If you were ordered to deliver a 400-voltage-shock to another human being by an authority figure, would you do it? Most people would answer “No,”
The history of horse racing rested on the flip of a coin. In the year 1969, Penny Chenery lost to Philip Ogden in a game
Stephanie was a woman of high class, and she rarely had to worry about money. As a result, she preferred dating men who were either
In the midst of a war-torn Vietnam, three U.S. infantry companies moved into the village of My Lai on March 16, 1968. Under direct orders
Some people might believe that comic books originated in the United States or that they are a modern invention. In reality, this genre dates back
When Rosemary Kennedy was enrolled into Kindergarten in 1924, her teachers labeled her as “deficient.” Rose and Joe Kennedy, her parents of high status and
“You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law….” This phrase is
The Doors formed in 1965, in Los Angeles, California. They first spent two years in obscurity before taking a quick path to fame in 1967.
Winner of the Fall 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “Gender Studies” When conjuring an image of Wonder Woman,
August 1, 1966 was just like any other day in Austin, Texas. It was sunny and hot, and there was a bustling of college students
Close your eyes and imagine this… it is 1956, you are in Detroit, Michigan at New Bethel Baptist church. You are sitting in the pew
At a quiet New York cemetery in 1959, a handful of people stand around a fresh grave as a casket is lowered. Any passerby seeing
On December 1, 1952, the headline Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty dominated the front page of New York’s Daily News.1 This was the first introduction many
In 1942, Sam Walton returned from serving his country as an officer in the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps during World War II. When he returned
Imagine sending your son to visit relatives, thinking you would see him again in a few weeks, only to learn two weeks later that he
Machines have been a part of our world for many years now. There is a notion that machines must be able to control themselves, when
Today, Alcatraz prison stands desolate in the San Francisco Bay, serving as a tourist attraction. Although the setting is tranquil, things were not always like
Louis Zamperini is the embodiement of resilience. “Louis Zamperini waged one of the most astonishing personal battles in World War II as an Army Air
“Not a day goes by that I don’t think of Richard and our love, our right to marry, and how much it meant to me
In 1957, Smith College hosted the most important class reunion ever to be held in the history of America. Betty Friedan, a student of that
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