Bloody Sunday: 50 Years On
Thirteen people were shot dead and at least 15 others injured after members of the Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil rights...
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The Proper Story of Mozart
Considering how influential he was and how much music he produced — more than 600 individual pieces — it's shocking to learn that...
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The Animal Friends of Lord Byron
In 1805, when he became a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, the college authorities told Lord Byron that pet dogs were banned. He...
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The Japanese pornstar and ultranationalist that committed Kamikaze.
It was 1976, a notable year for aviation. In Europe, Air France and British Airways launched the Concorde supersonic aircraft. In the...
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Jackson C Frank: The forgotten folk hero whose tragic life overshadowed his genius
Meet Jackson C. Frank, a folk singer who released just one album in 1965. His life was a tragedy: a boiler explosion at school killed 15...
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The Cu Chi Tunnels of Vietnam
In order to combat better-supplied American and South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War, the Viet Cong (VC) dug tens of thousands...
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The Story Of 'Mercedes Benz,' Janis Joplin’s Final Recording
Janis Joplin's "Mercedes Benz" is one of her most affecting songs, and it also happens to be the last recording she made before she died....
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Bertrand Russell’s message to future humans: Facts matter, love is wise, hatred is foolish
This is timely insight from a 1959 interview with the philosopher Bertrand Russell about what he would say to a distant future generation...
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‘I’ve Been to the Mountaintop’ : The Last Speech of Martin Luther King
The day before Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, he gave his final speech, known as ‘I’ve...
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How Dorothea Lange Photographed, Migrant Mother, one of the most iconic photos in American history
Dorothea Lange took this photograph in 1936, while employed by the U.S. government’s Farm Security Administration (FSA) program, formed...
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When the Beatles Refused to Play Before Segregated Audiences on Their First U.S. Tour (1964)
When American rock and roll made its way to the UK in the 1950s and 60s, along with a burgeoning folk and blues revival, many young...
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Meet Pure Hell, the "First Black Punk Band” That Emerged in the 70s, Then Disappeared for Decades
In the mid-seventies, many people felt excluded from and disdained by the mainstream of rock and roll, which had largely come to...
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Former Slaves Interviewed in the 1930s talk about Slavery in the USA
"You can't hold a man down without staying down with him." — Booker T. Washington In 1999 ABC released a documentary based on a compiled...
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Happy Birthday Mark Antony!
2105 Years Young Today! One of the last titans of the Roman Republic, Mark Antony’s legacy is almost as long lasting as it is far...
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The story of Hannie Schaft, The WW2 Resistance Fighter That Terrified The Nazis
Known among the Nazis as "the girl with the red hair," 24-year-old Hannie Schaft was so deadly that Adolf Hitler personally ordered her...
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William Morris, the Facts
Who doesn't love a William Morris print, his life, his work and his legacy. There’s so much behind his work; from his inspirations and...
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