Curious about Catalonia? We take a brief look at the Spanish region's unlikely bid for independence that has been centuries in the maki

On March 30th and 31st of 1814, the Battle of Paris was fought between The French Empire, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, and the military...

We’ve all heard about it. Many of us have probably even done it. But do any of us really know what we’re doing? Filling out a College...

At the end of World War One, the major powers signed The Treaty of Versailles, which was designed to limit Germany’s ability to cause...

58 years ago today Ruth and Elliot Handler, founders of Mattel Creations, launched the famous children’s toy, the Barbie doll. The Barbie...

On May 16th, 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) hosted the first ever Academy Awards at the Hollywood...

February 23rd 1945 is the date, Associate Press Combat Photographer, Joe Rosenthal took the iconic photo “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.”...

For this week’s Throwback here are two Valentine’s Day historic facts you may not have known about: 1) The phrase “wear your heart on...

On February 8, 1587, after 19 years imprisonment for her complicity in the plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots was...

On this day in 1971, Ugandan dictator Idi Amin declared himself as the new president of the country, the third in it’s history. Amin was...

On this day in history in 1838, the state of Tennessee passed a bill that prohibited the sale of all alcoholic beverages. This was the...

On January 18, 1803 (yes, I know that’s one day ago, but close enough) Thomas Jefferson asked the United States Congress for money to...

On this day in history in 1913, Josef Dzhugashvili publicly signed his name “Joseph Stalin” for the first time in a letter to the Social...