Battle of Taranto

We are able to provide free content to you every single day because of ads like this.

Remaining the most lethal and destructive riot in American history, the New York City Draft Riots of 1863 started with opposition to Lincoln’s draft and morphed into a race war.

After Mexico refused to sell land to U.S. President Polk, his belief in manifest destiny led to his declaration of war in 1846. The Mexican American War would ultimately last for two years, costing Mexico a lot of lives and land

Pandemics have had some positive repercussions. The historical upside of past pandemics has spawned bold changes in public health, sanitation, building design, social norms and more.

Marking the beginning of modern cardiac surgery, the first blue baby operation took place on November 29th, 1944, resolving 18-month-old Eileen Saxon’s heart condition.

In 1980, 125,000 Cubans migrated into Florida after Fidel Castro approved emigration with the ulterior motive to rid Cuba of thieves, prostitutes, addicts and other criminals.

Considering the mission for a moon landing would cost 4% of the national budget for a decade, it took clever marketing for NASA to convince Congress and the American people to support a moonshot.

The Legend of a Santa Claus has Greek, British, and Dutch origins. The modern day image of Santa’s rotund and jolly self is from a cartoonist, Thomas Nast.