to...
Take a break from the day and enjoy a fine collection of funny meme and randoms.
Actualités podcast mi journée 3 mai 2019
The Imperial Household Agency in Japan has announced that Emperor Akihito will not perform the Ritual Ceremonies of the Imperial Palace after his abdication 30 April 2019 at the age of 85. These ceremonies are held...
When Hannah Arendt was herded into Gurs, a detention camp in south-west France in May 1940, she did one of the most sensible things you can do when you are trapped in a real-life nightmare: she read –
One hundred years ago today - September 25, 1915 - the London Irish Rifles devised a plan to dribble six footballs towards enemy trenches in a show of unrivalled bravery at Loos.
We spent a couple of weeks studying the events of the 1300s. Today I’m going to share the worksheets I made for the kids about the Crusades, Hundred Year’s War, and the Black Plague. I’ll also share the simulation: Will you survive the Black Plague?!! To start, we covered the history of the Crusades, Hundred Year’s War and the Black Plague. We read the chapters in our history book. We...
I started a thread recently for Taddy's Boer War V.C. Heroes http://www.angloboerwar.com/forum/19-ephemera/8811-taddy-s-cigarette-cards-v-c-heroes They made...
Browse more photos from the Episode 3: Dispossessed gallery, only on history.com.
Erwin was only 9 when he was sadly murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau on Sept 10,1943
Henri was only 2 when he was sadly killed at Auschwitz -Birkenau on February 11,1943
Squadron Leader Richard Churchill was among the 76 men who crawled through tunnels in 1944 to escape Stalag Luft III, a Nazi prisoner of war camp..
One person — a woman — has not received the credit she deserves for her efforts with the French Resistance.
In these modern fast-moving times it's nice to remember a more romantic time...when people wrote love letters.
By the end of the 17th century Parliament, with Royal support and backing, had supervised the development of a large and growing African population
