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History Blog

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Using the events from this day in history as an inspiration, we hope to provide a general insight into the past, while drawing connections to current events and trends. Our articles cover ancient, medieval, renaissance, colonialization and modern history.

• Added on: Jan 19th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Daniel
• Listed in: History
• Tags: history blog world history blog ancient history blog medieval history blog renaissance history blog modern history blog

Recent Posts

• History of the Pong Video Game

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 09:15 in Nintendo, Microsoft, sony, 1976, sears, atari, 1975, world history, 1972, 1974, cultural history, history today

  Video game systems for the home are a multi-million dollar industry and the current popular consoles from companies like Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft are technological marvels with games that look more like movies than like video games. The thing al...

• Charles Darwin’s New Origins Spark Historic Controversy

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 08:59 in Enlightenment, philosophy, homo sapiens, origins, darwin, world history, galapagos islands, english history, charles darwin, historical events, humanists, 19th century

  Few books have played such a large role in history as Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, except perhaps the Bible and the Koran. Published on November 24, 1859, Darwin’s book discussed such new ideas as natural selection, the survival of ...

• The Bizarre Life and Legacy of Charles Fort

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 09:21 in world history, literary history, stigmata, teleportation, 1965, 1874, cultural history, spontaneous human combustion, 1932, history today, charles fort, history blog

  Born in Albany in 1874, Charles Fort, the so-called “father of modern phenomenalism, ” was something of a factotum in his early years. After a formative trek from England to the south of Africa, Fort spent the next decade of life working odd job...

• History of the Phonograph

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 09:07 in mp3 players, digital media, jukebox, world history, 1857, compact discs, thomas edison, phonograph, cultural history, 1886, 1889, 1877

  Most of us are familiar with record players even though MP3 players, Compact Discs, and other digital media are the current popular technologies. Record players and their vinyl discs are making a comeback and is a nostalgic item for those of us old e...

• Mr. Adams Goes to Washington

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 10:29 in washington, thomas jefferson, 1774, jefferson, george washington, franklin, john adams, world history, adams, 1800, declaration of independence, american revolution

  November 17, 1800 the United States Congress and then president John Adams move the United States government from the comfort of Philadelphia to the hardly finished and rather rough quarters in Washington D.C. Adams would become the first America...

• Heroes & Ballyhoo: How the Golden Age of the 1920s Transformed American Sports

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 09:44 in heroes, jazz, ballyhoo, 1920s, sports history, babe ruth, world history, world war i, bobby jones, american history, 1919, field of dreams

  HEROES & BALLYHOO tells the story of the creation of America’s sports entertainment industry during the period of 1919-1930. The star athletes, over-the-top journalists, and cagey PR men had an extraordinary impact on the country, profoundly c...

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